Please take a minute to fill out the anonymous Violence & Discrimination Survey, even if you have not been a victim of violence or discrimination. Thank you!
Click here to take the survey.
Why You Should Care
Because your sexual expression...
Can result in discrimination, prosecution, and even violence against you
Can cause you to lose your children
Can cause you to lose your job or your income
Can lead you into a maze of antiquated laws and regulations you never even knew existed
Is arbitrarily criminalized by state and local authorities
Is used by the radical right to marginalize minority groups
Can result in the invasion of your privacy by the government, both within your own home or in educational, social and group environments
Please help us by taking a moment to fill out this survey even if you have not been a victim of discrimination or violence. We are tracking demographics of our community and we also need to know the types of crimes, discrimination, harassment and abuses of authority that occur based on sexual expression or the perceived association with BDSM-Leather-Fetish groups. This is an anonymous survey being distributed to the BDSM-Leather-Fetish communities throughout the world. We do not ask for your name, address or any other identifying information and all responses made on this website are fully encrypted. Any questions that require a response are marked with an asterisk. You may contact the authors of this survey by emailing surveybdsm@gmail.com, or by writing to us at: Survey of Violence and Discrimination, 875 Sixth Avenue Suite 1705, New York, NY 10001.Thank you for helping us raise the level of awareness of this important issue to our community. By completing this survey you are not only helping us to better understand ourselves, but you are helping in the fight for sexual freedom and sexual equality for all sexual minorities.
