Presenters & Education (2011)
TFW 2012 Presenters TBA!
The Floating World’s mission is to build community and provide education, while giving space for our presenters to push boundaries and explore new topics. We’re thrilled to say that this year’s lineup of presenters includes incredible local talent alongside some of the best internationally-recognized educators, including:
- Acclaimed author, educator and artist, Midori
- Author of the well known Marketplace novels, Laura Antoniou
- Award-winning author, columnist, editor, and sex educator, Tristan Taormino
- 2010 International Ms Leather and well-known educator, Mollena
- Spiritual and erotic educator/author, Lee Harrington
- Professional rigger, evil genius and educator, Sir C
- Sexuality & relationship educator, Sarah Sloane
- Author and award-winning educator, Lolita Wolf
- Master piercer, teacher, and body modification artist, Sharrin Spector
TFW11 Presenters:
- Angel and Sebastien
- Barak and Sheba
- Bendy Yoga Girl
- Boomer
- Boymeat
- British Lucky Paul
- Catherine Gross
- Colten
- Darkteddybear
- Delano
- Dov
- Dr. Ruthie
- Goddess Roze
- Ignacio Rivera
- Jack ElFrink
- Jefferson
- Lady Hilary
- Laine
- Laura Antoniou
- Lee Harrington
- Lolita Wolf
- Lord Ramirez
- Lori Perkins
- Lynk
- Master Aslan
- Midori
- Mollena
- Pat Baillie
- Phoenix B
- Princess Kali
- Pyro Sadist
- RopeBoi
- Sarah Sloane
- Seraphin
- Sharrin Spector
- Simon
- Sir C
- slave petal
- Slutress
- Sophie Minkman
- Tristan Taormino
- Wintersong Tashlin
- Zebrianna
Angel has been a professional pervert since 1993. He came out as a leather dyke in San Francisco and is now a trans, femme, daddy living in NYC. He is an activist both in and out of the leather/kink community and was once called ‘the nicest mean person I’ve ever met’. As a person of mixed race he advocates for a less white scene for all of us.
Sebastien is a gender-fucked butch top and a half breed Lakota that came out in the San Francisco leather community in 1999 and currently resides in New York City. A Paramedic and a pervert with a degree in Fire Science, a hero complex and daddy issues, Sebastien has been teaching classes/facilitating workshops for the past eight years. Well mannered, foul mouthed, clever, and respectful, he’s fond of D/S dynamics, dark age-play, rough trade, anticipatory service, brilliance, tradition and folks meaner than himself.
Together they are co-founders of Instigate NYC (www.instigatenyc.org), a queer, trans, POC led series of BDSM/kink workshops and have presented at Dark Odyssey, LSM, TESFEST, TFW and NYU among others.
Learn more at: toyboxmodern.com
Angel and Sebastien will be teaching:
- Punching in the Face (and Other Places)
Barak is a wickedly perverted, poly, semi-het, sadistic quasi-Dom, who never takes himself too seriously. He has been presenting and formally teaching within the vanilla arena as a medical professional, safety officer and rights activist for over 17 years. He is currently exploring his blend of spirituality within his SM and is always planning, plotting and pontificating their future goals.
Sheba is a poly, bisexual, spoiled rotten slut. She enjoys being treated like a princess and can be a royal Brat sometimes. She loves to play, but is also an activist, community leader, and educator. She has shared her knowledge and experience with groups and at events around the country.
Together they are the founding members and owners of Adventures in Sexuality (AIS), the largest PanPolyBSDM/Kink group in Central Ohio.They have founded local submissive, switch and dominant roundtables, and a TNG group. Together they have authored numerous short stories and essays on Polyamory, Kink, and Sacred Sexuality, and present classes to Kink, Leather, and Vanilla audiences.
Learn more at: panpolybdsm.com
Barak and Sheba will be teaching:
- The Fine Art of Negotiation
- The Art of “Drive-By” Domming
- The Quick & Dirty of Polyamory
Bendy Yoga Girl has been teaching and training groups and individuals for almost 30 years. Bendy is committed to serving community and creating spaces in which people may learn and grow. Her teaching style is humorous, informative and interactive. Just like she.
Bendy has been actively exploring D/s and authority exchange for over 25 years, and she has a long history with BDSM. While her proclivities tend towards authority exchange and spiritual awakening through kink over all else, she is a lover of rope, deep impact, sensation, takedowns, and having fun!
Learn more at: bendyogagirl.com
Bendy Yoga Girl will be teaching:
- Yoga for Kinksters
- BreathWork for BDSM
A native of Atlanta, GA., Boomer is a dominant sadist with above-average hand-eye coordination, a passion for single tail whips, intense SM and the D/s dynamic. He has been active in the BDSM scene since 1997 as a member of Atlanta’s Sanctuary of a Dark Angel, PEP, Tribe, The Boston Dungeon Society and 1763. He has led hands-on workshops and given presentations at Southeast Leather Fest, The Boston Fetish Flea, Boston Dungeon Society, Atlanta S/M Solidarity, Augusta Iron Rose, Hudson Valley D/s, L.O.C.K of South Carolina, TES Fest, T3WD of Columbia, CAPEX, The Red Chair in Birmingham, Frolicon and Atlanta Whippersnappers.
