for black poly texas
a home for us.built by us.
13,000 of us have been meeting on facebook for years. this is the space we've been needing alongside it.
why here
why we're building it here, not there.
facebook can restrict or delete our group any morning. we've all seen it happen to communities like ours. tessakin is a home we can keep, run ourselves, and shape into what we actually need.
no algorithm deciding who sees what. no ad targeting built on our data. no rules about which words we can and can't use to describe our own lives.
what's here
what tessakin gives us that facebook can't.
our space, our rules
a private space inside tessakin, moderated by edward and the black poly texas team. the conversations we want to have without meta's algorithm deciding who sees them.
four spaces, one home
the black poly texas hub has rooms for what you need. main for everyday community. newbies for the gentler on-ramp. after-dark for kink-adjacent and adult conversations. and a private mods-only room where the team coordinates.
relationship tools built for polyam
pulse for daily check-ins with a partner. glimmers for tracking what's going right. embers for depth practice. tending for monthly relationship reviews. soundings for new connections that need a structured conversation. mend for when something needs repair. tools built for the way we actually love.
essays and education
a growing library on polyamory, enm, kink, and everything adjacent. we're building space for more black writers in the mix.
events
tessakin's event system for the real-world gatherings black poly texas is known for. rsvp inside the platform. see who's going. keep the details off meta.
play together
have you ever, honestly. never-have-i-ever built for adults who mean it. live or slow-burn over 3 to 7 days. play with your partners, your metamours, your chosen family.
join
how to join.
tessakin is free to join. black poly texas is a private space within it.
if you're already in the facebook group, you're welcome here. signup takes about a minute and you're in, no approval queue, no waiting. you're added to main and newbies right away.
after-dark is opt-in from your settings once you enable adult content. mods-only is invite by the admin team.
“come find us. it's the platform we wish existed when we started asking these questions.”
come find us here →