3-6:30p

registration

we’ll have some delightful volunteer kinksters to greet you at the door, get you your badge, affirm your volunteer positions, and give you any information you need ahead of the festivities.

5-6p

BIPOC-only talking space

Syre will open a space for Black, Indigenous, and people of color to chat ahead of the con.

Syre (they/Master) is a sensual bratty vampire. their domme motivation is earning your submission through intentional trust-building. their specialties are sensation play, including impact and electro play, as well as psychological domination and brat breaking. their favorite tributes are cash and prosecco.

6-6:30p

opening ceremonies

Lady Speech will set the mood for our weekend with a sensuous opener.

6:30-6:45p

welcome + logistics

we’ll greet everyone + share how the weekend’s going to work.

7-8p

keynote

Lee Harrington will give us a rousing speech to get us all in a playful mood.

Lee Harrington (he/him) is an internationally known spiritual and erotic authenticity educator, gender explorer, eclectic artist, and award-winning author and editor on erotic and sacred experience. His books include “Playing Well With Others: Your Guide to Discovering, Exploring and Negotiating the Kink, Leather and BDSM Communities” (with Mollena Williams), “Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond,” “Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Rope Bondage and Erotic Macramé,” and “Traversing Gender: Understanding Transgender Realities,” amongst many others. Lee has been a passion instigator, academic, adult film performer, world class sexual adventurer, outspoken philosopher, polytheist priest/ess, kink/bondage expert, and has been blogging about sex and spirit since 1998 - learn more about Lee at PassionAndSoul.com.

8:30p-1:30a

play party feat. trans-only play space

make all your dreams come true on our first night of delectable debauchery.

all day

registration

we’ll have some delightful volunteer kinksters to greet you at the door, get you your badge, affirm your volunteer positions, and give you any information you need ahead of the festivities.

9-10:30a

coffee, tea, and hangout

mix, mingle, and caffeinate ahead of our first full day!

11a-12:30p

workshops, round 1

kink courses 101: the appetizer
a lecture with Devyn Stone (he/him)

so, you discovered you got a kinky side and even found a great big world of kinksters! how do you even make sense of all of this delicious, pervy chaos? Devyn Stone, a delightful kink educator and author, will give you the basics to get you on your way and whet your palate. from terminology to subcultures to fetishes and everything in between! join this class for an amazingly thorough menu reading!

Devyn Stone (he/him) is a self-awareness and BDSM educator, author, and alternative lifestyles coach. He believes in diversity not division, and actualizes that idea by promoting strongly affirming spaces and interactions. Devyn has a passion for giving and receiving education - his favorite topics are psychology, negotiation, consent, relationship construction, and organization. He is the Founder of Pragmatically Kinking and THRIVE. Devyn’s been actively practicing authority transfer dynamics since 2004. Learn more about Devyn at DevynStone.com

beating suspension stereotypes: suspension for larger individuals
a workshop with Lubegirl (she/her) and Roux

Do you constantly find yourself tying folks taller than you? Is gravity getting you down when you're trying to lift someone into the air? Are you a bottom whose been told that because you're (insert excuse here) you can't be suspended? Come learn some ways to adapt your suspension that makes it easier on you and your bottom while perpetuating the idea that suspension can be for everyone.

Riggers should know both a suspension worthy chest(box tie/hands free) and lower body (waist/hip) harness, Bottoms should have an understanding of good vs bad pain. Natural and Synthetic ropes welcome in this class.

