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[[File:Polyamory.svg|thumb|The infinite heart, a symbol sometimes used for polyamory]]'''Polyamory''' has been defined as ""consensual, ethical, and responsible non-monogamy", in other words having more than one intimate relationship at a time, with the consent of everyone involved.
 
[[File:Polyamory.svg|thumb|The infinite heart, a symbol sometimes used for polyamory]]'''Polyamory''' has been defined as ""consensual, ethical, and responsible non-monogamy", in other words having more than one intimate relationship at a time, with the consent of everyone involved.
  
The term, in the form "poly-amorous" is thought to have originated in a 1990 edition of the American neo-pagan magazine '''Green Egg'''.
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The term, in the form "poly-amorous" is thought to have originated in a 1990 edition of the American neo-pagan magazine ''Green Egg''.
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In 2013 the Liberal Democrat politician [[Sarah Brown]] was reported to be in a [[polyamorous]] relationship.<ref name="poly">Patrick Barkham, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/apr/20/greatest-sexual-taboo-polyamorous-transgender "'Why three in a bed isn't a crowd' - the polyamorous trio"] ''The Guardian'' 20 April 2013</ref>
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Latest revision as of 12:51, 30 July 2017

The infinite heart, a symbol sometimes used for polyamory
Polyamory has been defined as ""consensual, ethical, and responsible non-monogamy", in other words having more than one intimate relationship at a time, with the consent of everyone involved.

The term, in the form "poly-amorous" is thought to have originated in a 1990 edition of the American neo-pagan magazine Green Egg.

In 2013 the Liberal Democrat politician Sarah Brown was reported to be in a polyamorous relationship.[1]

References

  1. Patrick Barkham, "'Why three in a bed isn't a crowd' - the polyamorous trio" The Guardian 20 April 2013