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• THE POLYAMORY FLAG AND HEARTTHE POLYAMORY FLAG WAS SIGNED 1995 BY JIM EVANS. THE FLAG GO BLUE, RED, AND BLACK OM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM. THE LOR BLUE REPRENTS OPEN MUNITN AND HONTY WH PARTNERS. THE RED REPRENTS LOVE. THE BLACK REPRENTS THOSE WHO HAVE TO HID THEY'RE POLYAMORO RELATNSHIPS, AND THE POLYAMORO MUNY.ON THE FLAG IS A GOLN PI SYMBOL. THE GOLD REPRENTS THE EMOTNAL ATTACHMENTS WH OUR PARTNER(S), WHILE THE SYMBOL PI SELF REPRENTS THE ENDLS AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL RELATNSHIPS AT ONE TIME. ANOTHER SYMBOL YOU MAY SEE IS A HEART WH AN FY SIGN OVER . THE MOST MON LORG IS A RED HEART WH A BLUE FY SIGN, REFLECTG THE LORATN OF THE FLAG.TOP: THE POLYAMORY HEARTBOTTOM: THE POLYAMORY FLAG#POLYAMORY#LGBTQ#LGBTQ+#POLYAMOROPRI#POLYAMORO#POLYAMORYFLAGPOLYAMOROPRIFOLLOWGOOD QUTNS TO ASK YOUR PARTNERSWHEN ENTERG TO A RELATNSHIP, EVEN A MONOGAMO ONE, THERE'S A LOT OF QUTNS YOU SHOULD ASK. IT GETS EVEN MORE PLITED WHEN YOU ARE VOLVED WH MORE THAN ONE PERSON, WHICH IS WHY MUNITN IS VERY IMPORTANT A POLY RELATNSHIP. EACH PARTNER OR PARTNERS WILL LIKELY NOT FOLLOW THE SAME GENERAL SET OF GUIL (OR LACK OF), SO 'S IMPORTANT TO DISCS LIMS AND PREFERENC. IT TAK TIME AND QUTNG, BUT IS FELY SOMETHG YOU SHOULD DO WH A PARTNER THAT YOU WANT TO BEE SEXUALLY ACTIVE WH. HERE'S A FEW QUTNS TO GET YOU STARTED:HAVE YOU BEEN TTED FOR STD'S RECENTLY?WHAT ARE YOU FORTABLE WH DURG SEX? IS THERE SOMETHG THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY ARE NOT FORTABLE OR HANT ABOUT?WHAT IS YOUR PREFFERED BIRTH NTROL? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO ABOUT ADDG NEW PARTNERS TO THE RELATNSHIP?HOW MANY PARTNERS DO YOU WANT A RELATNSHIP?ARE YOU TERTED A FAY?ARE WE GOG TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE SEXUAL ACTIVY OUTSI OF THE RELSTNSHIP?IF SO, WHAT ARE THE LIMS OF SAID ACTIVY?WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE DO SOMETHG ANOTHER PARTNER DO NOT LIKE? HOW WILL THAT ISSUE BE ADDRSED?ARE YOU FORTABLE WH BEG OPENLY POLYAMORO?KEEP MD THAT THE ARE JT A FEW QUTNS, AND EACH PARTNER MAY NEED MORE SPECIFIC QUTNS. POLYAMORY N WORK, BUT YOU N'T FORCE ANYTHG. IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE CHANGG TOO MUCH FOR THE RELATNSHIP, MIGHT BE BT TO PSE, AND RE-EVALUATE, AND IF NEED END THE RELATNSHIP.