Kickstarter campaigns are mainly spread by word of mouth and sharing with friends and loved ones helps make sure enough interested people pledge in the campaign to reach the goal. If the goal isn’t met, the campaign ends with no funds transferred and the creators are back to square one. Please share the love for […]

We are pleased to announce that our Kickstarter page has been completed and is now awaiting approval. Since people can’t yet see all the nifty things on Kickstarter, we have recreated most of the page here so you can all have a preview of what’s to come. So dive in and check out KNOTS & […]

KNOTbound is pleased to announce that the first of the 2019 Inside Leather History: A Fireside Chat has been released to our Youtube channel. We will be releasing more chats over the coming weeks until all promised chats have been released. We apologise for the long delay but hope to resume collecting history from our […]

We’d like to announce a brand new division within our educational arm. KNOTbound Games is committed to creating high quality, fun, educational games to enrich our knowledge of and enjoyment of the alternative lifestyle known as BDSM. In the next few weeks we will be releasing our first game on Kickstarter called “KNOTS & NOBS“. […]

Sexual consent violations appear to be growing in our BDSM communities, while laws are becoming more mature in the definition of consent and more reflective of what we have been teaching for decades. Below are links to Australian legal definitions of consent that every person should be familiar with regardless of whether they practice BDSM. […]

PARTICIPANTS ARE CURRENTLY NEEDED FOR RESEARCH INVESTIGATING THE HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE WHO PRACTICE BDSM (BONDAGE & DISCIPLINE, DOMINANCE & SUBMISSION, SADOMASOCHISM) Researchers from The University of Melbourne are looking for people to participate in the above mentioned research project. Participants must be: Someone who practices BDSM and has a health care provider Aged […]

Tickets now on Sale! Early bird tickets go on sale this week. There are only 50 places in each event, so be sure and get your ticket early! You can find the event details here: https://www.ticketebo.com.au/firesidechats For the last two years KNOTbound has been working with Douglas O’Keeffe from the USA to host Inside Leather […]

We recently did a spotlight on facebook of Hannah Sprod, one of our community members who is taking the initiative in the field of medicine to advocate and educate. Rather than write about what happened when she recently spoke to the ALMA about BDSM and KNOTbound, we asked her to tell you in her own […]

Along with a very generous donation to KNOTbound’s programs, Rog at Curious Creatures has this to say about the organisation and why CC is supporting it: “Along with a financial commitment, I would like to express my support for KNOTbound and its activities. I share the aims that KNOTbound seeks to achieve:  Of better outcomes […]

Today our ED attended the monthly meeting of NTV (No To Violence) as a member for the first time. At KNOTbound we recognise the conflict many people face in understanding what is healthy BDSM practice and what is, in reality, another face of violence and abuse. As a community we like to believe that we […]