"But the warning I’d give is that if that blows up and becomes an issue while the children are still maturing and creating their own identities, it can have a big impact." ...

It takes one cross-country plane, a train, a ferry, then another hour or so by car to reach the writer I had read plenty ...

"I realized that there wasn’t anything wrong with the way I loved — it was just different from how other people loved." ...

From big cities like Seattle and Portland, Ore., to small ones like Astoria, Ore., proponents of “nontraditional” romantic relationships are making headway in getting legal recognition.

I’ve been thinking a lot about this cabin in the woods since I read her new memoir, Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane, which came out this week. It is the homestead for West’s polyamorous relationship ...

A D.C.-area writer and advocate for polyamorous lifestyles will discuss her experiences outside of monogamy at a talk in East Falls Church tomorrow (Thursday). One More Page Books (2200 N.

“I just feel so much more freedom for myself,” says Lindy West of her journey from then to now. "I have two people who love me instead of one" ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. For many of us, our mental picture of romantic love is a couple. After all, a firmly ...

When it comes to our sex lives, it’s hard to say what “normal” looks like. When you’re navigating major life events such as divorce, pregnancy, or hormonal changes, it’s only natural for libido to wax ...

One public commenter said he hopes Seattle will take similar steps to protect diverse family structures.

Dear Readers: I’m off this week. To tide you over until I’m back, the tech-savvy, at-risk youth pulled some classic “PUD” questions from the archives. A PUD, of course, is someone who is “poly under ...

She and I told ourselves we were consenting adults, and we were. What I didn’t consider was that my authority as a professor ...