Outing

FetLife and the kink community as a whole is meant to be a welcoming and safe place for people to explore who they are sexually.

Outing does not create a safe, warm, and welcoming environment for people to explore their sexuality and has no place within the kink community.

What is Outing?

Outing is the act of exposing a member's kink and/or sexual identity outside of the kink community to non-kinksters and to cause harm.

What is in violation of this policy?

Examples include, but are not limited to:

• Deliberately and maliciously outing a member to their vanilla work or family
• Threatening to out another member to their vanilla work or family
• Sharing another member's personally identifiable information (see specific Doxing guideline)

What is not in violation of this policy?

Examples include:

• Addressing or referring to a member by their FetLife nickname within the kink community, but outside of FetLife (e.g. kink event)
• Providing information to authorities for the purpose of reporting a crime

How do I report a potential violation of this guideline?

You can report a potential violation of this guideline by:

1. Visiting the page with the potentially offensive material
2. Selecting "...", “more”, or “options”, then select “Report”
3. Selecting "Content Not Permitted" or “Other Reason”
4. Selecting "Next"
5. Providing any additional information that can help the person reviewing the report
6. Selecting "Report"

For more information, you can refer to Submitting a Report.

Who can report a potential violation of this guideline?

Anyone who comes across content they believe might fall under this guideline.

What happens if someone violates this guideline?

If someone outs another member, they receive a minimum of a one-month timeout, and they risk losing their account permanently.

If someone threatens to out another member, they get an instant three-day timeout. For each subsequent violation, the person's timeout increases in length, up to a maximum of a one-month timeout.