Gloria Brame Explained

Gloria Brame
Birth Name:Gloria Glickstein Brame
Birth Date:20 August 1955
Nationality:American
Occupation:Sex therapist, writer
Known For:Sexologist

Gloria Brame (born August 20, 1955) is an American sexologist, writer[1] and sex therapist[2] based in Athens, Georgia. She is a member of the American College of Sexologists,[3] and clinical sexologist. Her sex therapy practice specializes in consensual BDSM,[4] sexual fetishism and sexual dysfunction.[5]

Dr. Brame is also an author, educator, and advocate for safe, sane, and consensual relating, especially among the BDSM, fetish, and LGBTQ communities.[6]

Education

Brame earned her PhD degree in Human Sexuality from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in 2000[7] and an M.A. in English literature from Columbia University in 1978.[8]

Career

Brame wrote several books, including:

Different Loving, published in 1993, was an evidence based re-evaluation of SM/fetish/kink as an expression of normal minds and lives, challenging the bias against safe, sane, and consensual behavior as somehow pathological or problematic.

Come Hither was selected as the "official guide to kinky sex" by the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality.[9]

Other titles by Brame include: Sex for Grown-Ups, Where the Boys Are, The Truth About Sex (Vols. I and II), and Different Loving Too.[10]

Brame 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.[11] [12]

In 2012 Brame joined the board of directors of the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance[13] and co-hosted a web radio talk show on Spreaker.[14]

Brame has been cited as a fetish sex expert in a number of media articles,[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] and has been a regular contributor to Cosmopolitan, Working Woman, and other mainstream magazines. Her biography of the Marquis de Sade appears in International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality (2015).[20]

Brame is on the board of governors for the Leather Hall of Fame.[21]

Internet presence

Brame has interacted with professional BDSM/Fetish blogs on Reddit.com. She also hosted the Gloria Brame Show (podcast) on BlogTalkRadio and Spreaker, with focus on sexual freedoms and BDSM/LGBTQ rights.[22]

Media

Brame has given numerous live-radio and television interviews with BBC, CBS, NBC, CNBC, FOX, PBS and foreign media. She has been cited in numerous magazines and newspapers,[23] including a 2004 profile in The Washington Post.

Teaching

2002 – 2015, professor at the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality.

1987 – 1991, adjunct professor of English, NYU, guest lecturer in creative writing, York College (CUNY), associate professor of poetry and creative writing, Hofstra.

Awards and associations

One of the "10 Best Sex and Dating Experts," by DatingAdvice.com[24]

National Leather Association International Cynthia Slater Non-Fiction Article Award (2010) for "Transformation and Transcendence in BDSM"[25] [26] [27]

American College of Sexologists

Bisexuality-Aware Professionals Directory Directory of Therapists Experienced in the Treatment Of Transgender Persons.[28]

Lesbian Business Community[29] MediAngels Global E-Hospital Open Relationship Resources Psychology Today Therapist Directory

Works

Bibliography

Filmography

Year Title Role
2002 BDSM: Alternative Loving Herself[30]
2012 What Men Really Want Interviewee Dr. Gloria Brame[31]
2014Dr. Ted McIvenna Film ProjectInterviewer

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Gloria Brame Show . spreaker.com . April 11, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130405195632/http://www.spreaker.com/show/the_gloria_brame_show . April 5, 2013 .
  2. Web site: Sex Writers Race Bannon and Gloria Brame Share Their Passions . . April 12, 2013. August 9, 2012 .
  3. Web site: Membership Listing. American College of Sexologists. https://web.archive.org/web/20110903221601/http://www.americancollegeofsexologists.org/alphalist.html. September 3, 2011. dead. August 6, 2011.
  4. News: Stuart Nichols. Jerome . Interview with Dr. Gloria Brame . April 12, 2013. Eastern Echo. April 26, 2012.
  5. News: Sex Therapy On Call. June 15, 2004 . The Washington Post.
  6. Web site: Goldman . Norm . A Conversation With Clinical Sexologist and Author Gloria G. Brame, PhD . bookpleasures.com . October 19, 2019 . August 26, 2011.
  7. Web site: Institute of Human Sexuality Dissertation Listing . August 6, 2011 . . July 19, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719211620/http://www.iashs.edu/diss.html . dead .
  8. Web site: About. January 4, 2017. Gloria Brame. May 13, 2019.
  9. Web site: Gloria Brame: References and Further Reading, and a List of Books by Author Gloria Brame . paperbackswap.com . October 19, 2019.
  10. Web site: Gloria G. Brame . google.co.uk .
  11. Web site: CDA Expert Testimony in the Barbara Nitke Case . August 6, 2011 . . March 23, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323232451/https://ncsfreedom.org/key-programs/media-outreach/media-outreach-program/item/403-cda-expert-testimony-in-the-barbara-nitke-case.html . dead .
  12. Web site: Nitke vs Ashcroft . August 6, 2011 . Electronic Frontier Foundation. July 2011 .
  13. Web site: Woodhull Board of Directors . March 8, 2012 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120311044400/http://www.woodhullalliance.org/about-us/board-of-directors/gloria-brame/ . March 11, 2012 .
  14. Web site: The Gloria Brame Show . spreaker.com . April 12, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130405195632/http://www.spreaker.com/show/the_gloria_brame_show . April 5, 2013 .
  15. Web site: Toe-squeezing incident nails S. Jersey man . February 8, 2015.
  16. Web site: Bigger The Better! Welcome to the Fab And Fat Fetish World Of 'Gaining' . February 8, 2015. October 14, 2014 .
  17. Web site: For Horny Hypebeasts, Popping an Air Max Bubble Is the Ultimate Climax . February 8, 2015. May 8, 2014 .
  18. Web site: Fetish expert says Philly's Swiss Cheese Pervert could be dangerous. . February 8, 2015.
  19. Web site: Dolphin Sex: Another Person Claims to Have Had Sex with Flipper's Friend . February 8, 2015.
  20. Brame . Gloria G. . Marquis de Sade, Donatien Alphonse François (1740–1814) . The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality . 2015 . 721–817 . 10.1002/9781118896877.wbiehs280 . American Cancer Society . 9781118896877 .
  21. Web site: > Board Of Governors - Leather Hall of Fame. leatherhalloffame.com.
  22. Web site: The Gloria Brame Show . podcasts.com . October 19, 2019.
  23. Web site: Past Advisory Committee Members – NLA-I Domestic Violence Project . nlaidvproject.us . October 19, 2019.
  24. Web site: Trailer with historic photos, comments SEX FOR GROWN-UPS . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/YospFpsGFSc . 2021-12-22 . live. YouTube . October 19, 2019 .
  25. Web site: List of winners - Living In Leather. www.livinginleather.net.
  26. Web site: The NLA Writing Awards (for best BDSM writing) now open for nominations . cecilia tan . November 3, 2016 . October 19, 2019.
  27. Web site: List of winners . NLA International . January 28, 2007 . January 4, 2020 . January 3, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200103034928/http://nla-international.com/list-of-winners-5.html . dead .
  28. Web site: Listings of Bisexuality-Aware Professionals . bizone.org . October 19, 2019.
  29. Web site: Gloria Brame on Lesbian Business Community . Lesbian Business Community . October 19, 2019 .
  30. Web site: BDSM: Alternative Loving . . April 12, 2013.
  31. Web site: What Men Really Want . . April 12, 2013.

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