retired as a clinical psychologist in private practice in 2014. I was a member of The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) 1994-2018, and maintained a Diplomate in Sex Therapy 2005-2018. I was a Sex Therapy Supervisor 2011-2018. I served in the AASECT leadership 2000-2018, including 5 years as a Director. I was twice Awarded the Distinguished Service to AASECT Award in 2012, and 2015, I chaired the AASECT AltSex Special Interest Group for 2011 -2015. In May of 2017, I was Awarded a 'lifetime achievement award in training , research and advocacy' by the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF and the Community-Academic consortium for Research on Alternative Sexualities (CARAS). In 2016 NCSF took over that award, renaming it the Race Bannon Advocacy Award. In 2019, I became and adviser to Tickle.Life. Prior to all of that, I have been formally studying sexual deviance, sex variation, and the psychology sexuality for 40 years.