alt.polyamory

This is a home page for the Usenet newsgroup alt.polyamory. If your web browser supports news, you can read the newsgroup from here.

what you'll find here...

alt.polyamory FAQ: Types of poly, poly vs. cheating, jealousy, bisexuality, longevity of poly relationships, children, newsgroup etiquette
How to f*** up: alt.polyamory FAQ supplement: "Guide of carefully tested methods for making mistakes in polyamorous relationships"
alt.poly support and networking FAQ: Mailing lists and web pages about polyamory and organizations friendly to polyamory.
alt.polyamory FAQ: culture supplement: Poly non-fiction, fiction, movies, and songs (faqs.org version)
how (some) poly people meet each other FAQ: Excerpts from a thread on the newsgroup
Acronyms and abbreviations: NRE, AFAIC, HBB? Find out what those strange abbreviations on the Poly list or alt.polyamory mean.
Gender-Neutral Pronoun (GNP) FAQ: Not a standard alt.poly FAQ, but it answers the constant questions about zie/zir and sie/hir.

mailing lists and other resources: Discuss how your other interests intersect with poly. Includes chat rooms and networking web sites. (Updated Apr '04)
local groups and mailing lists: Hook up with folks in your local community. Don't see what you want? Start something! (Updated Aug '05)
poly folks: Marvel at the web sites of some poly folks. (Updated Apr '04)
counselors: Find poly- and alternative-friendly counselors. (Updated Aug '05)
poly essays: Read essays and news articles about poly and personal statements from poly folks. Updated March 2008)
newsgroup excerpts: Within, find a few choice excerpts from discussions on the alt.polyamory newsgroup.
alt.polyamory Classic Post Emporium: More excerpts from alt.polyamory
poly art 'n' stuff: Stock up on poly symbols, art, books, t-shirts. (Updated Aug '05)
contributors' guidelines: Read this if you want to contribute to this web site.

Howard Landman's Polyamory Index: with information on poly-related organizations, books, articles, songs, movies, religion, law, sociology, psychology, and biology

Parrot graphic by Ray Dillinger, placed in the public domain for use as a poly mascot.
Seven Wonders listed this site as the Anything Goes Site of the Week on March 20th. (sigh)

Last updated: August 2005
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