Author Archives: Dr. Elisabeth "Eli" Sheff, PhD, CASA, CSE

Diversity and Polyamory

Polyamory is a form of non-monogamy in which both women and men maintain openly conducted romantic, sexual, and/or emotionally intimate relationships. While it has been around in various forms for far longer, polyamory has burst on to the social scene in the last 10 years like never before. In my 15-year study of polyamorists, IContinueContinue reading “Diversity and Polyamory”

The Polyamorists Next Door on the publisher’s website

Now you can find my new book about poly families with children, The Polyamorists Next Door, on the publisher’s website at https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442222953 You can pre-order now, or get it hot off the presses in November 2013

Three Policies that could Support Human Rights in Gender and Sexual Minority Families

In the United States some (mostly white and heterosexual) people wax poetic about “the traditional family” of the 1950s, looking back on or imagining relationships of that period as iconic of “real” families with moms who worked at home for free (AKA “didn’t work”), married to dads who worked outside the home for pay, andContinueContinue reading “Three Policies that could Support Human Rights in Gender and Sexual Minority Families”

Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit Call for Presentations

Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit   The Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance presents its annual Sexual Freedom Summit September 19 – 22, in Washington DC.   This is a national event featuring human rights activists, professionals from the legal and medical fields, authors, sexual freedom movement leaders and organizational partners all working toward the time when sexual freedomContinueContinue reading “Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit Call for Presentations”

Unicorn Hunting, Poly Kids Speak, and Queer Academia, Oh My! See Elisabeth Sheff at Frolicon

See Elisabeth Sheff at Frolicon March 28-31, 2013 at the Sheraton Gateway hotel in Atlanta Georgia. You can find more information about the Frolicon Think Track at http://frolicon.hugme.org/?page_id=71 Friday from 5 to 6:30 pm Dr. Sheff will present “Freaky academia: Being Queer at the University” in Brussels: Queerness can encompass a wide variety of identities and practices,ContinueContinue reading “Unicorn Hunting, Poly Kids Speak, and Queer Academia, Oh My! See Elisabeth Sheff at Frolicon”

Atlanta Poly Weekend Starts Today

The third annual Atlanta Poly Weekend starts today. Among the many amazing presentations, Ricci Levy of the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance and I will be presenting on the Family Matters project and changing definitions of families. Later I will present the findings from the Polyamorous Family Study, and then on to the fun! More informationContinueContinue reading “Atlanta Poly Weekend Starts Today”

Did you miss hearing the live interview with Dr. Sheff on Sex Out Loud with Tristan Taormino? Hear it on VoiceAmerica

Listen to me on Tristan Taormino’s radio show “Sex Out Loud” on The VoiceAmerica Network. http://sexoutloudradio.com. Click  on the March 8 show, I am the second guest.