Outside of kink he enjoys carpentry and working with his hands in general, cycling, good beer and thinks a man and his truck is a beautiful thing.
Boomer will be teaching:
- Power and Grace – Using long whips in SM play
- Single tail 101 – Single Tail Basics
- Single tail 201 – Harnessing the Power
Phillip Wolf, more popularly known as Boymeat, is a 31-year-old native New Yorker. Best known for his outreach to the younger members of our community, he co-created the concept of The Next Generation (TNG), specialized groups serving young adults between the ages of 18 and 35 who are interested in SM. Boymeat was the co-founder of both TES-TNG and GMSMA-TNG, groups that helped kick off the national TNG movement.
A bisexual, polyamourous switch, with a penchant for foot fetishism, incest role play and piss play, Boymeat is rumored to be the quite the sadist. An aspirational handcuff collector and leather history slut, he is the man who nerve.com said “makes the Marquis de Sade look like Pat Boone.”
Learn more at: boymeat.org
Boymeat will be teaching:
- Watersports – Or, How I’ve Come To Love The Pee
- The Taboos of Incest Role Play
- Surviving Corporal 101 – How to Handle the Physical and Emotional Effects
British “Lucky” Paul is a kinkster from the other side of the pond with a limitless appetite for sexy girls in latex and high heels. Born in England, Paul started young as a pervert. As a teenager, he would sneak up to London to indulge his fantasies, and 20 years later he’s still up to his old tricks. In addition to the UK, Paul has been spotted in San Francisco, Europe and Australia but is now settled in the Washington DC area.
He is a heterosexual, dominant, poly cis-male. While his depravity knows no bounds, some of his interests include bondage, girls in shiny black latex rubber and spanking. He can regularly be found selflessly serving the community by disciplining naughty girls wherever he finds them.
Learn more at: britishluckypaul.com
British Lucky Paul will be teaching:
- Fucking Machines Workshop/Lounge
- English Caning
- Creating a Spark with Electricity
Catherine Gross is a sex educator, consultant, writer and certified PCC personal coach. She offers classes that focus on physical skills, Master/slave relationships, dominance and submission, improving your sex life, personal development, house management, service, keeping relationships healthy and much more.
She was presented with Black Rose’s Vaughn Keith National Educator Award in 2002, Pantheon of Leather Business of the Year award in 2006, and Pantheon of Leather Southeast Region Service Award 2006. She has served on both local and national boards, judged contests, staffed conferences in a variety of positions, and emceed and produced fundraisers for several charities and organizations. She is currently the co-producer of SouthEast LeatherFest in Atlanta, GA.
Learn more at: bdsmclasses.com
Catherine Gross will be teaching:
- Hierarchical Structures – More Than Girls, Boys and Slaves
- Learning Mastery from Your Slave
- Cornerstones: Beginnings, Middles and the End
Colten is a service-oriented boy owned and operated for the last 10 years by Tristan Taormino. He is a kinky switch who loves plotting with other boys and girls, team fucking, and to do lists. He organizes his Boss’ events and travel schedule (and generally takes care of all Her needs). Colten has assisted Tristan during workshops all across the country and has presented at Princeton, Kinkfest, TNG, and Boys Training Camp. He lives in the country with his Boss and their loyal canine pack.
Colten will be teaching:
- The Art of Service: Two Personal Perspectives
(co-taught with Tristan Taormino)
Darkteddybear is a minister, pervert, counselor and slut, with many years in the scene. He has studied and experimented with the interconnections of sexuality, religion and kink. He has previously taught at a number of conferences and events, including The Floating World, Frolicon, Kinky Con I & II, Western Mass Power Exchange, Arisia and Conversio Virium, and looks forward to the chance to share new ideas and perspectives and hear those of others in the kink community.
Darkteddybear will be teaching:
- The Disabled Dominant- Topping from what seems a place of weakness (class taught with Wintersong Tashlin)
- Airtight Etiquette: How to Organize a Gang Bang
DeLano is dedicated to using his years of experience in the bondage scene to help others enjoy their time in rope more safely and fully. He has presented locally in NYC and for events around the country on rope bondage and on other topics. DeLano is the Junior Instructor for Midori’s Rope Bondage Dojo ® weekend intensives, and he co-moderates the Japanese RopeArt and the Shibari Enthusiasts Yahoo groups. He’s also co-presented with Michele Serchuk on their photographic collaborations in bondage imagery.
DeLano has had a life-long desire for rope bondage. This is his personal exploration of the art, spirituality, physicality and psychology of his bondage journey as well as the nature of the connections he shares with his rope partners (both as a bottom and as a top).