#POLYAMORY#LGBTQ#LGBTQ+#POLYAMOROPRI#POLYAMOROPOLYAMOROPRIFOLLOWHISTORY: 1900STHE UNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT OF THE 60S AND 70S WAS A PIVOTAL MOMENT. THERE WAS A REPEAL OF ABORTN LAWS, BETTER ACCS TO BIRTH NTROL, AND LGBTQ PEOPLE BEGAN TO EXPAND GENR ROL AND QUTN THE STANDARD.THE PREV MUNY'S THE 1800S HAD CLED BY THE BEGNG OF THE 1900S, BUT LATER ME BACK AS MUN. THE MUN WERE ADVOT FOR SPIRUAL AND PERSONAL VELOPMENT, EMPHASIZG THGS LIKE TIMATE RELATNS OR OPERATN. MOST HAD SOME UNIQUE TAKE ON SEXUALY, SUCH AS CELIBACY OR EE LOVE.REARCH ON POLYAMORY PEAKED THE 70S. CALLED "MULTILATERAL", HELPED TO OPEN OTHER PEOPLE UP TO MORE EXPERIMENTATN. IT ALSO HELPED TO BEG REMOVG THE STIGMA AROUND SEX. STUDI LOOKED AT THGS SUCH AS RACE, SOCIAL CLASS, TN, AND POLIL PERSPECTIV. THE AVERAGE POLYAMORO PERSON AT THIS TIME WAS SAID TO BE WHE THE MIDDLE OF UPPER CLASS. THE ONLY REAL DIFFERENCE FOUND BETWEEN THEM AND MONOGAMO PEOPLE WAS HOW RELIGN FLUENCED THEM.THE KERISTA COMMUNE WAS A WELL KNOW POLYFILO MUNE. LOTED SAN FRANCIS, THEY EXISTED OM 1971 TO 1991. THE LARGT EVER GOT WAS JT UNR 30 MEMBERS. THEY HAD FAY GROUPS POSED OF 3 TO 18 PEOPLE. IT WAS LLED B-FIC, BT FRIEND INTY CLTER, AND ED A ROTATNAL SLEEP SCHLE. THEY WROTE THE NEWSPAPERS THE STOREONT CLASSROOM, ROCKHEAD, AND THE NO, AS WELL AS BOOKS. THEY ALSO HAD EE RAP GROUPS FOR A LARGE PORTN OF THEIR HISTORY.IN 1984, A NEWSLETTER LLED "LOVG MORE" BEGAN G THE TERMS POLYFILY, OPEN RELATNSHIPS, AND TIMATE WORKS. THEY LATER PUBLISHED "POLYFILY PRIMER".THE WORD POLYAMORY WAS ED BY MORNG GLORY ZELL, WHO'S SPOE WAS OBERON RAVENHEART.IN 1997, THE BOOK "THE ETHIL SLUT" WAS WRTEN BY DOSSIE EATON AND CATHERE LISZT.#POLYAMORY#POLYAMOURO#LGBTQ+#LGBTQ#HISTORY#1900SPOLYAMOROPRIFOLLOWCOMPERSNCOMPERSN: THE FEELG OF JOY ONE EXPERIENC WHEN ANOTHER EXPERIENC JOY.MOST PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED PERSN BEFORE, WHETHER 'S WH THEIR CHILD'S FIRST STEPS OR WORDS, BEG HAPPY FOR A FAY MEMBER'S ACHIEVEMENT, OR SIMPLY BEG A GOOD MOOD BEE YOUR IENDS ARE. HUMANS ARE SOCIABLE CREATUR, AND OTHER PEOPLE'S MOODS N AFFECT OUR OWN.COMPERSN IS A REASON AS TO WHY POLYAMORY WORKS, AND WHY SOMEONE MIGHT BE POLY THE FIRST PLACE. WE FD JOY OUR PARTNERS' JOY AND ENJOY SEEG THEM AS SO. IF MY PARTNER IS EXCED AND HAPPY TO GET ANOTHER DATE,WHEN FEELG PERSN I WOULD THEREFORE BE HAPPY AS WELL, SCE MY PARTNER IS HAPPY. IT WAS FIRST ED BY THE KERISTAN COMMUNE.IT IS OFTEN FALSELY PRUMED TO BE THE OPPOSE OF JEALOY. YOU N EXPERIENCE BOTH PERSN AND JEALOY AT THE SAME TIME. IT IS NOT EXCLIVE TO POLYAMORY THOUGH, AND ANY MONOGAMO RELATNSHIPS N BENEF OM PERSN.POLYAMOROPRIFOLLOWTYP OF POLYAMORYNON-MONAGAMY: AN UMBRELLA TERM FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE ONE PARTNERPOLYAMORY: PEOPLE WHO HAVE MORE THAN ON PARTNER A NSENSUAL RELATNSHIPCHEATG: ADULTERY; ONE OR MORE MEMBERS OF THE RELATNSHIP DO NOT