Lubegirl (she/her) and her bottom Roux (They/Them) are a tying pair from the NYC area. Bubbly, personable, and passionate about kink education on both sides of the slash, Lubegirl's goal is to break the stereotypes and myths of rope (particularly synthetic), one class at a time. Roux's goals have been to make a space for themself and others in the bottom community while helping tying pairs become more in tune and building trust with each other.

conscious power inequality, dominance, and submission
a demo/lecture with Lee Harrington (he/him)

power permeates our every interpersonal interaction, from how we interact with the grocery clerk to our kink in the bedroom, and there is a difference between unconscious and conscious power use. however, in a variety of alternative sexuality and BDSM populations, these concepts are eroticized, often glossing over the context where these consensual erotic power plays come from.

let’s examine where power arises unconsciously or through oppression in culture, various types of power exchange dynamics, and why people would want to engage in them (for an evening, a long-term connection or between lifetimes). this will include conscious and unconscious roles, bonding within relationships, and even destructive behaviors. power is power, but inequality is not inequity, so let us look at this together with eyes wide open.

Lee Harrington (he/him) is an internationally known spiritual and erotic authenticity educator, gender explorer, eclectic artist, and award-winning author and editor on erotic and sacred experience. His books include “Playing Well With Others: Your Guide to Discovering, Exploring and Negotiating the Kink, Leather and BDSM Communities” (with Mollena Williams), “Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond,” “Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Rope Bondage and Erotic Macramé,” and “Traversing Gender: Understanding Transgender Realities,” amongst many others. Lee has been a passion instigator, academic, adult film performer, world class sexual adventurer, outspoken philosopher, polytheist priest/ess, kink/bondage expert, and has been blogging about sex and spirit since 1998 - learn more about Lee at PassionAndSoul.com.

12:30-1:45p

lunch

2-3:30p

workshops, round 2

kick ‘em: stomp and grind
a hybrid presentation with Stacia Keanne aka LadybugFaerie (she/her)

this class will focus on using your feet, shoes, knees, and other implements, mostly below the belt, to kick, stomp, grind, surf, and otherwise torment your bottom.

after a brief discussion of impact safety, demos of various techniques will be shown, including techniques for penis-possessing and vulva-possessing people.

Stacia Keanne aka LadybugFaerie (she/her) has been a part of the BDSM community since 2008. She has been on staff with the Denver Sanctuary since 2013, volunteers for Rope in the Rockies and other local events, co-produces the Right of the Slash Intensive Weekend, and teaches kink and polyamory classes through a variety of venues, including Alphabet Soup, where she is also a certified relationship coach. She has tried very few kinks that she doesn’t enjoy and education is one of her passions.

transformative justice and informed consent
a hybrid presentation with Kit Amreik (they/she)

This workshop will be an insight on how transformative justice can be applied to kink, and how tools like the theory and tools of restorative inquiry + non-violent communication, shame reactions and transformative accountability mechanisms.

My name is Kit Amreik and my pronouns are they and/or she. I am 26 and a Black non-binary trans woman, based in Boston, MA. I am a Transformative Justice Practitioner and an activist trained in de-escalation and mediation.

what’s your porn star name?: building your fetish porn brand
a workshop with Little Mx. Goth (they/theirs)

Little Mx. Goth is an experienced, fetish porn star who has created a lucrative online brand selling piss porn. in this workshop, Little Mx. Goth will walk participants through the process of developing their porn character, creating porn videos, and promoting their content.

this workshop will be highly creative and interactive. participants will get to draw their porn characters, storyboard a video, design what their porn twitter could look like, and so much more. participants will also leave with concrete tips and directions about how to use online clip selling platforms, how to make the best use of porn twitter, and how to develop healthy online boundaries.

Little Mx. Goth (they/theirs) is a fetish star who specializes in omorashi and piss fetish content. They are passionate about creating and supporting body and gender-inclusive porn, and they believe porn can help viewers and creators find acceptance, pleasure, and joy. You can find them on ManyVids, PocketStars, and Twitter as @LittleMxGoth.

