Presenters
Cherry Bomb
they/them
Together, We Thrive: A Cooperative Guide to Mutual Aid
Breighton Golphin aka Cherry Bomb has been involved with the Kink and Leather communities for over a decade. They have worked and volunteered for various events throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region in which they discovered their fondness for Boot Blacking, winning Philadelphia Bootblack 2017. Aside from Bootblacking & lifestyle events, Cherry Bomb has been highly active in various local grassroots movements in Philadelphia, that have a direct impact on them as well as their community.
Antifa Pup
He/Him
The Vest Stays On: Service Animal 101
Antifa Pup is a dog hailing from Oregon. He is a primal pooch who loves the outdoors, traveling, and being a service Wüf in training to his Mr. Sir. In his spare time you can find him flagging camo(outdoors not military). Seizing the means of production. Making craft cocktails, facilitating dnd and gaming! This is his first time at IMsLBB and he is excited to meet new folks and learn new things!
Colin A Bootblack
He/Him
The Vest Stays On: Service Animal 101
Hi, my name is Colin A Bootblack (He/Him), I am your Oregon State Bootblack 2023. I am midwestern raised nelly faggot. I am Disabled, daddy chasing, pet handler in training, and bootblack. I flag red left and hunter green right. I am into oral service/service in general. In my spare time you can find me behind a mic. bootblacking at my home bar, Eagle Portland. Mr. Sir to my service Wüf Antifa Pup.
Finn Gerhardt
They/Them
Spark of Inspiration: Intro to Electro-Play
Finn Gerhardt has been a part of the kink community in various locations and capacities for over 15 years. They're the Co-Vice-President of COMMAND MC and a member of the Fellowship of the Fidgets neurodivergent leather household. They learned the more vanilla side of violet wands and TENS units in their training as a licensed esthetician in Maryland and Virginia, which turned into a specialization in Electro-Play 7 years ago.
katblk
he, they
Shea Butter Baby Service
kat is a Blk QT femme boi and a lover of all things service. I've had a chance to share that love through presenting and volunteering over the last decade. I do present on a range of topics, but they all have the bottom line of empowering and increasing visibility of QT Blk & Brwn communities within the leather/kink lifestyle. Outside of all that, i think it's important to note that i ALWAYS flag black :)
ZeldaB
she/her
Repair is SEXY!
ZeldaB is one of the first OUT poly, kinky, queer sex & gender therapists in The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors & Therapists. She has 30 years clinical practice, the last 16 with her own-- poly, kinky queerdos.
ZeldaB is a fat femme, survivor, disabled poly switch leatherdyke with an enthusiastic commitment to raising the bar for queerdos of all stripes & feathers. Proud Mmy of the House of Bog, with her boy d/Domi and their girl kitten.
d/Domi
Repair is SEXY!
d/Domi (Bogzboy) embodies numerous identities of relevance here, including, superfat, kinky, poly, queer, non-binary and social justice activist. d/Domi is a former crisis worker turned writer/writing guide, who has been around the leather scene since the mid-nineties. With nearly 3 decades in kink, they are honored to be the boy of Bog (ZeldaB) and the proud Daddy of Bog kitten.
kitten
Repair is SEXY!
Bog kitten is a queer, poly, kinky social worker in transgender health care. Bog kitten found her way to leather in Kalamazoo, MI in 1996, after years of small-town kinky dreaming. Moving to Portland, OR and stumbling upon Lulu’s Pervy Playhouse helped Bog kitten understand the queer Daddy/girl dynamic as integral to her authenticity and wellness. Today, Bog kitten belongs to Daddy Domi, in proud service to them as Their girlkitten, and is honored to be housekitten to the House of Bog. Bog kitten understands queer, kinky, heartful connection as a vehicle towards liberation.
Faye Milan
Protect the Property: Crafting the forgotten scene with intentionality and sensual/sadistic surrender
Switch Faye Milan is a queer, neurodivergent, polyamorous woman in the BDSM community. She is a lifestyle submissive, top and switch. She is a BDSM practitioner/enthusiast with experience in the areas of impact play, wax play, simple bondage, and sensory deprivation with three years of lifestyle experience under her belt. She is also an affiliate member of House Supreme.
Sir Rhyis Knight
he/him
Protect the Property: Crafting the forgotten scene with intentionality and sensual/sadistic surrender
Rhyis Knight (he/him) has been in the kink scene since 2016, and involved in wellness since 2004. He loves sensual touch, and has been providing erotic touch services for five years now. Outside of kink, Rhyis is an actor, model, and retired bodybuilder.