Learn more at: delanobound.com
Delano will be teaching:
- Rope Bottom, Rope High: An Advanced Guide for Frequent (and “ Wannabe” Frequent) Flyers
- Scene Survival for New Players
- Co-Host Rope Lounge
Dov is a NYC based artist, photographer, sculptor, educator; Japanese rope bondage and single tail whip fanatic, computer geek and just has way too many hobbies. He has been in the NYC scene since 1993, served 4 years on the TES board, was TES’s webmaster for 9 years and was also a founding member of TEC at TES. He also helped start the largest rope event in the world, Shibaricon, and is a featured presenter on the Kink Academy website.
He has been involved for years both politically and artistically, creating works at Burning Man and other venues. His work varies from installations to performance art, both vanilla and fetish as well as guerrilla bondage street photography. His rope art has been featured at Diesel Denim Gallery in SoHo NYC, where he created a Shibari rope window to highlight a photo series of their jeans by Japanese erotic photographer Araki.
Dov has many specialties and interests such as rope bondage in both Western and Japanese Styles, canes, flogging, single tails, knives, fire play, impact play (punching slapping etc.), rope corsets, pony play, objectification, humiliation, knives, pressure points, mind fucks, etc. As an educator he has given numerous presentations and workshops across the country for organizations and events including TES , Bondage SIG at TES, GMSMA, Black Rose (DC), Shibaricon, Leather Leadership, Conference 7 in Boston, Leather Retreat, The Tannery (Philly), Passional (Philly), TES2000, Purple Passion, Silk at Bard College, Conversio Virium at Columbia, WHAP at NYU, Vase in Vermont, Bound in Boston, Kinko Da Mayo and many more.
Learn more at: washi-nawashi.com
Dov will be teaching:
- Crazy Glue Invisible Bondage and Infibulation
- Intermediate Signal Whip Throwing
- Bondage for Punishment and Pain
- Co-host of the Rope Lounge
Dr. Ruthie began her career in the field of traditional mental health, but quickly realized that helping others to achieve sexual well-being and pleasure was far more fulfilling than focusing on pathology and diagnosis. Hailing from Washington, DC, she is the author of The Nice Girl’s Guide to Talking Dirty (Summer, 2011) and is already working on her second book, a scandalously illustrated sex position manual due out in early 2012. When she isn’t writing or offering sex education and coaching, she can be found mentoring and building community for diverse sex-positive professionals, video blogging at ExploringIntimacy.com, reviewing products for Babeland.com, writing for FearlessPress.com, teaching student-therapists, or traveling the country offering workshops. She also enjoys vegetarian dining, comfortable shoes, marathon napping, exploring new cities, and snuggling with her sweetie and fluffies. Although she has presented at numerous events and conferences, this will be Dr. Ruthie’s first Floating World and she is terribly excited!
Learn more at: exploringintimacy.com
Dr. Ruthie will be teaching:
- Deep Kisses: The Art of Giving Blow Jobs
- Sex Toys for Boys
- Dirty Talk for the Shy
A native New Yorker, this afro-wearing, tattooed Goddess has been involved in the East Coast scene for many years. Never too shy to share her point of view, Goddess Roze has participated in the People of Color Forum at The Eulenspiegel Society, the East Coast Leather Town Hall BDSM Community Forum. Goddess Roze has also presented for The Eulenspiegel Society, Floating World, a Masters class on Human Sexuality at Rutgers University, Conversio Virium at Columbia University, Long Island Leather N Roses, Lesbian Sex Mafia, Knot for Everyone, TESfest, APeX Summer Bash and Instigate NYC.
Goddess Roze is also is a lover of opulence, pleasure, and artistic expression, has a voracious appetite for learning, a great appreciation of conversation and all manner of twisted deviancy.
Goddess Roze will be teaching:
- inTERRORgation
- Dominant Women’s Roundtable
- Titillating Tit Torture: Beyond Clothespins
Ignacio Rivera, who prefers the gender-neutral pronoun “they,” is a Queer, gender fluid, Trans- Entity, Black Boricua performance artist, lecturer/trainer, activist, new filmmaker and self-proclaimed sex educator.
As a lecturer/ trainer, Ignacio has spoken at home and abroad on such topics of racism, sexism, homo/transphobia, transgender issues, trans 101, sexual liberation, anti-oppression, anti-violence, multi-issue organizing and more. Ignacio currently consultants with various organizations in New York City conducting professional development trainings for NYC High school staff. Ignacio is also the founder of Poly Patao Productions. P3 is dedicated to producing sex-positive workshops, performance pieces, films, play parties, panel discussions, social/political groups and educational opportunities that are specially geared toward queer women, transgender, multi-gender, gender-queer, gender non-conforming and gender variant people of color.
Ignacio produced a short called “Crossing”‘ which has played in film festivals internationally. Their second short “They” debuted at the NYC Mix film Festival in October 2008. Ignacio is currently working on their third short entitled “Transient”. In the near future, Ignacio hopes to debut their long awaited film, “Shades of Kink”, a educational documentary style film that focuses on gender, race and class analysis of the kink world.
Learn more at: ignaciorivera.com
Ignacio Rivera will be teaching:
- Transqueering your sex
- G-spot and Female-Bodied Ejaculation
- Dualism and Fluidity
- Boundaries Panel
Jefferson is a New York-based writer and educator. His blog “One Life, Take Two” documents his life as a parent and pervert. He has taught at The Eulenspeigel Society (TES), Dark Odyssey, Winter Fire and Floating World, among other events. He is a storyteller frequently appearing at the Moth among other venues. He has organized sex events in New York for several years. A list of his publications may be found at his website.
