A counselor, nurse, and author in Berkeley, California, Kathy Labriola has provided affordable mental health services to alternative communities for 30 years. She has written four books on consensual nonmonogamy, including one called "Polyamorous Elders: Aging in Open Relationships. She describes herself as a "card-carrying bisexual and polyamorist" for 50 years. Extra-crunchy, she lives in a housing co-op, grows organic vegetables, and raises chickens.