Ezulie Supreme
They/She
Protect the Property: Crafting the forgotten scene with intentionality and sensual/sadistic surrender
Ezulie is a pro fro pro hoe queer non-binary person of color that believes in empowering others to learn about BDSM and Leather history. Ezulie is a leather kink educator and pleasure enthusiast that focuses on making education accessible to BIPOC communities and their allies and understands connecting folks to useful resources to ensure safer play within BDSM and Kink environments is necessary.
EtoileDC
she/her
Playing with Deaf People
EtoileDC is a deaf queer Jewish s-type who's been doing kink since 2000. She identifies as a masochist, a nerdy femme, and neurodivergent. She is on staff for Black Rose and The Crucible in Washington DC, and has been teaching in the kink community since 2016. Her primary kink interests are impact play and fisting, and her primary vanilla interests are cats, history, and world travel.
Pup Dio
they/he
Petplay for Perverts
Dio (they/he) is a pup, pony, transfag, furry, and educator in and out of the kink community. They have been active in kink for over a decade and use their background in teaching and violence prevention to foster safe, accessible kink community spaces. They co-founded and co-run petplay community group Hudson Valley Kennel Club and have taught and performed for kink events throughout the Northeast.
Dagger
she/her
Petplay for Perverts
Dagger is a switch, pup, leatherdyke, prodomme, community organizer, and leather worker based in Newburgh, NY. She serves as Northeast Pet 2024 and Mx Submit 2023 and cofounded and co-runs Hudson Valley Kennel Club, a petplay-focused kink community group. Dagger has taught and demo topped for Folsom Street East, Gotham Kennel Club, Pittsburgh Paws & Claws, Collared City (Troy, NY), Less Dead Studio, Wiley Wolfe, and more. More info: linktr.ee/pup.dagger
Vera
she/her
Ouch...MMM! Temporary Piercing Workshop 101
Vera (she/her) is a white queer small fat femme bottom leaning switch into needles, blood play, and exhibitionism. When not being pierced under the public ga(y)ze, Vera is a sex therapist in Western Massachusetts where she helps people find and express their own sexuality and eroticism in whatever form that may take. Her practice largely focuses on working with queer and trans folks, polycules, people new to CNM, and those exploring and coming into their kinky selves.
Xray Aims
they / them
Ouch...MMM! Temporary Piercing Workshop 101
Xray Aims is a Boston, MA US based performance artist, temporary piercer and kink educator who has been piercing in public and private since 2003. Xray Aims has degrees in Art and Architecture and has performed and taught in the US, Canada and Europe. Practising, learning, teaching/sharing, having fun and giving pain is what makes it exciting for them. Xray Aims has aphasia and speaks slowly. They hope that people will follow.
Pup Sirius
He/Him
Introduction to Pet Headspace
Pup Sirius (He/Him) IPTC International Puppy 2019 - 2022 (Covid extended). A member of the pet play community for many years working with several organizations to offer safe spaces to LGBTQ+ youth and pet play/fetish community members. Creating safe, inclusive spaces is his mission as he travels the world barking “All are welcome!”. An Educator on Pet Headspace, he is passionate about helping others find ways to use headspace in their daily lives.
Mx. Laura
She/He/They/None
Hormones and Handcuffs: The Intersection of Trans Identities and BDSM, Nonmonogamy, and Sex Work
Laura A. Jacobs LCSW-R (she/he/they/none), is a trans and genderqueer psychotherapist, public speaker, author, and activist specializing in transgender, nonbinary, LGBTQIA+, kink/BDSM, nonmonogamy, and sex work issues.
Laura’s new book, Surviving Transphobia, was just released September 21, 2023. She was also presented the 2019 Standard of Excellence Award by the American Association for Sexuality Education, Counseling, and Therapy.
Laura identifies as an s-type kinkster seeking her femme M or D, or tops du jour.
AJ Renard
she/her
Healthy Hurting: BDSM with a History of Self-Harm
AJ Renard (she/her) has been involved in the BDSM world her entire adult life, although she was a dark little thing far before that. AJ is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and has a deep passion for teaching about mental health, BDSM, authority transfer dynamics, electrical play, mindfucks, and much more. She finds her happy place when there is rope, electricity, knives, boots, fear, and a lot of crying involved.