Learn more at: onelifetaketwo.blogspot.com
Jefferson will be teaching:
- Odd Man In: Male Bisexuality on the Scene
- Threesome Is a Magic Number
- Erotic Biting
Lady Hilary is a visionary leader who has been exploring leather since 1989. On her journey she has twice been a titleholder – SF Dyke Mommy 1995 and Ms Sacramento Valley Leather 1998. Lady Hilary has shared her knowledge with The Exiles, Alameda Leather Corps, Santa Clara County Leather Association, smOdyssey, Inc., the Sacramento Valley Leather Corps, The Citadel, The Society of Janus, Rio Grande Leather, Dark Odyssey, Sacramento Valley Heat, Southwest Leather Conference, and numerous other organizations and conferences. In addition, she has judged numerous leather contests and emceed many leather events.
From her passion to translate powerful business and personal growth metaphors into the leather worldview, Lady Hilary envisioned, created and now produces regular Vanguard Leather events. Lady Hilary firmly believes in and lives a bliss-filled life of focused desire, devotion, and service.
Learn more at: vanguardleather.com
Lady Hilary will be teaching:
- Yielding to Brutality (Punching and Kicking)
- Integrating Hot D/s Sex into Scenes
- D/s Training That Really WORKS
Laine is a gender and power-fluid butch woman with a penchant for exploring power, service, chivalry, butch/femme, daddy/girl and edge play dynamics. With 15 years of exploring kink – she has been owned, served as a majordomo in a victorian household as well as in her leather family, been a dominant and a daddy. She has presented topics on service, chivalry, gender, spirituality and sexuality across the country, and enjoys going to events to meet new people, learn and share time with friends, family and community. She can be found primarily in New York and occasionally in New Jersey or San Francisco.
Laine will be teaching:
- Incorporating Chivalry into D/s
- Submissive and Service Archetypes
Laura Antoniou is the author of the well known Marketplace series of erotic novels, She has also edited the groundbreaking “Leatherwomen” anthologies, and several other collections of fiction and non-fiction. Her work has been translated into Spanish, German, Hebrew, Japanese and Korean. Many examples of her short fiction, articles, essays and rants can be found in the collection titled The Catalyst and Other Tales.
As a presenter, panelist, and keynote speaker, Laura has appeared at dozens of conferences over more than twenty years, both entertaining and delivering an occasional verbal indictment. She has also appeared at colleges and universities, including NYU, Rutgers, Columbia and the University of Washington.
Laura lives in Queens, NY with her wife Karen, and happily serves as boy to Kim Attica. Friends have called her all sorts of names. Current favorites being “Renaissance Perv” by Midori, “Good Boy!” by Kim and of course, “best thing that ever happened to me” by Karen.
Learn more at: lantoniou.com
Laura Antoniou will be teaching:
- Unscheduled Maintenance: Keeping your SM Relationship Purring
(co-taught with Kim Attica) - Meet the Parents; Familial Relationships in SM & Play
- Service with a Smile: Tactics for Overcoming Temporary Obstacles in Being Your Best
Lee Harrington is an eclectic artist, spiritual and erotic educator, gender explorer and published author and editor on human sexuality and spiritual experience- including “Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond,” “Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Rope Bondage and Erotic Macramé” and the “Toybag Guide to Age Play”. He has also worked as an anthology editor on such projects as “Rope, Bondage, and Power.” Well known for his fun and informative approach to education, he approaches sexuality as yet another art to master, or simply an art to enjoy to its fullest! He has been an active part of the international kink and sex positive communities for over 14 years, and his stories make people laugh while showing you that eroticism can be as serious, sexy, or silly as you make it. Lee’s writings and photography have appeared in numerous anthologies including “Dark Moon Rising: Pagan BDSM and the Ordeal Path” (also under his previous pen name, Bridgett Harrington), and his image has been seen everywhere from PlayBoy TV to the pages of Skin Two Magazine.
Learn more at: passionandsoul.com
Lee Harrington will be teaching:
- Playing with the Head(s): Hair, Face and Cock Bondage
- Taking the Lead: Human Pony, Puppy and Animal Owning/Training
- Sir! Yes Sir! : Exploring, Developing, Implementing and Enforcing Protocol
- Playing Between the Ears: Erotic Hypnosis, Trance and Dirty Talk
Lolita Wolf is a native New Yorker, who discovered the BDSM scene back in the late 80′s when “online” meant being on the phone sex lines. She is an activist who defends the sexual freedom for all consenting adults, spreads the word about BDSM, sex and poly, and helps the community grow and flourish. Yet, her goal remains “to have fun.”
