Speak Up, Be Counted: reasons for leaving the kink/bdsm community
Please respond to as many of the questions below as you are comfortable.  No identifiable information will ever be shared without your consent.  None of the boxes are mandatory; you can fill out as many or as few as you choose.
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What is/was your scene name?
What is your age?
How do you identify in the context of kink?
Think "top," "bottom," "hedonist," "master," "opportunist," or any other word you'd use to describe yourself in this context.
What is your gender identity?
What is your gender presentation?
What is your sexual orientation/preference?
What is your racial/ethnic identity?
What is your racial/ethnic presentation?
Is there anything about your demographic that we need to know?
Details about your personal identity, presentation, or orientation that are important to know
Which area or region was your scene in?
We're looking for geography here.
Was there a particular group you were involved with or affected by?
Feel free to use specific group names, and/or descriptors like "leather," "Gorean," "swingers," etc.
When were you involved, and when did you leave?
Specific dates are great, but "2003 - 2005" is helpful, too!
What were the main reasons you left?
Think keywords.  There will be a place for your story in a moment.
If you came back, what were the reasons for that?
Again, keywords please!
Tell us your story.
Anything you'd like to share helps.  Be as specific or as general as you like - you're welcome to remain completely anonymous, name individuals or groups, or anything in between.  There is no wrong answer - just be as honest as you can.
What would you like to see change?
If there are changes the community or communities you left could make to help you feel more welcome, more safe, and more open, what would those be?  Again, be as general or as specific as you like.
Which, if any, of these answers are you willing to have shared?
"All of them," "not my name," "just the demographics," or any other specifiers you'd like to make.
How should we contact you to ask further questions?
We may want to get in touch to ask for clarification on your answers, or to solicit your consent to use your information in a specific way.  What's the best way to do that?
What is the question you wanted or expected to be asked, but weren't?  How would you have answered?
This survey is a work-in-progress: constantly evolving.  Your feedback on how it could be improved is important - whether it's how to be more thorough, more inclusive, easier to understand, or just more awesome!
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