ABSTRACT
The public debate about non-monogamy within the bisexual movement has resulted in the proliferation of manifold discourses on non-monogamy. This chapter argues that different discourses on non-monogamy are structured in interrelation and opposition. Different ways or styles of being non-monogamous are produced through the negotiation of inter- and intradiscursive differences. The chapter focuses on the discursive formations around polyamory. It argues that the discourse on polyamory has given rise to distinctive socio-sexual identities. In the conjuncture of diverse social movements and subcultural trends, a social movement around polyamory seems to be emerging in the UK. The chapter carves out some of the dominant features of the polyamory discourse such as love, communication, negotiation, honesty, friendship. As a primarily virtual or on-line community many polyamorous people in the UK strongly rely on the Internet for socialising and theoretical or political debate. The chapter describes the poly community as primarily a virtual community, people come together on a regular basis.
