"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 ...

For Naomi Allsworth, being polyamorous is just "a different way to navigate relationships".

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) ...

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 ...

Almost every time I speak to a general-public audience about my research on polyamory, someone eventually asks if poly people’s desire for multiple partners means that they don’t really love each ...

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 ...

A new book by Kinsey Institute scholar Justin Garcia explains some of the tensions in modern romance and how to work through ...

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 ...

Research shows that commitment reveals itself through small, repeated behaviors that shape trust, intimacy and long-term ...

Some folks refer to ENM relationships as consensual, disclosed, or open non-monogamy because they are distinguished by ongoing communication and consideration. The term “monogamy” usually refers to a ...