4-5:30p

workshops, round 3

ouch...MMM! temporary piercing 101
a hybrid presentation with Xray Aims (they/them)

piercing flesh can be any combination of incredibly erotic, intimate, painful, beautiful and brutal. have you been curious about temporary piercing but didn't know where to start? playing with needles is fun but getting started can be daunting.

this workshop will cover:

• what is needed to find the materials and where to get them,

• safe play for piercer and piercee,

• proper preparation of the skin,

• how to set up a clean and safe play area, and

• how to safely pierce the flesh.

we will discuss the experience for piercer and piercee and the pain, pleasure and possibility of it all. (kink, art, etc..) we will start with piercing fruit and move on to piercing people. each person who wants to experience piercing and/or being pierced will have the opportunity to do so. there will be handouts and materials for those who need them and the worksheet will be available online.

partners, play partners, singles, all people, are welcome.

Xray Aims is a Boston, MA US based performance artist, temporary piercer, and BDSM 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. practicing, 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 on xrayaims.com and on IG @xray_aims_artist

electrifying the senses: the art of electroplay
a hybrid presentation with Syre (they/Master)

Wands, nipple suckers, and butt plugs galore. Electroplay knows no bounds but your creativity.

Join Syre they walk you through Electroplay toys, safety techniques, and tips and tricks to enhance your play.

Come feel the buzz.

Syre (they/Master) is a sensual bratty vampire. their domme motivation is earning your submission through intentional trust-building. their specialties are sensation play, including impact and electro play, as well as psychological domination and brat breaking. their favorite tributes are cash and prosecco.

rope legos: how to combine building blocks for endless possibilities
a hybrid presentation with Sabriel Star (she/her)

most rope patterns consist of relatively few key building blocks. in this presentation, you’ll learn what those are and how to go about designing a new pattern by combining them. participants will learn how to break down patterns in rope bondage into their constituent pieces, such as columns, cinches, frictions, and so on.

the workshop will open by teaching the participants 1 - 2 intermediate level ties, followed by a short lecture + discussion centered around two questions:

• can you see how these same building blocks compose other patterns you know yourself or have seen other people use?

• imagine a new position in which you might want to restrain someone’s body. How might you build up a rope pattern in order to create this position?

the class concludes with free lab time for practice, continuing the discussion, and trying your hand at inventing a new pattern of bondage using the framework introduced.

Sabriel Star (she/her) is a queer, sadomasochistic switch who takes delight in rope, sensuality and pain. She's a slut for intimacy, connection and communication and when she's not practicing BDSM, can be found walking through nature, folk dancing, and discussing the best ways to improve the world.

6-7:30p

rope jam

be social, practice and show off your rope skills, share those skills with folks looking to learn.

7:30p-1:30a

play party feat. BIPOC-only play space

new ideas mean fresh play. get some.

all day

registration

we’ll have some delightful volunteer kinksters to greet you at the door, get you your badge, affirm your volunteer positions, and give you any information you need ahead of the festivities.

9-10:30a

coffee, tea, and hangout

mix, mingle, and caffeinate ahead of our first full day!

11a-12:30p

workshops, round 1, part 2

let's get knotty
a workshop with Dami (she/her)

this class is geared toward a mainstream / intermediate audience who have some knowledge of rope but may have less experience in self tying and suspension. you’ll be guided through safety basics and some fun ties in this rope session.

together, we will learn how to safely tie the presenter’s variation of the Bones and Rope hip harness and the Butterfly chest harness, both of which you can practice alone! be sure to ask questions as we talk through the wonderful world of rope!

wear some clothes you can move in and bring along some rope!

Dami (she/her): I have been an active member of the kink community for five years. I have been practicing rope for four and a half years and in both partnered and self-suspension. I volunteer at Studio friction and Voodoo Leather works as well as host the Thornton TNG Munch.

desired object, forgotten object: objectification for Animists
a lecture with Lee Harrington (he/him)

in the erotically adventurous world, a lot of conversation has been batted about concerning the idea of objectification and its supposed partner humiliation. however, for those of us who believe objects have souls, things have value, and the earth itself is not something to be thrown away when we are done with it, how does this dynamic between human and human-object shift?

let’s discuss how our interactions with a human table change for those of us who look at tables as more than wood? can we apply our desire to create lasting relationships with our human-objects to creating lasting relationships with the non-human-objects in our world as well? in a world where everything has a soul, we will look at whether humiliation has a place in the language of objectification and dive into our own ethics while examining our objects of desire.