Lolita has many specialties including bondage, impact play of all sorts, hot wax, fire play, poly relationships, social skills, communication and negotiation, CBT, violet wands, etc. She is co-facilitator of the TES Bondage SIG. Lolita has presented workshops for organizations and events across the country, including TES, GMSMA, Black Rose, Living in Leather, South Plains Leatherfest, Thunder in The Mountains, Portland Kinkfest, Frolicon, Dark Odyssey and many others. She has also presented seminars at Columbia, Yale, NYU, Bard and Rutgers Universities. She is well-known for a fun and entertaining style that packs a lot of information into a short class.
Her writing has appeared in On Our backs and Prometheus magazines and she has authored two books : Spanking and CBT in a Nutshell. A six year old Princess who lies about her age, Lolita manages to stir up shit and get her own way (most of the time). She is part of a far-ranging leather family and considers herself a versatile opportunist.
Learn more at: leatheryenta.com
Lolita Wolf will be teaching:
- Kidz Rule! Age Play For Consenting Adults
- The Greedy Pig Battles the Green-eyed Monster
- Sensory Deprivation & Control
Lord Ramirez has been active in BDSM for nearly 20 years. After establishing himself in the lifestyle he became a fetish performer in Goth and Fetish nightclubs throughout the east coast. As a BDSM educator he has taught for groups including TIED, Tidewater Pride, Crimson Phoenix, CAPEX, CUFF, CoDe and Amatorius. National events he’s presented at include Black Phoenix’s Winter Solstice, APEX Summer Bash, The DC GRUE, The Winter Fetish Fleamarket, Frolicon, NDD/s Boot Camp, Charm City Fetish Fair, Primal Arts Festival, and The Floating World.
Ramirez is also very active with the vampyre community and the establishment of several vampyre organizations. He has an extensive martial arts background, and a strong interest in Japanese culture. Ramirez is also a retired open professional ballroom dance championship finalist and ballroom dance adjudicator.
Lord Ramirez will be teaching:
- Florentine Signal Whips
- The D/s of Argentine Tango
- Protocol and Ritual… Why?
Lori Perkins is an established New York literary agent whose clientele specializes in erotica. She was the co-editor of The MILF ANTHOLOGY and COWBOY LOVER with Cecelia Tan. She is the Editorial Director of Ravenous Romance.
Learn more at: lperkinsagency.com
Lori Perkins will be teaching:
- Writing Smut for Fun and Profit or How to Turn Your Fantasies into Cash
Dr. Lynk is a doctor of physical therapy as well as a certified strength and conditioning specialist. He has been involved with bodywork most of his life and the kink community for over 5 years. His background gives him a unique perspective on the activities in the community that he has been able to apply to create classes to improve bodywork skills, body movement, and decrease risk of injury. His classes include massage, fitness for sex, and injury management in the scene.
Learn more at: fetlifefitness.wordpress.com
Lynk will be teaching:
- Sex for Fitness: Harder Better Faster Stronger
- Forced Exercise
Master Aslan aka Carrie Gray, is a Toronto based BDSM educator, photographer, manufacturer and designer of strap on harnesses, bondage equipment and owner of ASLAN Leather Inc. Carrie identifies as a Gender Queer, Transgendered Butch and is a passionate advocate of BDSM as a self-empowering form of sexual, psychological and physical play. A lifestyle Daddy and Master, Carrie enjoys the discoveries that come from pushing the psychological and physical boundaries of top and bottom space through role play, the intimate power of spanking, flogging and the beautiful submission and control of bondage. Carrie’ s scene experiences and sadistic pleasures cover a variety of activities including knives, canes, needle play, single tails and age play. Carrie believes that playing is an ongoing growth process and is always ready to learn new skills to share with others. With over 10 years experience as a BDSM educator, Carrie shares personal expertise and lessons in an engaging, open and entertaining format that encourages participants to learn through communication, play and participation.
Learn more at: aslanleather.com
Master Aslan will be teaching:
- Strap On Fun
- A Good Spanking
- Fun with Floggers
Acclaimed writer and lecturer on a wide range of sexual topics, Midori has a degree in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and vast indispensable experience as a pioneering San Francisco sex educator. Midori is known for her humanistic, humorous and warm classes that help people to spice up people’s sex lives and encourage self discovery and personal growth.
A regular advice columnist for Men’s Health, she has appeared on HBO and BBC, and has been featured in Vogue, Playboy, Der Spiegel, Cosmo and more. Multifaceted, she is a skilled photographer, artist in Japanese rope, presenting to art institutions such as Tanzquartier, Vienna and Das Arts in Amsterdam. She’s the author of bestselling books “The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage” and “Wild Side Sex”.
Born in Japan and raised in a feminist intellectual Tokyo household, she served in the US Army while earning her psychology degree from University of California, Berkeley. Numerous years as a sex educator with San Francisco Sex Information combines with her curiosity and explorations into the sex-positivity movement to complete the dynamic blend of experiences that give her breadth and depth of knowledge in human erotic expression.