NSENT TO MULTIPLE PARTNERSPOLYGAMY: THE MARRIAGE OF MORE THAN TWO PEOPLEPOLGYNY: ONE HBAND WH MULTIPLE WIV; A FORM OF POLYGAMYPOLYANDRY: ONE WIFE WH MULTIPLE HBANDS; A FORM OF POLYGAMYFRATERNAL POLYANDRY: A SPECIFIC TYPE OF POLYANDRY SOMETIM FOUND AROUND TIBET AND NEPAL; A WOMEN IS MARRIED TO A SET OF BROTHERSOPEN RELATNSHIP: WHEN TWO PARTNERS NSENT TO HAVG OTHER SEXUAL PARTNERS; SWGG, MONOGAMISH, POLYAMOURO, AND POLYFILO RELATNSHIPS N BE NSIRED OPEN RELATNSHIPSSWGG: MTED UPL WHO NSENTUALLY EXCHANGE SEXUAL PARTNERS FOR SEXUAL PURPOS; GENERALLY MORE OPEN TO LBIAN RELATNS THAN GAY RELATNS; LARGELY HETEROSEXUAL; N BE CLOS OR OPENMONOGAMISH: GENERALLY MONOGAMO, WH VARYG GRE OF NSENTED SEXUAL NTACTPOLYAMORY: OPEN, NSENSUAL RELATNSHIPS WH MORE THAN 2 PEOPLEPOLYFILY: CLOSED, NSENSUAL RELATNSHIPS WH MORE THAN 2 PEOPLE; FILYPOLYAFFECTIVE: EMOTNALLY TIMATE, NONSEXUAL RELATNS A POLYAMOURO RELATNSHIPENDOGAMY: DIVIDUALS N ONLY MARRY OTHERS OF A PARTICULAR GROUP, SUCHNAS RELIGNRELATNSHIP ANARCHY: NO EXACT FN; GENERALLY CRIL OF A SOCIETY THAT HAS A STANDARD OF ROMANTIC, SEX BASED RELATNSHIPS OVER NONROMANTIC/SEXUAL ON; TEND TO REJECT ANY FORM OF L THE RELATNSHIP#POLYAMORY#POLYAMOURO#LGBTQ#LGBTQ+#TYP#POLYGAMYPOLYAMOROPRIFOLLOWHISTORY: THE 1800S
• MANY SUCCSFUL GAY MARRIAG SHARE AN OPEN SECRET

THE POLYAMORY FLAG AND HEARTTHE POLYAMORY FLAG WAS SIGNED 1995 BY JIM EVANS. THE FLAG GO BLUE, RED, AND BLACK OM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM. THE LOR BLUE REPRENTS OPEN MUNITN AND HONTY WH PARTNERS. THE RED REPRENTS LOVE. THE BLACK REPRENTS THOSE WHO HAVE TO HID THEY'RE POLYAMORO RELATNSHIPS, AND THE POLYAMORO MUNY.ON THE FLAG IS A GOLN PI SYMBOL. THE GOLD REPRENTS THE EMOTNAL ATTACHMENTS WH OUR PARTNER(S), WHILE THE SYMBOL PI SELF REPRENTS THE ENDLS AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL RELATNSHIPS AT ONE TIME. ANOTHER SYMBOL YOU MAY SEE IS A HEART WH AN FY SIGN OVER . THE MOST MON LORG IS A RED HEART WH A BLUE FY SIGN, REFLECTG THE LORATN OF THE FLAG.TOP: THE POLYAMORY HEARTBOTTOM: THE POLYAMORY FLAG#POLYAMORY#LGBTQ#LGBTQ+#POLYAMOROPRI#POLYAMORO#POLYAMORYFLAGPOLYAMOROPRIFOLLOWGOOD QUTNS TO ASK YOUR PARTNERSWHEN ENTERG TO A RELATNSHIP, EVEN A MONOGAMO ONE, THERE'S A LOT OF QUTNS YOU SHOULD ASK. IT GETS EVEN MORE PLITED WHEN YOU ARE VOLVED WH MORE THAN ONE PERSON, WHICH IS WHY MUNITN IS VERY IMPORTANT A POLY RELATNSHIP. EACH PARTNER OR PARTNERS WILL LIKELY NOT FOLLOW THE SAME GENERAL SET OF GUIL (OR LACK OF), SO 'S IMPORTANT TO DISCS LIMS AND PREFERENC. IT TAK TIME AND QUTNG, BUT IS FELY SOMETHG YOU SHOULD DO WH A PARTNER THAT YOU WANT TO BEE SEXUALLY ACTIVE WH. HERE'S A FEW QUTNS TO GET YOU STARTED:HAVE YOU BEEN TTED FOR STD'S RECENTLY?WHAT ARE YOU FORTABLE WH DURG SEX? IS THERE SOMETHG THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY ARE NOT FORTABLE OR HANT ABOUT?WHAT IS YOUR PREFFERED BIRTH NTROL? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO ABOUT ADDG NEW PARTNERS TO THE RELATNSHIP?HOW MANY PARTNERS DO YOU WANT A RELATNSHIP?ARE YOU TERTED A FAY?ARE WE GOG TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE SEXUAL ACTIVY OUTSI OF THE RELSTNSHIP?IF SO, WHAT ARE THE LIMS OF SAID ACTIVY?WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEONE DO SOMETHG ANOTHER PARTNER DO NOT LIKE? HOW WILL THAT ISSUE BE ADDRSED?ARE YOU FORTABLE WH BEG OPENLY POLYAMORO?KEEP MD THAT THE ARE JT A FEW QUTNS, AND EACH PARTNER MAY NEED MORE SPECIFIC QUTNS. POLYAMORY N WORK, BUT YOU N'T FORCE ANYTHG. IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE CHANGG TOO MUCH FOR THE RELATNSHIP, MIGHT BE BT TO PSE, AND RE-EVALUATE, AND IF NEED END THE RELATNSHIP.#POLYAMORY#LGBTQ#LGBTQ+#POLYAMOROPRI#POLYAMOROPOLYAMOROPRIFOLLOWHISTORY: 1900STHE UNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT OF THE 60S AND 70S WAS A PIVOTAL MOMENT. THERE WAS A REPEAL OF ABORTN LAWS, BETTER ACCS TO BIRTH NTROL, AND LGBTQ PEOPLE BEGAN TO EXPAND GENR ROL AND QUTN THE STANDARD.THE PREV MUNY'S THE 1800S HAD CLED BY THE BEGNG OF THE 1900S, BUT LATER ME BACK AS MUN. THE MUN WERE ADVOT FOR SPIRUAL AND PERSONAL VELOPMENT, EMPHASIZG THGS LIKE TIMATE RELATNS OR OPERATN. MOST HAD SOME UNIQUE TAKE ON SEXUALY, SUCH AS CELIBACY OR EE LOVE.REARCH ON POLYAMORY PEAKED THE 70S. CALLED "MULTILATERAL", HELPED TO OPEN OTHER PEOPLE UP TO MORE EXPERIMENTATN. IT ALSO HELPED TO BEG REMOVG THE STIGMA AROUND SEX. STUDI LOOKED AT THGS SUCH AS RACE, SOCIAL CLASS, TN, AND POLIL PERSPECTIV. THE AVERAGE POLYAMORO PERSON AT THIS TIME WAS SAID TO BE WHE THE MIDDLE OF UPPER CLASS. THE ONLY REAL DIFFERENCE FOUND BETWEEN THEM AND MONOGAMO PEOPLE WAS HOW RELIGN FLUENCED THEM.THE KERISTA COMMUNE WAS A WELL KNOW POLYFILO MUNE. LOTED SAN FRANCIS, THEY EXISTED OM 1971 TO 1991. THE LARGT EVER GOT WAS JT UNR 30 MEMBERS. THEY HAD FAY GROUPS POSED OF 3 TO 18 PEOPLE. IT WAS LLED B-FIC, BT FRIEND INTY CLTER, AND ED A ROTATNAL SLEEP SCHLE. THEY WROTE THE NEWSPAPERS THE STOREONT CLASSROOM, ROCKHEAD, AND THE NO, AS WELL AS BOOKS. THEY ALSO HAD EE RAP GROUPS FOR A LARGE PORTN OF THEIR HISTORY.IN 1984, A NEWSLETTER LLED "LOVG MORE" BEGAN G THE TERMS POLYFILY, OPEN RELATNSHIPS, AND TIMATE WORKS. THEY LATER PUBLISHED "POLYFILY PRIMER".THE WORD POLYAMORY WAS ED BY MORNG GLORY ZELL, WHO'S SPOE WAS OBERON RAVENHEART.IN 1997, THE BOOK "THE ETHIL SLUT" WAS WRTEN BY DOSSIE EATON AND CATHERE LISZT.