your presenters

Acrodag (they/he)

Acrodag (They/He) is a genderflux queer sadistic werewolf and presenter who seeks to share the knowledge they’ve gained as well as highlight diverse experiences and voices in our community. They host a weekly kink education podcast, ‘Topside Talk’ as well as being a kinky education content creator and aspiring author. With 10+ years in the kink community, they have a passion for all levels of kink education, but specialize in topics they’ve researched extensively, surrounding negotiation, pain/impact, primal play, and interrogation scenes.

offering:
reentering power exchange dynamics, after a dynamic has ended

Amanda Jepson (she/her)

Amanda (she/her) is a total sex nerd, both personally and professionally. As an educator and sex therapist, she provides knowledge about kink, sexuality, consensual nonmonogamy, intimacy, desire, and navigating trauma recovery. From the classroom to the therapy room to the conference room to the play space, she is an intersectional and sex-positive provocateur hoping to instigate thoughtful dialogue and dispel shame related to all things kinky and sexy.

offering:
kinky trauma survivors: practical understanding and skills

Badly Licked Bear (She/They)

Badly Licked Bear is a transfemme and Indigenous 3rd gender, leatherdyke, muscle mommy, pig, and “Power Switch.” Polymorphously perverse, playfully curious, and enraptured with power exchange and sadomasochism for three decades, she is a keeper and teller of stories and teaches storytelling by storytelling.

offerings:
hey, wanna wrestle? let’s make it happen | humiliation to degradation: it’s a spectrum! (with Noel Galopante)

Bishop (They/Them)

Bishop is a Queer, gender non-conforming, Black identified artist, activist, teacher and writer. They have devoted their personal journey to self healing through reclamation of personal history, knowledge and creating spaces for healing of others.

offering:
adornments: a QTBIPOC centered rope workshop

Bootblack Allen (he/they)

Halito!
Bootblack Allen/ pup juniper (they/them) is a budding BDSM educator and podcast host on Pups Podcast. Allen believes that Leather, kink, BDSM, and education in general should be more accessible and a safe space for all who wish to participate. “Leather started as activism and that is the heart of Leather.”

Through their classes and through other educational channels such as their podcast The Pups Podcast, they aspire to influence the accessibility of the community and the education provided within it, educating community leaders and participants on the intricacies of neurodivergence, kink, BDSM, Leather, and sex in a more accessible way. “We all must be accountable and try to make this community a better place”

Allen is transgender, two-spirit, nonbinary, asexual, autistic, and polyamorous. Allen enjoys their own play as a hellhound, service submissive, bootblack, and sadist, using plain language to communicate in-scene instead of safewords. They are a proud citizen of the Choctaw Nation and member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaws. They grew up in the Chickisaw Nation and currently are residing in the Ute Cheyenne territories. They work to educate people on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls movement while also educating about trans two spirit issues within their communities. Yakoke!
Chahta Sia Hoke!

offerings:
diary of a self collared slave: self M/s and radical self ownership | consent based bootblacking

Casper (they/he)

Casper (they/he) is a kink & sexuality educator, sex worker, witch, & writer. They pissed their way into kink community and have been haunting dungeons, bloodied and bruised, ever since. They are passionate about exploring edges, fears, and unceasing sass through kink and enjoy bringing a silly darkness to their scenes and classes. Casper has been told they have a "real mouth on them," and he has happily used that mouth to teach on disability justice in kink community, porn and fetish sex work, magickal service, and more. As a mentally ill, fat, nonbinary, asexual kinkster, Casper values the kink has allowed them to deepen his sense of self as well as his ability to show up more compassionately in community with others. Outside of their education work, Casper manages writes queer horror fiction and drinks an absolutely disturbing amount of iced coffee.

offering:
omorashi 101: an introduction to piss play and watersports

Em (They/She)

Em (they/she) is a neurospicy, queer, playful, switchy human who has been practicing kink for close to 8 years. Their passions are around making kink accessible to everyone in terms of physical abilities, emotional capacity, financial means and neuroindividuality.

offering:
dollar store kink

Grace (She/They), Billie (She/Her), Yuxi (She/They), and Stone (He/Him)

Hi yall! I’m Grace and I use She/They pronouns. I am black, originally from the southeast, in my early 30s, solo-polyam, queer, nonbinary, demi-sexual, a self diagnosed neurodivergent with a dash of mental illness, and I also live with chronic pain and I’m immunocompromised.

I identify as a sadomasochistic top leaning switch and have been involved in kink spaces in some capacity for the last 12+ years. A lot of my kink-terests revolve around D/s dynamics, degradation/humiliation, power play, impact, wrestling, shibari/rope, kink education, and play that feels connected with a lot of trust and laughter. I’ve been an educator, moderator, facilitator, participant, and volunteer!