Learn more at: planetmidori.com
Midori will be teaching:
- Beyond Twisted: Kink Outside the Box
- Multiple Player Scenes
- Rope Dance: Dynamic Passionate Movements
This “Delicate, Trembling Flower of Submission” © is a NYC born and raised writer, actress, BDSM Educator and Executive Pervert. She is extremely honored, humbled and proud to have served as International Ms Leather 2010. She is also thrilled to have been named Ms. San Francisco Leather 2009 after that contest’s decade long slumber. She is deeply honored to be a nominee for the 21st Annual Pantheon of Leather’s Woman of the Year AND Northern California Regional Awards!
Active in BDSM and the Leather Community since 1996, she speaks at Leather, BDSM and Kink events across the US, Europe and Canada on many Leather and BDSM focused topics. Her blog, The Perverted Negress, has been a featured blog on Fleshbot as well as the pick of the week for The Sugasm. And boy howdy, the venerated Jane’s Guide thinks The Perverted Negress’ Blog is pretty rad!
Her background includes a lifetime of training and involvement in the performing arts, which include spoken word, classical theater, dance, performance art, and all manner of stagecraft. Her first solo show, 69Stories: One Pervert’s Tale has been re-revived and is ready to tour and was a hit in Vancouver in November 2010.
Learn more at: mollena.com
Mollena will be teaching:
- The Psychology of Psychological Play
- From the Bottom: A Sub’s Missives: On Piercing
(Assisted by Barak and Sheba) - Never a “Bad Scene” – Learning from Detours
pat baillie has been kinky for 30+ years! She’s a queer boy living in a “poly-cule” and in service to Lady Sharrin in Oakland, California. She’s retired from the military and went on to hold the titles of Ms San Jose Leather 1995 and International Ms Leather 1995. She lived in Albuquerque for over 11 years and was the producer of Rio Grande Leather and Co-President of Albuquerque Pride. She served on the national LLC board and conducted the grass roots analysis for the Consent Counts project. She is a trainer by profession from secondary school to the military to corporate and now works as a professional gay advocating for LGBT rights.
Pat Baillie will be teaching:
- “I Love You Daddy”…When Service Comes in More Flavors!
Phoenix’s “official” entrance into the Seattle BDSM community was by joining the local SM Dyke club, Outer Limits in 1985. From there Phoenix quickly went on to become a coordinator in that organization until it closed in the mid-90′s. Phoenix is the co-founder/producer of the well-known and highly-regarded Wicked Womyn SM conference in Seattle. Phoenix also served as a coordinator for PowerSurge Conferences in the 1990′s as well. Phoenix has taught many workshops across the USA, Europe, and Canada for over 20 years on master’s level health and safety, play piercing, decorative cutting, suturing, fire play, blood drawing, flogging, and Japanese rope harness. Phoenix has also produced a video “On The Cutting Edge” that was accepted for the highly respected Seattle Erotic Arts Festival. Phoenix also loves “hooks” and has facilitated many energy pulls and suspensions.
Phoenix believes it is important to share knowledge about SM techniques but also to listen and learn from others as well. Phoenix has many interests, but motorcycle riding and service bois are some favorites. Phoenix identifies as a Two-Spirit Native (Cree First Nations/Scots), Gender Queer, Top, Sir, and Daddy, and has a particular fondness for having boots shined.
Phoenix B will be teaching:
- Master’s Level (601) S/M Health and Safety
- Advanced Decorative Cutting
Princess Kali is a foot-fetishist and lifestyle dominatrix with extensive experience in humiliation, corporal punishment, female supremacy and TPE play. Princess Kali has been lecturing on a variety of BDSM topics throughout the country since 2003 in the US and internationally. Presenting at such educational institutions as Harvard, RISD, and Brown University as well has Lifestyle venues such Black Rose, Fetish Flea Fair, Leather Retreat and Kink in the Caribbean has garnered Princess Kali respect in both the vanilla and kink worlds.
Always on the lookout for new and fabulous ways to explore her kinky creativity, Princess Kali spends much of her time working on her personal website (www.PrincessKali.com); organizing Washington DC and New England’s monthly foot fetish events, Footnight (www.Footnight.com/ne.html); updating her line of Fem Domme DVDs; and, naturally, keeping her personal stable of willing sluts, submissives, and slaves in line. Founding the Kink Academy in 2007 has allowed Princess Kali to reach an even broader audience in a more personal way, with her particular form of kink positive sex education, helping couples and singles reach a deeper understanding as well has a heightened creativity in their personal perversions.
Learn more at: kinkpositive.com
Princess Kali will be teaching:
- Public Humiliation – Safe, Sane and Sexy!
- Face Slapping – Hand to Cheek
- Women Taking Power: D/s dynamic as Feminism
Brian, AKA Pyro Sadist has been in the scene for over a decade. He has been with his collared slave Dottie (Slutress), since he entered the scene. Together with Dottie, Brian founded The Gate, one of the of largest munch groups in the Philadelphia area which is still going strong, and then started a second chapter of The Gate in Massachusetts. The two of them own Needle Play Design, their custom embroidering company. Brian and Dottie have traveled as far north as ME, as far south as VA and as far west as MO to play and teach. They have given instruction in fireplay, needleplay, and singletails at various venues including The Space, the play space of The Society (www.thesocietyct.org) Behind The Scenes, The Black Phoenix, Leather Retreat, Dark Odyssey Winter/Spring Fire, Dark Odyssey Summer Camp and Camp Crucible.
