Polyamorous: Living And Loving More

Synopsis

More People Than Ever Are Exploring The Possibility Of Opening Up Their Relationships--and Are Fighting For Their Legal Rights To Love However And Whomever They Choose. In Polyamorous, Reporter Jenny Yuen Digs Into How Polyamory Affects Underrepresented Communities, Why These Unions Are Becoming More Normalized, And How Relationships With Multiple Partners Can Be A Practical Alternative To Monogamy And An Intriguing Expedition Through Uncharted Emotional Territory. Pairing Off Is No Longer The Default Option For Many. For Some, Polyamory Is Just A Part Of Who They Are.--page 4 Of Cover. Preface : What An Affair Taught Me -- The Welding -- The Roots And Evolution Of Polyamory : Canada And Beyond -- Shannon, Denis, Elyssa, And Chris (alberta) -- Blair And Karen (manitoba) -- The Struggle Is Real : How People Arrive At Polyamory, Misconceptions, And Relationship Challenges -- Love's Refraction : Jealousy And Compersion -- Alicia Bunyan-sampson (ontario) -- Visible And Invisible Minorities : Underrepresented Communities Within Polyamory -- Johnathon Hooper (ontario) -- Metamours And Hinges -- Solo, Swing, Bdsm, Anarchy ... And Getting Off The Escalator -- Erin (saskatchewan) -- The Right And The Fight To Love, Legally : How Canadian Laws Impact Poly People -- John David Hobbes Hickey (quebec) -- It Takes A Village : Polyamorous Families -- Bryde Maclean And Jeremie Saunders : Turning Halifax On, One Podcast At A Time (nova Scotia) -- Reporting On Love : How The Media Covers Polyamory -- Cory And Kendra And Amber : Escaping The North (yukon And Northwest Territories) -- Eve Rickert And Franklin Veaux (british Columbia) -- Poly Or Mono--you Do You. Jenny Yuen. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 293-305) And Index.