Billie (she/her) is a contextually radical queer femme, community steward and sexpert who is generally trying her best. Since returning to the Denver area, she’s focused her 16 years of sexual culture experience on adult learners and brings an extensive and empathetic understanding to her work. She centers the narratives of Black, disabled and queer individuals in her work and moves with that lens as a Black, disabled queer woman.

Hello everyone! My name is Yuxi, pronounced (u-shee). I am a 2nd-gen Asian American, born from a refugee mother, and immigrant father. I use (she/they) pronouns, am in my mid-30s, solo-polyam, and am demi-sexual. I’m a bit neurospicy, diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and ADD.

I’ve been exploring kink for the last decade, consider myself to be a sadomasochist, and am a fluid switch. Rope has always been a fascination to me. I once had a traumatic experience, and have been reclaiming my participation in Shibari. My desire is to have Melanin Munch as a safe space to educate, build community, and play with honest intentions.

Hi! I’m Stone (he/him). I’m a second generation Mexican American (child of Mexican immigrants). I’m in my mid-30’s and identify as queer, Chicano, and ethically non-monogamous. Consent is a key value to me and I enjoy creating containers that treat it as an action instead of a reaction.

Having spent the last 13 years in Colorado, I’m intimately aware of how challenging it can be to find accessible POGM spaces in the area - especially in kink! I’m excited to help create and foster the kinky community I’ve been looking for; one that gives us room to come as we are, express as we want, and just breathe.

offerings:
Melanin Munch Opening Munch | Melanin Munch Lunches | Melanin Munch Closing

HuntorRide (He/Him)

HuntOrRide (He/Him) is a polyamorous, kinky, Queer, neuro-divergent, ropey, biker, Dad! He joined the public scene for kink/poly/rope in 2016 and hit the ground running. He has been an educator, performer and student, at various events across the U.S.. ADHD is one of his Superpowers and helps him take a diverse skill set and apply it in new creative solutions to various problems. Don't be surprised if there are laughs with, or at him, even when discussing serious topics.

offering:
dynamics and dopamine: ADHD and D/s

Lady Dane (she/her)

Lady Dane is a multifaceted kinkster who figured out that S&M got her hot back in her formative teenage years. Now identifying as a queer dominant switch, she has moved through a variety of roles over the last decade in the scene, participating in classes, mentoring, performances, and community advocacy throughout. Presently, owning and running her own dungeon as a professional dominatrix allows her to build community with her peers and be a bridge for folks who do not otherwise feel safe venturing into BDSM. Teaching is something she feels passionately about, and she is looking forward to supporting the healthy exploration of this particular alternative lifestyle.

offering:
negotiating with strangers: the art of the check-in

Lady Speech

we’re delighted to have Lady Speech open and close our space with joy, sensuality, and delight.

offerings:
opening and closing ceremonies

Leo Gauge (he/they/Sir)

Leo Gauge found his path in life learning to live radically and authentically since 1988. His passion for piercing, body modification, and other manipulations of the flesh knows no bounds. He is always eager to share his knowledge with others, from basics to intensives to one-on-one mentoring and sacred rituals. He is especially passionate about authority exchange relationships, service, blood play, energy, recovering from addiction, and emphasizing practical applications. Leo is an educator at heart and has been educating on kink since 1997, and is also the founder and owner of Beyond Piercing.

Many would tell you that Leo is approachable, straightforward, kind, innovative, and able to teach folx from wherever they may be in their journey. He is Leather, spiritually focused, Master, heavy sadist, disabled, and trans-masculine identified. He believes learning is a lifelong process and constantly seeks new experiences. Leo enjoys that every day he is given the opportunity to remember that he is human and laughs at himself often.

offerings:
tickle your fancy | art unleashed: when blood takes flight

Leo Sugar (he/him/his)

Leo Sugar (he/him) is a queer, trans, kinky fucker who answers to “Leo”, “Sugarman”, or “Sir” for those who wish to use an honorific. He’s spent over a decade working to benefit the trans community in various ways - such as facilitating support groups, assisting with name & gender marker changes, co-founding a nonprofit advocacy organization & working with local healthcare providers to improve the quality of care for their trans patients - because he cares deeply about building a world where everyone can live as their authentic self. Leo believes the most important things in life are the relationships that we build together and every kind of cooked potato. He’s passionate about human connection, inclusive sexual education, and more hormones for all who want them.

offering:
(you make me feel like…): pursuing gender euphoria in partnered play

Lilac Menace (she/her)

Lilac (she/her) is a queer, disabled artist based in Denver and has been doing collage and using it to process experiences for over ten years. She loves smelling plants, going on picnics, and making other people do art with her.

offering:
paper fetish: a kinky collage workshop

Meredith (she/her)

Meredith (she/her) is a deaf queer cis woman who has been practicing kink since 2000 and in the public scene since 2004. She identifies as a submissive, a masochist, and Leather. She is a longtime community educator locally and nationally, the current director of the Gateway program for Black Rose in Washington DC, and has won awards as a pony handler.

