Leanne Yau is a British 🏷️#sex-educator, 🏷️#content-creator, and trainee psychotherapist known for founding 📝Polyphilia, a leading multimedia platform dedicated to 📝Consensual Non-Monogamy (CNM) and queer relationship dynamics. Yau specializes in "bite-sized" education that translates complex relationship theories—such as 📝Relationship Anarchy and the "📝Relationship Escalator"—into accessible memes, videos, and essays. A bisexual, neurodivergent, and Asian creator, she explicitly centers intersectionality in her work, challenging the predominantly white and heteronormative narratives often found in mainstream polyamory discourse.
Yau began practicing non-monogamy at age 17 to navigate a long-distance relationship, a lived experience that informs her peer support services and her advice column in Gay Times. Her platform is particularly noted for its critique of "unicorn hunting" and its advocacy for 📝Kitchen Table Polyamory, a communal approach where partners and 📝Metamours (partners' partners) maintain friendly connections. She hosts the Happy Polydays podcast and has been recognized as a top relationship expert by publications including Cosmopolitan and Men’s Health. Currently, she is completing training to become a qualified psychotherapist, bridging the gap between social media advocacy and clinical practice.