Gloria Brame
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Gloria Glickstein Brame (born August 20, 1955) is a U.S.
writer and sex therapist based in Athens, Georgia
. A member of the American College of Sexologists, and certified clinical sexologist, Brame earned a PHD and MPH in Human Sexuality from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality
(2000), and an M.A. in English literature (Columbia University
). Her sex therapy practice specializes in consensual BDSM
, sexual fetishism
and sexual dysfunction. She is also a lifestyle dominant
.
Brame is best known for two notable sex books: Different Loving: the World of Sexual Dominance and Submission and the more recent Come Hither: A Commonsense Guide To Kinky Sex. The latter book was selected as the "official guide to kinky sex" by the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality
.
She also founded the first on-line BDSM
support group, a part of the Human Sexuality Forum on Compuserve
, in 1987 and has contributed articles, interviews and expert advice to hundreds of magazines and newspapers, including regular expert advice to Cosmo and Men's Health magazines. Named "Hero of the Sexual Revolution" by Exodus Trust (2008). Member, Advisory Board, Domestic Violence Project-NLA, Member, Board of Governors of the Leather Hall of Fame. Associate Professor, Human Sexuality, at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. Fellow, Erotic Heritage Museum (Las Vegas). Contributor, Bilerico Project. Sex writer and adviser, iFriends. Winner, 2010 Cynthia Slater Award for Non-fiction Article by the NLA.
Dr. Brame often serves as an expert witness and notably testified against then-US Attorney General in Nitke vs Ashcroft, a major case challenging the Communications Decency Act before the Southern District of New York.
Dr. Brame was the keynote speaker at the 2009 Leather Leadership Conference. She recently delivered the opening address at the 2011 CARAS Alternate Sexualities Conference.
Brame's most recent publication is The Truth About Sex, A Sex Primer for the 21st Century Volume I: Sex and the Self. The first of a three-part series distilling Brame's research and experience as a sex therapist, discusses masturbation
, orgasm
and new models for sexual identity
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
writer and sex therapist based in Athens, Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Athens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
. A member of the American College of Sexologists, and certified clinical sexologist, Brame earned a PHD and MPH in Human Sexuality from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality
Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality
The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality is a non-accredited degree-granting institution and resource center in the field of sexology located in San Francisco, California. Degree and certificate programs focus on public health, sex therapy, and sexological research...
(2000), and an M.A. in English literature (Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
). Her sex therapy practice specializes in consensual BDSM
BDSM
BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...
, sexual fetishism
Sexual fetishism
Sexual fetishism, or erotic fetishism, is the sexual arousal a person receives from a physical object, or from a specific situation. The object or situation of interest is called the fetish, the person a fetishist who has a fetish for that object/situation. Sexual fetishism may be regarded, e.g...
and sexual dysfunction. She is also a lifestyle dominant
Top (BDSM)
In BDSM, a top or dominant is the partner in a BDSM relationship or in a BDSM scene who takes the active or controlling role over that of the bottom or submissive partner....
.
Brame is best known for two notable sex books: Different Loving: the World of Sexual Dominance and Submission and the more recent Come Hither: A Commonsense Guide To Kinky Sex. The latter book was selected as the "official guide to kinky sex" by the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality
Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality
The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality is a non-accredited degree-granting institution and resource center in the field of sexology located in San Francisco, California. Degree and certificate programs focus on public health, sex therapy, and sexological research...
.
She also founded the first on-line BDSM
BDSM
BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...
support group, a part of the Human Sexuality Forum on Compuserve
CompuServe
CompuServe was the first major commercial online service in the United States. It dominated the field during the 1980s and remained a major player through the mid-1990s, when it was sidelined by the rise of services such as AOL with monthly subscriptions rather than hourly rates...
, in 1987 and has contributed articles, interviews and expert advice to hundreds of magazines and newspapers, including regular expert advice to Cosmo and Men's Health magazines. Named "Hero of the Sexual Revolution" by Exodus Trust (2008). Member, Advisory Board, Domestic Violence Project-NLA, Member, Board of Governors of the Leather Hall of Fame. Associate Professor, Human Sexuality, at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. Fellow, Erotic Heritage Museum (Las Vegas). Contributor, Bilerico Project. Sex writer and adviser, iFriends. Winner, 2010 Cynthia Slater Award for Non-fiction Article by the NLA.
Dr. Brame often serves as an expert witness and notably testified against then-US Attorney General in Nitke vs Ashcroft, a major case challenging the Communications Decency Act before the Southern District of New York.
Dr. Brame was the keynote speaker at the 2009 Leather Leadership Conference. She recently delivered the opening address at the 2011 CARAS Alternate Sexualities Conference.
Brame's most recent publication is The Truth About Sex, A Sex Primer for the 21st Century Volume I: Sex and the Self. The first of a three-part series distilling Brame's research and experience as a sex therapist, discusses masturbation
Masturbation
Masturbation refers to sexual stimulation of a person's own genitals, usually to the point of orgasm. The stimulation can be performed manually, by use of objects or tools, or by some combination of these methods. Masturbation is a common form of autoeroticism...
, orgasm
Orgasm
Orgasm is the peak of the plateau phase of the sexual response cycle, characterized by an intense sensation of pleasure...
and new models for sexual identity
Sexual identity
Sexual identity is a term that, like sex, has two distinctively different meanings. One describes an identity roughly based on sexual orientation, the other an identity based on sexual characteristics, which is not socially based but based on biology, a concept related to, but different from,...
.