Learn more at: needleplaydesign.com
Pyro Sadist will be teaching:
- Dancing with Flame
- Fire Whips
Hi! I’m Parker, aka RopeBoi. I enjoy playing with critical theory, gender, sexuality, and, of course, rope! My interest in BDSM began as a performative exploration of theories of bodies and pleasures, and I soon acquired a special taste for rope: tying, being tied, and even (or especially) tying myself. My style of rope bondage draws on a variety of influences, including Japanese-derivative rope bondage forms, decorative knotting and textile arts, western nautical ropecraft, histories of torture and punishment, and performance art.
I now serve on the board of Mob, a group for women and trans people interested in BDSM in New England. I am an active member of Bound in Boston, the Boston Rope Group, and the New England Leather Alliance. I am a co-founder of Panicle House, a residential cooperative formed around a shared vision of queer, trans, genderqueer, poly, kinky, sex worker, and allied members living cooperatively and collaboratively in Cambridge, Mass. As a lover of education, I enjoy learning and teaching and sharing my passions with others.
RopeBoi will be teaching:
- Foot, Shoe and Boot Bondage
- Advanced Self-Bondage and Self-Suspension
- Rope for Manhandling
Sarah Sloane is a sexuality & relationship educator based in Washington DC & Chicago IL. She has taught literally hundreds of classes for Sex-Positive, BDSM, and Relationship-oriented organizations and events throughout the US, Canada, and overseas for over 10 years; she also works with individuals & small groups to learn skills and techniques to enhance their lives. Additionally, she is a popular guest on numerous podcasts and internet radio shows, and delights in speaking her mind and creating dialogue with listeners across the globe.
Sarah writes a monthly column, “Dear Sarah”, at Fearless Press, blogs for MyPleasure, and has written prolifically for the online SexIs Magazine, as well acting as the Contributing Editor of Tristan Taormino’s newsletter, The Double T. Her writing has been included in “Rope, Bondage and Power”, as well as other anthologies, and her first e-book will be released this summer.
Learn more at: sarahsloane.net
Sarah Sloane will be teaching:
- How to Score This Weekend
- Burnt and Jaded
- Can’t Say No: The Ethics and Practice of Impaired Consent Scenes
Seraphin is a NYC based queer switch masochist & occasional sadist experienced in numerous permutations of bottoming. She has served as Programming Co-Chair for LSM and has been a member of TES, MAST & NCSF. She has co-presented, assisted and demoed alongside some of the best and brightest at events such as South Plains, Pacific Friction, TES Fest, Floating World, Boston Fetish Flea & Dark Odyssey. After years of contributing her bottoming perspective to numerous presentations and pushing the limits of extreme play publicly, she’s now most often found behind the scenes. Seraphin has served as a consultant for various media pieces on alternative sexuality and is co-founder of the LGBTQ booking agency, PhinLi Bookings.
Learn more at: phinli.com
Seraphin will be teaching:
- Insatiable Extremities
- Playing Through Intimacy
- Breakin’ Hearts or Setting Boundaries: It’s All How You Look at It
Sharrin Spector, body modification artist, teacher and vendor, has been active in the BDSM community for the last 20 years starting in the Seattle community. She was instrumental in the creation of Powersurge, the first lesbian BDSM conference held in 1992 in Seattle and was a member of Outer LImits, a lesbian SM group. Sharrin was also on the board of the Northwest and International National Leather Association. She opened Pierce Ink in 1993 in San Jose. Her passions include blood, rattan canes and being on the receiving end of excellent service. Sharrin has taught for numerous organizations including Black Rose, Thunder in the Mountains, Dark Odyssey and IMsL. She has also judged on the international level at the International Master/slave competition and local and regional contests. When not traveling, she lives in a non-traditional “poly-cule” in Oakland, CA.
Sharrin Spector will be teaching:
- Kiss of Fire: Branding
- Needle Bound – Merging Temporary and Permanent Piercing
Simon is a queer-identified, cis-gendered bloke with a long-term interest in communication. He is a bottom-heavy switch. He believes in the deeply controversial idea that better communication makes for a better life and more fun.
Simon will be teaching:
- Kinky Communication (How To Avoid Being Tiresome and Needy and Get What You Want)
Sir C is a sadistic, bisexual, poly, Master and BDSM educator. She shares a home and Her life with Her Alpha Mate, Bobby and is pleased to be part of the PQLF leather family. She is well known for Her rope rigging, interesting training perspectives, unique M/s philosophy, and “evil” genius. She has pursued Her passion for strenuous bondage and suspension professionally on sites like Hogtied, Waterbondage, Men in Pain, InSexM and InSex. Her personal passion is evident in Her local and national affiliations, participation, and teaching. She was the founding Associate Director of MAsT: Metro New York, was a Trainer with The Estate and has taught at a number of group meetings and munches as well as these national events – BR, Dark Odyssey, Dark Odyssey Winter Fire, Kinkfest, Ohio Leatherfest, Leather Retreat, Master/slave Camp, TES Fest, South Plains Leatherfest and Shibaricon. She is also currently seeking a queer live-in slave.
