Publication governance · adults 18+

The UK Kink GuideEditorial review register

Reviewed 6 September 2026

What needs review, by whom and when.

This register prevents a publisher check from being mistaken for independent professional approval. It identifies high-consequence areas, the review still required and the event that should reopen a page early.

Content assurance

Review priority register

Highest priority

Consent, coercion and safeguarding

Current status
Risk-based register active; external safeguarding review not yet claimed
Review required
Safeguarding or trauma-informed specialist with a defined UK scope
Early trigger
Material service, statutory-guidance or safeguarding-practice change
Highest priority

Health, symptoms and medication

Current status
Priority sources assigned; publisher source audit extended to the PrEP/PEP guide on 20 September 2026; external clinical review is still open
Review required
Appropriately qualified sexual-health clinician or pharmacist by topic
Early trigger
NHS, MHRA, NICE or other material clinical-guidance change
Highest priority

UK law and digital harms

Current status
Jurisdiction labelled; not individual legal advice
Review required
Scoped review for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Early trigger
Legislation, appellate decision, regulator or prosecution-guidance change
High priority

Product safety and accessibility

Current status
Nineteen category guides; no individual product endorsement or external approval claimed
Review required
Product-safety and accessibility review before scored coverage; clinical review for anal products and pumps; security review for connected products
Early trigger
Recall, safety notice, standard, product-data or destination change
Moderate priority

Community language and lived experience

Current status
Community variation and uncertainty are stated
Review required
Scoped lived-experience review without clinical or legal sign-off claims
Early trigger
Substantiated terminology, inclusion or stigma concern
High priority

Commercial and partnership content

Current status
One disclosed affiliate retailer route and one non-affiliate retailer-directory route
Review required
Editorial, disclosure, licensing, privacy and destination approval
Early trigger
Partner, programme, commission, supplied-asset or tracking change

Journey assurance

13 routes checked end to end.

These are the site's priority reader journeys. Every route has a defined educational starting point and a useful destination; the note records where specialist assurance is still required rather than implying approval.

Connected route

Talking about interests and uncertainty

Start point Useful next step

Assurance: Conversation aid only; answers do not establish consent

Rights and provenance

Asset register status

The public site labels AI-generated editorial illustrations, but a complete filename-level rights register is still being assembled. This summary states what is known without claiming that unfinished records are complete.

Glossary editorial illustrations

Status: Page-level origin labels published

Next control: Complete filename-level generation and rights records

Guide and subject-centre imagery

Status: Four reused guide assets now have filename-level internal checksums and alternative-text records; original rights evidence is still missing

Next control: Locate source, creation method and permitted reuse evidence before wider reuse

Product-guide demonstrations

Status: Editorial category illustrations; no retailer packshots

Next control: Keep separate from future licensed partner assets

Brand and interface assets

Status: Site-owned marks and layout assets

Next control: Record master files and approved variants

Commercial directory imagery

Status: Site-owned AI editorial category images; no retailer packshots

Next control: Keep separate from any future licensed partner assets

Future partner-supplied assets

Status: Not active

Next control: Require written licence, permitted crops, expiry and withdrawal route before use

Release controls

Operational checklist

These controls turn the review into repeatable publishing work. A completed publisher check is recorded separately from work that depends on an external reviewer, partner or future live release.

Public-page status

Current: The retained guide programme has completed publisher review and appears in the catalogue, subject centres and sitemap

Next control: Keep any future outlines in the internal roadmap until their evidence and publisher review are complete

Priority journeys

Current: Thirteen start-to-destination routes are recorded in this register

Next control: Repeat the route check after any navigation, slug or product-guide change

Source destinations

Current: Spanking pilot notes are live; a 20 September 2026 publisher audit of the PrEP/PEP page is internal and identified a priority clinical signposting question

Next control: Obtain qualified clinical review before changing time-sensitive advice; continue source-by-source audits in risk order

External review

Current: Publisher review is distinguished from professional approval

Next control: Commission appropriately scoped clinical, legal, safeguarding and lived-experience review

Commercial activation

Current: One labelled Honour Clothing affiliate link is active in the separate retailer directory

Next control: Recheck the destination, disclosure and privacy position whenever programme terms or tracking change

Release parity

Current: Security, privacy and accessibility changes are tested in the unpublished build

Next control: After an authorised publication, compare the live domain with the approved edition

Accountability

Follow the underlying standards.

Review programme Editorial methodology Product review methodology Corrections policy