488 - Out and Empowered: Protections and Visibility for non-monogamy with OPEN

Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

Multiamory, LLC

Sexuality, Self-improvement, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

4.9 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Today we're excited to be joined by Brett Chamberlin from OPEN! Brett (he/him) is a social impact organizer with over a decade of leadership experience building a more just and joyous future. He is the founder and Executive Director of OPEN, the Organization for Polyamory and Ethical Non-monogamy. Prior to launching OPEN, Brett worked in the environmental movement as the Director of Community Engagement at The Story of Stuff Project and the co-founder of the Post Landfill Action Network. He lives in the California Bay Area.We'll be chatting with Brett about progress for non-monogamous folks over the past few years, from securing rights to overall awareness of non-monogamy as a relationship style. If this show is helpful to you, consider joining our amazing community of like-minded listeners at patreon.com/Multiamory. You can also get access to ad-free episodes, group video discussions, bonus episodes, and more! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/multi and get 10% off your first month.Midwest Love Fest is a brand new all day conference about relationships, identity, community, and non-monogamy coming August 17th to Indianapolis, Indiana.Get 10% off tickets with promo code MULTIAMORY at swlovefest.com/midwestGet access to “What’s Your Jealousy Trying To Tell You?” a workshop by the author of Polysecure, Jessica Fern. Head to heyplura.com/multiamory and enter the invite code “Multiamory” during onboarding Multiamory was created by Dedeker Winston, Jase Lindgren, and Emily Matlack.Our theme music is Forms I Know I Did by Josh and Anand.Follow us on Instagram @Multiamory_Podcast and visit our website Multiamory.com. We are a proud member of the Pleasure Podcasts network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pleasure and connection and joy are powerful sources of fuel, not only to fill our
0:09.8	cups back up but also to remind us of this fundamental right to pleasure,
0:15.6	connection, justice, joy, and play that everyone should have.
0:19.6	And Dr Aisha Khan, who's a really fabulous writer,
0:23.5	I encourage folks to check out their sub-stack,
0:25.5	puts it this way that relationship building
0:27.5	is the work of liberation, right?
0:29.3	So there's a degree of what Adrian Marie Brown
0:32.4	calls emergent strategy, or what other writers call Adrian Marie Brown calls emergent strategy,
0:34.0	or what other writers call,
0:35.0	pre-figurable politics, right?
0:37.0	We're like, through connecting and building community,
0:40.0	we're not only resourcing ourselves
0:42.0	to be able to continue to show up and do this work, but that itself is an expression of the work.
0:48.0	It's about demonstrating in the ways that we build relationships, build families, build communities, the values that we are working
0:56.5	to extend to the rest of the world.
1:00.9	Welcome to the Multiamari Podcast. I'm Jace. I'm Emily and I'm
1:05.8	Dettaker. We believe in looking to the future of relationships, not maintaining the
1:10.9	status quo of the past.
1:13.0	Whether you're monogamous, polyamorous,
1:15.6	swinging, casually dating, or if you just do relationships differently,
1:20.0	we see you and we're here for you. Fongs I know I did.
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