Sir C will be teaching:
- Upping the Ante with Sir C
- Fundamentals of Rope Suspension
- Urethral Play… A Hole of Your Own
slave petal is a lifelong crossdresser. He was introduced into the world of alternative lifestyles by the incomparable performer, educator and Domme, Contessa Alura. slave petal has attended workshops and led crossdresser groups at the Alternative Lifestyles Community Center in Montreal (ALCCVA). He is a member of the board and staunch volunteer for the ALCCVA.
slave petal will be teaching:
- Crossdressing 101
Dottie, AKA Slutress, has been educating and supporting the community for well over a decade. Together with her Master she founded The Gate in Philadelphia over a decade ago and started a second chapter up in the New England area 8 years ago. She’s been doing workshops up and down the East Coast including, Camp Crucible, TES, The Floating World, Black Rose, Leather Retreat, DSF, Boot Camp, Dark Odyssey, Brimstone, The Society, Paddles, DSF, and many more groups workshops, and munches.
Dottie’s been dedicated, along with her Master, Pyro Sadist, to help support, advertise and educate the community. Dottie and Pyro Sadist also run the Gate News: the biggest newsletter supporting groups, events and education, along the East Coast and West. Working together helps a community grow.
Learn more at: needleplaydesign.com
Slutress will be teaching:
- Blood Cupping
- Sewing it Shut
- Stapling
- Needleplay 101
(all classes taught with Zebrianna)
Sophie Minkman, The Pervertistani Ambassador-at-Large, and TEC@TES’s “Mistress of the Hounds” has been a corporate trainer/presenter and a cance instructor (including at a major university) for over 10 years. She has recently been teaching classes in the fetish community mostly focused on the psychology and dynamics of puppy play. Her specialty is dehumanization and elaborate scenes involving multiple people.
Sophie Minkman is a charismatic presenter and is exceptionally creative. She keeps the audience engaged with her wacky humor and fresh perspective on kinky play. Her exciting games go way beyond the usual.
Sophie Minkman will be teaching:
- Strange Animal: Creative & Unusual Games for Animal/Pet Play
- Duct tape: Bondage and Beyond!: (Bondage, Fashion, Dehumanization & More)
Tristan Taormino is an award-winning author, columnist, sex educator, event producer, and feminist pornographer. She is the author of seven books, including The Ultimate Guide to Anal Sex for Women, Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships and the forthcoming Secrets of Female Ejaculation and Great G-Spot Orgasms. She runs her own porn production company, Smart Ass Productions, and helms the sex ed video line Vivid-Ed for Vivid Entertainment. She teaches sex, relationship, and kink workshops at colleges and universities, sex and leather conferences, and other places around the world. She, her boy Colten and their dogs live in Upstate New York.
Learn more at: puckerup.com
and openingup.net
Tristan Taormino will be teaching:
- Anal Pleasure 201
- The Art of Service: Two Personal Perspectives
(co-taught with Colten) - Making Open Relationships Work
Wintersong Tashlin (www.barkingshaman.com) is a shaman, magician and presenter who has been teaching and running rituals for over a decade. Seeing pain and pleasure as valuable tools, he employs both in his spiritual work as well as his erotic play. In addition to magical and spiritual classes, Wintersong also teaches workshops on various erotic and kink techniques, specializing in needle play, cbt, polyamory, roleplaying and playing with unusual kinks. He has presented for Kink Academy, Dark Odyssey, Floating World, Dark Moon Rising, FSA Beltane, Black Rose, and many others. He is a council member of Clan Tashlin, an earth based teaching and magical order built around a unique relationship between people and the energies of the world around us, and has been featured in documentaries featuring topics such as polyamoury, spirituality and genital integrity in both the United States and Great Britain. He can be found on Fetlife simply as “Wintersong.”
Learn more at: barkingshaman.com
Wintersong Tashlin will be teaching:
- CBT For (Just) One
- Being The Sexual Initiator
- Crafting Sacred Trauma
Zebrianna has been actively involved in public BDSM lifestyle events and advocacy since 2000. She volunteers extensively; helping with the management of her local munch group NDD/s, managing the East Coast Group Leaders Forum, running fund raisers and serving as a dungeon monitor at many of the mid-East Coast lifestyle events.
Zeb also presents on her passions (all of the sharp implements) every chance she gets. She has done needle play, skin stapling, cutting and/or blood play workshops for NDD/s, BootCamp, ACDS, The Floating World, DsF/Paddles NYC, Black Phoenix Winter Solstice, TRIAD, Winter Wickedness, BESS/Charm City Fetish Fair, TESFest, FIST, Leather Retreat and Black Rose. When not teaching, event programming or volunteering, Zeb can be found in the dungeon at most any event she attends as one of the last people playing into the wee hours of the night (or morning).
Zebrianna will be teaching:
- Blood Cupping
- Sewing it Shut
- Stapling
- Needleplay 101
(all classes taught with Slutress)
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