ENM and Polyamory are increasingly in the news and public psyche. The time is now to push the needle forward to normalize what has been a marginalized relationship model. What can we as non-monogamists and polyamorist and monogamishists do to normalize non-monogamy – to make it less scary, fringe, unacceptable and more accessible, understood, acceptable, and desirable? We, who are experienced and passionate about our way of life, are the vanguard of a movement. While we want to help bring the joy and benefit of ENM into the light, we may not know how.
Normalizing Non-Monogamy
What We Can Do
Friday, May 1st
10:30 am
Room: Mesa
201
Key Takeaways
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The current legal landscape of ENM.
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What each of us can do within our personal circumstances to normalize non-monogamy.
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Exploring the practical limitations and possibilities.
Natalie Davis (she/her) is the author of Saying Yes: My Adventures in Polyamory (2026) and editor of the online publication Polyamory Today. Her work has appeared in Heart Affairs, Discovering Polyamory, Monogamish, and The Memoirist, and her opinions about polyamory have been published in The Washington Post. She has been interviewed on relationship podcasts and has presented workshops on communication and non-monogamy across the United States. A recovering trial lawyer, she lives in the Washington, DC, area, with her partner and metamour. You can find her on Instagram, Medium, and her website as nataliedavisadventures.