"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Nearly a decade ago when I started practicing polyamory, I remember feeling like a castaway at ...

Relationships and intimacy play a significant role in shaping our physical, mental, and emotional well-being. While having multiple partners is a personal choice, it comes with both positive and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Research published in The Journal of Sex Research has challenged the “monogamy-superiority myth” (Getty Images/iStockphoto) People ...

When people discover that people like Naomi Allsworth have multiple partners, she says their minds invariably turn to sex. But polyamory, to give it its proper name, is more about loving several ...

After a brief "postus interruptus" for readers to consider the connections between pride, rights, and backlash, this is the final post in a series that untangles types of consensual non-monogamy (CNM) ...

In my last blog I explained why the sky would not fall even if legal recognition of same-sex marriage sets the stage for plural marriage as well. For this blog, I examine the ways in which marriages ...

A partner’s commitment is often hidden in their daily habit patterns. Psychologists point to these three behaviors as ...

Three years after marrying Bryan Lowder, Cam McDonald met Tristan Chirico on a gay dating app. The three men spent increasing amounts of time together over the next four months, enjoying their lives ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. For many of us, our mental picture of romantic love is a couple. After all, a firmly ...