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Poly is short for "Polygamy", "Polygyny", "Bigamy", "Polyandry", "Polyamory", "Polyfidelity", "Polyfaithful", "Polymonogamy" and more...


"My story"	I have been Poly nearly all my life, though I knew not of the name. Like a lot of Bi's, Gays and Lesbians; I knew how I was but didn't know there was a network for people like me. Most people just made me feel dirty, but deep inside I knew that wasn't so, however I also knew I wasn't normal. Now I am not only poly but a leader within the Poly Community and I hope that I do my best as a trailblazer. Continued...

	As if juggling three wives werent tricky enough, Season Five of Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated 'Big Love' finds modern polygamist Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton) tackling problems outside his three-house suburban home and in public. Bill has built a new church and got himself elected to the State Senate, but some of his loyal followers are skeptical, and the media's glare isn't helping things. It appears unlikely the family will extricate themselves from the politics at the Juniper Creek compound now that Alby Grant (Matt Ross) is in charge. The power struggles between first wife Barb (Jeanne Tripplehorn), second wife Nicki (Chloë Sevigny) and third wife Margene (Ginnifer Goodwin) continue...

	The Pilot. In the first episode, Andy tells Barnaby what's what, Kristine and Elise suspect wife #3 is on the way, Private Investigator Dwayne Remington investigates Andy's highly suspect business practices, and Andy has a surprise. Created by David Tillman. Produced by Yaniv Fituci. Starring Mike Kirtley, Elise Marin, Andrew Santino and Gilad Zadok. Sound by Jonathan Cohen. Bisexual Polygamist Theme Song by Ethan Frederick Greene. Additional Music by Peter John Ross. Directed and other stuff by David Tillman http://www.blowupyour.tv

Other Trailblazers


	Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart (born Diana Moore, formerly Morning Glory Zell) is a Neopagan poet, author, lecturer, and priestess. She is of Irish and Choctaw Indian ancestry. Her article "A Bouquet of Lovers", first published in Green Egg Magazine in May 1990, contained one of the first modern English uses of the term "Polyamory". She is active in the polyamorous community.[1]

	Cunning Minx has been the producer and host of the Polyamory Weekly podcast (www.polyweekly.com) since the spring of 2005, now with over 250 episodes in production. A kinky boobiesexual, Minx founded the show as a resource for the poly and poly-curious to form a community, share experiences and help guide each other on their journeys of poly exploration. And hopefully, also guide each other away from common relationship land mines–or at least share sympathy when they step on one! Poly Weekly has received accolades from the likes of ErosZine, Fleshbot and the Chicago Sun-Times, and Minx has spoken on poly, kinky and Web 2.0 community-building topics at Sex 2.0, Loving More, the Heartland Polyamory Conference, Leather Leadership Conference, Dragon*Con, Galleria Domain 2 and New York’s Poly Pride Day. She is available to speak on the following topics:

	If you don’t know who Nina Hartley is, you have our full endorsement to return to your Monastery. She’s an Adult-film Legend (your Dad probably has one of her earlier tapes stashed away somewhere), a tireless advocate of sexual freedom and instruction (her “Nina Hartley’s Guide(s)” cover everything remotely sexual) and a power player at the adult mega-corporation Adam & Eve. Not only that, she’s one of the only people to make polyamorous relationships succeed!

	Dossie Easton (b. February 26, 1944, Andover, Massachusetts) is an author and family therapist based in San Francisco, California.^[1] She lives with her partner in West Marin, California.^[2] She is a nonfiction author and poet. Easton is the co-author of The Ethical Slut: a Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities; Radical Ecstasy; When Someone You Love is Kinky; The New Topping Book; and The New Bottoming Book with Janet W. Hardy (who also writes under the pseudonym of Catherine A. Liszt). Continued...

	Winston Blackmore is the leader of Canada’s largest polygamist group. For two decades, Blackmore was the Bishop of the Bountiful, British Columbia group of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS Church), a polygamist community in the Creston Valley. In September 2002, FLDS Church president Warren Jeffs excommunicated him. The community of Bountiful was split nearly in half—about 700 people continue to follow Blackmore, while about 500 follow Jeffs.