Tomo
He/They
Gone Fishing
Tomo is a gender queer butch who found the leather community during a sunset motorcycle ride with his wife Mel three decades ago. He has presented classes, produced events, served as a judge, keynote speaker, auctioneer and emcee since. Tomo is Owner and Producer of South Plains Leatherfest, the International Master slave Contest and the International Person of Leather Contest. He was Northwest slave 2015, International slave 2016/2021 and a founding member of the D.U.C.
twinkle
Flogging 201: The Physics of Flogging; Ouch...MMM! Temporary Piercing Workshop 101
NESS
she her
Flogging 201: The Physics of Flogging
NESS is a Montreal (mooniyang/tiotia:ke) based educator and performer with 15 years experience teaching and facilitating a broad range of topics to diverse audiences. They had their big BDSM revelation when they stumbled upon Dark Odyssey: Surrender in San Francisco in 2017 and have had an intermittent presence in the Montreal scene since. Their approach puts the needs of crips, trauma survivors and neurodivergent queers first. Flogging is their first love and specialty.
Ashley Paige
They/She/Daddy
Fisting for Femmes, Faggots, and Freaks with Jamie Joy & Ashley Paige
Ashley Paige (They/She/Daddy) is a Black, queer, non-binary femme devoted to a life filled with pleasure, perversion, and consensual corruption. As a Professional Dominatrix, Educator, and Fetish porn performer with over 15 years of experience, Ashley is a force of nature committed to spreading joy through BDSM & making quality smut for Black & Brown LGBTQIA+ communities. They are always excited to corrupt (or connect) with like-minded folks in person or virtually; you can find them on Twitter @ashleypaigenyc, via their website at www.mistresspaigenyc.com, or email them at: ashleypaigenyc@protonmail.com
Jamie Joy
they/them
Fisting for Femmes, Faggots, and Freaks with Jamie Joy & Ashley Paige
Jamie Joy is a queer trans Jewish sex educator and hungry slut for freaky fantasies and kinky perversions. Their life and work is committed to spreading joy, pleasure, and consent through community organizing. Jamie Joy is passionate about dancing while eating, playing sadistically with flaming floggers, and teaching people about the wonders of anal fisting. They are always excited to connect with new friends; you can find them on Instagram @badjewboy or email at jamiejoyeducation@gmail.com
Rayne
She/They
Feline Play 101
Rayne (She/They/Goddess/kitty), Mid-Atlantic Leatherwoman 2020 and co-founder of FoCC, has been active in the leather community for 6 + years. Rayne identifies as a kitten and identifies most with Marie “Cause I’m a lady!” She loves bells, balls, treats, back rubs, makin biscuits, and of course kitty naps. When their not doing kitten shit, they’re in meetings with the Mid-Atlantic ONYX Pearls, teaching on safe play and educating the community about kitten play,
Ivy Lotus
she/they
Feelin Food n Herbs: Getting In Touch with Ingredients for Healing & Eroticism
Ivy is a queer sex health educator, certified herbalist who focuses on empowering people to herbs & spirituality in BDSM & kink.
Mx Magic / Chef Sev
they/them/theirs
Feelin Food n Herbs: Getting In Touch with Ingredients for Healing & Eroticism
Mx Magic aka Chef Sev is a queer sex & food educator as well as a kink chef who founded QocinaX. Through QocinaX they use cooking, aphrodisiacs & sex education as tools to decolonize food, sex & gender. They hope to connect people to food more to enhance healing & pleasure.
Lucie Fielding (aka Athénaïs Nin)
She/they
Diving Deep into Muffing: Muffing 101
and
Got Milk? Lactation Play Through a D/s and Trans-Inclusive Lens
Lucie Fielding is a neuroqueer, trans misogyny-affected leatherfemme. They are a sex therapist, sex educator, and author of Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments (2021), which was a 2022 Lambda Literary Award finalist (Trans-Nonfiction) and the winner of the 2022 AASECT Book Award (Sexuality Professionals) and the 2024 SSTAR Health Professionals Book Award. She's working on a second book, co-written with Tristan Taormino.