Lee Harrington (he/him) is an internationally known spiritual and erotic authenticity educator, gender explorer, eclectic artist, and award-winning author and editor on erotic and sacred experience. His books include “Playing Well With Others: Your Guide to Discovering, Exploring and Negotiating the Kink, Leather and BDSM Communities” (with Mollena Williams), “Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond,” “Shibari You Can Use: Japanese Rope Bondage and Erotic Macramé,” and “Traversing Gender: Understanding Transgender Realities,” amongst many others. Lee has been a passion instigator, academic, adult film performer, world class sexual adventurer, outspoken philosopher, polytheist priest/ess, kink/bondage expert, and has been blogging about sex and spirit since 1998 - learn more about Lee at PassionAndSoul.com.

“yes, and...?: making ‘play’ more playful."
a workshop with Mx. Bliss (she/they)

by learning some of the FUN-damentals of play archetypes and improvisational comedy, you will have access to tips and tricks leading to collaborative, creative, and joyful kink play. Mx. Bliss will guide you through the relevant research on play to better understand why play matters and how to extrapolate the research in your kink play. we will also do some exercises that will help build your confidence and skills in creating fun and entertaining scenes that will leave your partners laughing, crying, shaking, and begging for more! this is a class for collaborative tops and active bottoms and there will be some group interaction and participation.

Mx Bliss is a joyful sadomasochist, sensation empath, consent enthusiast, rope switch, self suspender, spreadsheet Top, and lifestyle quinkster (queer kinkster). she volunteers for a Portland based BDSM related consent and harm reduction collective. she also co-facilitates AlternaRope, a celebration of diversity in rope. Bliss’s mission is to multiply joy (in all the ‘effed up ways). both in vanilla and kink worlds, MxBliss frequently speaks on negotiation, innovation, and diversity/equity/inclusion.

12:30-1:45p

lunch

2-3:30p

workshops, round 2, part 2

DEI Panel
a panel discussion facilitated by Mx. Bliss (she/they)

Mx. Bliss will facilitate a panel discussion designed to raise awareness about diversity issues in kink. we’ll hear directly from the panelists about what individuals and leaders can do to make our king spaces and communities more welcome to a wider range of kinksters.

the panel will address such issues as:

• how to recruit diverse leaders/educators

• what you can do as an ally to make kink spaces more welcoming

• understanding cultural appropriation in BDSM

• reconciling BDSM and racism

• power exchange vis-a-vis systemic power imbalances

Mx Bliss is a joyful sadomasochist, sensation empath, consent enthusiast, rope switch, self suspender, spreadsheet Top, and lifestyle quinkster (queer kinkster). she volunteers for a Portland based BDSM related consent and harm reduction collective. she also co-facilitates AlternaRope, a celebration of diversity in rope. Bliss’s mission is to multiply joy (in all the ‘effed up ways). both in vanilla and kink worlds, MxBliss frequently speaks on negotiation, innovation, and diversity/equity/inclusion.

gender dysphoria, mental illnesses, and kink
a discussion with Meili (he/him)

it is estimated that 26% of the general adult population has at least one mental illness and .6% of the general population is trans. unfortunately, sometimes gender dysphoria and mental illness interfere with our various types of play with in kink. this discussion will help clarify how we can accommodate gender dysphoria and various mental illnesses through language, preparation, negotiation and aftercare.

bring yourself and maybe a tip or trick on how you accommodate your own issues or dysphoria.