	Kamala Devi is a down to earth goddess, Author and coach who specializes in sacred sex, creativity and polyamory. She is the author of Don't Drink the Punch: An Adventure in Tantra, Sacred Sexual Healing with Baba Dez Nichols as well as numerous stage plays and the instructional DVD entitled Earning your BLACKBELT in Relationship with REiD Mihalko. Michael McClure AKA Eco Elf, is a tantric shaman, professional environmentalist, green developer, actor, and professional stand-up comedian who has made the world's largest water rocket! Under the mentorship of Jim Bell, he is remodeling a 60 year old house into a sustainable tantric temple named "The Emerald Temple." He is the founder of the Green Sweep Game and Adopt a Christmas Tree.

	Valerie considers herself a typical soccer mom except her husband has two other wives and a total of 22 children in the house. She is her husband's third wife and has eight children. By sharing her story, Valerie hopes to show a different side of the polygamist lifestyle. "My hope is to change some of those stereotypes, break the stereotypes that people have that it's oppressive and abusive to women and children, that we're all living in these cults and being brain washedI don't live like that. I live in just a little suburban neighborhood and my children go to public school. I feel like we have a very normal lifestyle." Continued...

	Sister Wives is an American reality television series broadcast on TLC in 2010. The show documents the life of a polygamist family living in Lehi, Utah, which includes patriarch Kody Brown, his four wives and their 16 children. The seven-episode first season ran from September 26 to October 17, 2010 and drew strong ratings according to Nielsen Media Research. Sister Wives has been renewed for a second season which will be broadcast starting March 2011. Brown and his wives have claimed they participated with the show to make the public more aware of polygamist families and to combat societal prejudices. Brown has claimed his polygamist arrangement is legal because he is legally married only to one woman, and the other marriages are spiritual unions. Nevertheless, legal experts have claimed the series could leave the Brown family vulnerable to criminal prosecution. Continued...

	Janet W. Hardy is a writer and sex educator, and founder of Greenery Press.^[1] She has also been published as Catherine A. Liszt and Lady Green.^[2] She is the author or co-author of ten books, and frequently collaborates with Dossie Easton.^[3]

	Deborah Taj Anapol, Ph.D. attended Barnard College, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Berkeley in 1975 and received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Washington in 1981. Dr. Anapol is the author of Polyamory in the 21st Century (2010), Polyamory: The New Love Without Limits (1997) and The Seven Natural Laws of Love (2005) and cofounder of Loving More Magazine, and producer of the video, Pelvic Heart Integration. Dr. Anapol has worked with groups, partners, and individuals who are exploring conscious relationships and sexual healing for over three decades, leads workshops internationally, and is an inspiring and dynamic speaker. Continued...

	Robyn Trask took the reins as Managing Editor of Loving More Magazine® in October 2004. Her experience as a holistic/Tantric sex counselor and small business owner made her well suited to increase the public's awareness of polyamory as a viable alternative to current social norms of strict monogamy. She has been practicing polyamory for 18 years, a mom for 19 years, been a student of Tantra for 21 years, and Tantric teacher for 5 years. Robyn has been running poly support groups, teaching and facilitating relationship and sexuality workshop since 1999. Media appearances include the following: Denver Post, Daily Kansan, Bi-Magazine, Oakland Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, Baltimore Sun, KOA Denver Talk Radio, John McMullen radio show, nine time guest on Michael Baisden's Bad Boy Radio show, and CBN on the 700 Club. Continue...

	What to say about me? Hmm. Okay: Let's start with the fact that I'm pierced, tattooed, jaded, kinky, and polyamorous; I take pictures, spin fire, and dabble in electronics; and I've been known to blow up donuts. Continued...

	From a family that inspired Big Love’s story of Bill Henrickson and his three wives, this first-ever memoir of a polygamous family captures the extraordinary workings of a unique family dynamic, and argues for the acceptance of plural marriage as an alternative lifestyle. Fans of shows like Big Love and Sister Wives, will be enthralled by the first groundbreaking book in praise of polygamy. Continue...