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...

find out what the newsgroup is really like...

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 (faqs.org version)
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 March 08)
local groups and mailing lists: Hook up with folks in your local community. Don't see what you want? Start something! (Updated March 08)
counselors: We no longer maintain a list of poly-friendly counselors because there are more complete resources elsewhere. See the excellent Poly Friendly Professionals list and the Kink-Aware Professionals List.
poly essays: Read essays and news articles about poly and personal statements from poly folks.
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 March 2008)
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: March 08
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