Mistrix Sunmi
she/they
Diving Deep into Muffing: Muffing 101
Mistrix Sunmi (she/they/Daddy) moves through the world as a professional dominatrix & leather dyke multidisciplinary artist. She is currently based in Washington DC. Mistrix Sunmi is known for their energetic perverse presence, throwing whips & slinging strap. Her passion for training, corruption, & intimacy guide her domination style and art work. Stay connected at MistrixSunmi.com
Jet
They/Them
Beyond the Binary
Twice-nominated Pantheon Award loser Jet (they/them) is a SoCal resident with deep East Coast roots. Enthusiastic about community inroads, they founded a thriving TNG chapter upon scene arrival in 2012 and co-produced a monthly play party in NJ for 5 years. They worked on-staff at IMsLBB from 2015-2023, served as Mid-Atlantic Leather Woman 2019, and have taught, worked on, and judged leather & kink events nationwide. While considering themselves in “partial retirement” from the leather community, Jet still relishes power exchange, service, psychological play and intense impact. They are a career advocacy communications professional and ADHD coach; otherwise interested in weightlifting, pinball, Miata car culture, engaged Buddhism, plants and socialist organizing.
Charlie Doll
Xe, He, It
Beyond the Binary
Charlie Doll (he/it) has been a member of the Salt Lake City Leather community since 2017. Charlie Doll is the 2022-2024 Rocky Mountain Person of Leather. As a leatherboi/girl with varying interests, he most strongly identifies as a slave, a Bimbo, a pony, a sadomasochistic switch, and an age player. Charlie owns and operates the Utah Doll House, a Queer led dungeon.
Master Liquid Rulz
She/They/Them
Beyond the Binary
Master Liquid Rulz (She/They/Them) is a Black, Queer, Femme Presenting, Social Worker, Presenter, and Educator, who has been a fixture in the Leather/BDSM community for over 25yrs. Liquid is the Co-Founder and CPO of BLX Alternative, an organization committed to reducing and eliminating the shame and stigma associated within the Black and Brown LGBTQIA+ Leather/Kink and BDSM community around alternative relationships.
An accomplished competitor in her field, Master Liquid is no stranger to the stage. She has competed in and won Ms. Henrietta Hudson Fetish 2008 & 2009 and went on to become the only Woman & Black/POC to compete in the first Mr/Ms New York City Leather contest. Covered by Mistress Max Rulz, Master Liquid has modeled and volunteered in the community at events such as TESFest, Leather Pride Night, GMSMA, She has presented for TES’ DW/sm group, was a panelist on “LSM Presents Woman’s Herstory”, and she is a former board member of Folsom Street East. Master Liquid also has raised money for various charities in and outside of NYC. Master Liquid was the first person and first woman of color to grace the cover of TESFest’s Prometheus Magazine two years in a row. In 2020 Liquid was honored at Kink-Out’s MoMA PS1 event "SPACES.” She was the first sashed Northeast Leather Person 2020 & 2021. Master Liquid was also named one of GO Magazine’s 2021 “100 Women We Love.” Master Liquid is Vice President of the Seattle Pacific Northwest Onyx Pearls, a member of the Lesbian Sex Mafia (LSM), and she is the Vendor Coordinator for Tethered Together. Currently, Master Liquid holds the title of International Ms. Leather 2023, where she continues to use her platform to educate, empower, and amplify voices of marginalized communities.
Mrs. Dee Supreme
She/her/Princess
Beyond Boundaries: A Workshop on Consent, Communication, and Collaboration
Mrs. Dee Supreme (She/her/Princess), a Queer Consent and Cuddle Therapist with a wealth of experience in Impact, Electro, Fire, and various realms of Fantasy Play. As a proud Leather Woman and active member of the Leather Organization ONYX Pearls NY-NE, Mrs. Dee is also one of the founding members of the esteemed Supreme Queens. Her passion lies in the realms of CONSENT, education, and personal growth.
MrBLK
he/him
"There are Four Lights!" Decoding Interrogation Play
MrBLK (he/him) is a rope top and BDSM instructor. He’s presented, produced, and organized locally, regionally, and nationally on various kink-related topics.
A certified life coach and workshop facilitator, he views teaching as an opportunity to create value and provide service.
Talk with MrBLK long enough, and he’ll refer to comic books, 80s pop culture, and kettlebells, but not necessarily in that order.
Caressa Lyric
She / Her
"There are Four Lights!" Decoding Interrogation Play
Caressa is an experienced bottom and attention whore. She enjoys pain, suffering, and praise. She never turns down a snack or a compliment. Tactile and loquacious, this fat femme has over a dozen years of experience in Leather, Pet Play, and BDSM in general. Always a helper, Caressa is excited to be a demo bottom for this class.