Meili (he/him/his/himself) is a bisexual trans man that has been working in the mental health field for over 5 years now. Not only does he work in the mental health field, but he also has his own slew of mental health problems that he manages within day to day functioning as best as he can. He has been actively involved in kink over the last 5 years where he primarily functions as a bottom for a variety of scene types, though you might be able to see him occasionally top for impact play scenes. Growth and communication are two of Meili’s core values, and he hopes to grow more in the years to come!

designing your own powerful BDSM ritual
a workshop with Lauren DeRusha (she/her)

join us for a workshop on bringing together the potent magic of ritual and BDSM by accessing your inner creative wisdom. in this interactive workshop we will explore the ingredients that make rituals powerful tools for healing and manifestation, and brainstorm ideas together about how different kinds of BDSM play could be used for specific ritual purposes. after Lauren guides you in meditation to drop into your intuition, desires, and personal magic, she will guide the process of determining an intention for your ritual, choosing the kinky, spiritual, and logistical elements, and deciding next steps for executing it. let’s make some hot magic together!

Lauren DeRusha (she/her), aka the Kink Fairy Godmother, is a queer witch, coach, healer, and BDSM practitioner. She works with clients to transform their lives by excavating their desires, integrating shadows, exploring magic, and cultivating the courage to burn to the ground the things that no longer serve them.

4-5:30p

workshops, round 3, part 2

at your service - anticipatory service
a lecture with Stacia Keanne aka LadybugFaerie (she/her)

for many D/s power exchange dynamics, the D-type desires the s-type to anticipate their needs, or the s-type revels in having exactly what their D-type needs, right when they want it. this class will provide a broad overview of service principals in general and then provide more specific instruction on anticipatory service.

Stacia Keanne aka LadybugFaerie (she/her) has been a part of the BDSM community since 2008. She has been on staff with the Denver Sanctuary since 2013, volunteers for Rope in the Rockies and other local events, co-produces the Right of the Slash Intensive Weekend, and teaches kink and polyamory classes through a variety of venues, including Alphabet Soup, where she is also a certified relationship coach. She has tried very few kinks that she doesn’t enjoy and education is one of her passions.

ouch…MMM! temporary piercing 201a
a demo and discussion with Xray Aims (they/them)

(this workshop assumes that participants have an introductory level knowledge of, and experience with, temporary piercing, though we will quickly cover materials, procurement, methods, safety etc. our main focus will be on multiple needle work, more advanced piercing locations, sensation play, tension play, artistic explorations, creating a predicament scene, and longer duration scenes.)

we will learn through live demonstrations and hands-on experience how to create difficult and perplexing situations where the bottom or top has to choose between scenarios with different amounts of intricacy. the more sadistic and creative, the more complex and challenging the choices.

each person who wants to experience piercing or being pierced will have the opportunity to do so. the first third of the class time will be spent in discussion, the second third will be spent watching multiple demonstrations, and in the last third we will split up into couples, or smaller groups, to get some hands-on experience. partners, play partners, singles, all people, are welcome.

Xray Aims (they/them) is a Boston, MA US based performance artist, temporary piercer, and BDSM 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. practicing, 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 on xrayaims.com and on IG @xray_aims_artist

when East meets West: cultural influences in interracial authority transfer
a hybrid presentation with Devyn Stone (he/him) and Guan Xuan (they/it)

from the perspective of a white, transgender male Dominant and His Asian, nonbinary property, we will examine authority transfer dynamics through an Eastern and Western lens, discuss how we meld our two cultures together, and offer an unique perspective on Western ideas of a "powerful slave" and "identity surrender".

Devyn Stone and his property, Guan Xuan, live together in Colorado Springs, CO. They engage in a 24/7 total authority transfer dynamic. They have been practicing authority transfer individually since 2004 and began their dynamic in 2017. Devyn Stone (He/Him) is a transgender dominant leatherman. He is a BDSM author, coach, and educator. Guan Xuan (they/it) is an asexual, transgender, nonbinary, slave. By day, Guan Xuan is a mental health professional. By night, Guan Xuan is nothing but a tool to be used by its Master.

6-6:30p

closing ceremonies

Lady Speech will help us transition from a weekend of kinky community into whatever comes next.

6:30-11p

wind down hangouts