#POLYAMORY#POLYAMOURO#LGBTQ+#LGBTQ#HISTORY#1900SPOLYAMOROPRIFOLLOWCOMPERSNCOMPERSN: THE FEELG OF JOY ONE EXPERIENC WHEN ANOTHER EXPERIENC JOY.MOST PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED PERSN BEFORE, WHETHER 'S WH THEIR CHILD'S FIRST STEPS OR WORDS, BEG HAPPY FOR A FAY MEMBER'S ACHIEVEMENT, OR SIMPLY BEG A GOOD MOOD BEE YOUR IENDS ARE. HUMANS ARE SOCIABLE CREATUR, AND OTHER PEOPLE'S MOODS N AFFECT OUR OWN.COMPERSN IS A REASON AS TO WHY POLYAMORY WORKS, AND WHY SOMEONE MIGHT BE POLY THE FIRST PLACE. WE FD JOY OUR PARTNERS' JOY AND ENJOY SEEG THEM AS SO. IF MY PARTNER IS EXCED AND HAPPY TO GET ANOTHER DATE,WHEN FEELG PERSN I WOULD THEREFORE BE HAPPY AS WELL, SCE MY PARTNER IS HAPPY. IT WAS FIRST ED BY THE KERISTAN COMMUNE.IT IS OFTEN FALSELY PRUMED TO BE THE OPPOSE OF JEALOY. YOU N EXPERIENCE BOTH PERSN AND JEALOY AT THE SAME TIME. IT IS NOT EXCLIVE TO POLYAMORY THOUGH, AND ANY MONOGAMO RELATNSHIPS N BENEF OM PERSN.POLYAMOROPRIFOLLOWTYP OF POLYAMORYNON-MONAGAMY: AN UMBRELLA TERM FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE ONE PARTNERPOLYAMORY: PEOPLE WHO HAVE MORE THAN ON PARTNER A NSENSUAL RELATNSHIPCHEATG: ADULTERY; ONE OR MORE MEMBERS OF THE RELATNSHIP DO NOT NSENT TO MULTIPLE PARTNERSPOLYGAMY: THE MARRIAGE OF MORE THAN TWO PEOPLEPOLGYNY: ONE HBAND WH MULTIPLE WIV; A FORM OF POLYGAMYPOLYANDRY: ONE WIFE WH MULTIPLE HBANDS; A FORM OF POLYGAMYFRATERNAL POLYANDRY: A SPECIFIC TYPE OF POLYANDRY SOMETIM FOUND AROUND TIBET AND NEPAL; A WOMEN IS MARRIED TO A SET OF BROTHERSOPEN RELATNSHIP: WHEN TWO PARTNERS NSENT TO HAVG OTHER SEXUAL PARTNERS; SWGG, MONOGAMISH, POLYAMOURO, AND POLYFILO RELATNSHIPS N BE NSIRED OPEN RELATNSHIPSSWGG: MTED UPL WHO NSENTUALLY EXCHANGE SEXUAL PARTNERS FOR SEXUAL PURPOS; GENERALLY MORE OPEN TO LBIAN RELATNS THAN GAY RELATNS; LARGELY HETEROSEXUAL; N BE CLOS OR OPENMONOGAMISH: GENERALLY MONOGAMO, WH VARYG GRE OF NSENTED SEXUAL NTACTPOLYAMORY: OPEN, NSENSUAL RELATNSHIPS WH MORE THAN 2 PEOPLEPOLYFILY: CLOSED, NSENSUAL RELATNSHIPS WH MORE THAN 2 PEOPLE; FILYPOLYAFFECTIVE: EMOTNALLY TIMATE, NONSEXUAL RELATNS A POLYAMOURO RELATNSHIPENDOGAMY: DIVIDUALS N ONLY MARRY OTHERS OF A PARTICULAR GROUP, SUCHNAS RELIGNRELATNSHIP ANARCHY: NO EXACT FN; GENERALLY CRIL OF A SOCIETY THAT HAS A STANDARD OF ROMANTIC, SEX BASED RELATNSHIPS OVER NONROMANTIC/SEXUAL ON; TEND TO REJECT ANY FORM OF L THE RELATNSHIP#POLYAMORY#POLYAMOURO#LGBTQ#LGBTQ+#TYP#POLYGAMYPOLYAMOROPRIFOLLOWHISTORY: THE 1800S

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MANY SUCCSFUL GAY MARRIAG SHARE AN OPEN SECRET

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