offerings:
bottoming for impact play | defeat the weasels: rejection sensitive dysphoria and D/s

Mx Jade (She/They)

Mx Jade pronouns She/They, is a Pansexual, Poly, gender-bending Primal GoddeXXX and vivacious middle. As a cultivator of safer spaces for Affirming touch her background in clinical Massage Therapy and caregiving nature makes her a well rounded Aftercare surrogate. Mx Jade has been on her BDSM/Kink journey actively in the community since 2017. They have presented at MsC Worldwide 2023, Thrive Mental health and kink con and has been a Pragmatically Kinky panel participant as well. As a Black Queer Dominate and member of Black FemDoms of Atlanta she looks forward to showing up in ways that increase visibility, education and respect for the intersections within Leather and the Kink/BDSM community.

offering:
your body, our space, this energy: creating safer space for affirming touch as after care

Noel Galopante (they/them)

Noel Galopante is a transgender-nonbinary and two spirit submissive, pig, dirty little baby, and service pony. They love to explore the interplay between practicing physical and emotional sadomasochism, becoming emotionally healthy, and healing their nervous system. In their life, they enjoy building their reiki healing, yoga, art, and meditative journeywork business called The Sparkle Path; being of service to transgender youth as a volunteer camp counselor; building community through play parties and workshops; and tending their Nature and Ancestral based spiritual communities.

offering:
humiliation to degradation: it’s a spectrum! (with Badly Licked Bear)

pig (they/them)

pig (they/them) is a service bottom, leather person, lifetime learner, and budding bootblack with a love of chemistry and all things leather. Their approach to leather care begins with a fundamental question, “what is leather?” This inquiry informs the care and life they bring to leather goods, honoring the sacred material it is. They are eager to share their lifetime of experience in caring for various embodiments of leather from saddles and chaps to floggers and boots so clean you can eat off them.

offering:
leather care 101

Q (She/Her/Ma’am)

Integrating spirituality, self-awareness, 12-step recovery, and moon manifestation into BDSM and kink is Q’s passion. She is living and continuing to co-create a life for herself that is beyond her wildest dreams. It is her part to share her experience and gifts with her community and to exemplify her tenet “evolve and elevate.”

In 2012, Q began an 8-year education in BDSM and kink. Her educator provided her with a foundation rooted in personal responsibility, spirituality, relationship building, and respect for the process. She has experienced healing from childhood trauma and deep spiritual connections through engaging in BDSM. Additionally, she has uncovered that there is more healing to be had because of play.

Her purpose is to educate the kink community in self-awareness, introspection, and reflection, and how thoughts and actions impact those around us. Knowledge is no good if kept all to oneself.

Q’s profession is in clinical STI and sexual health training. In her spare time, she enjoys laughing uncontrollably as she administers CBT. She is an avid spanker/spankee, energy healer, career coach, passionate Pegger, and a Sadist in training. And as always, she looks forward to learning more about herself along the way.

offering:
vetting with intention

Rooster Chantico (They/Them) and sol vorare (they/them)

Rooster Chantico and their slave, sol vorare, have engaged in a 24/7 Master/slave dynamic for three years. They are both neurodivergent queers that have found a home in the kink and Leather community. They share passions for accessibility, education, and human rights.

Rooster Chantico (they/them) is a lesbian, non-binary, latine person committed to creating safe spaces and platforms for marginalized voices in the community.

sol vorare (they/them*) is a lesbian, genderfluid slave [aka anything Rooster wants them to be] whose true passion belongs to their Leather heart and the strength they find in their surrender.

offering:
cunning linguistics: the basics of dirty talk

Rose (pronoun neutral)

A social work student with a love for teaching and a passion for power dynamics, Rose is thrilled to have this opportunity to share their knowledge and learn from their community. Rose is a mixed-race, queer, collared, polyamorous switch who has been exploring kink both publicly and privately for several years.

offerings:
it’s showtime! high production scenes from a theater queer’s perspective
untangling the web: a panel unpacking polyamorous power dynamics (panel lead)

Sharon Pink (she/her)

Sharon Pink (she) is a leatherFemme and portuguese / polish witch, flagging hunter green on the right, mint on the left and many others, depending on the day. She has been in kink communities for 13+ years, including facilitating rituals, leather care hangouts, gatherings, demos, play space co-organizing, DMing and volunteering. Sharon aspires to be in ways that are anti-white supremacy, fat liberatory, gender affirming, leatherQueer celebratory, Elder & crone honoring and sex worker positive.

offering:
collective liberation altar

Tensegrity (they/he)

Ten (they/he) is a genderqueer and neurodivergent international educator, organizer, and performer. While his biggest obsession is rope, he has been having sexy fun with kink for over a decade. Ten’s classes are known for being dense and information-packed, yet accessible. Their passions lie in incorporating outside knowledge from adjacent skillsets into kink technique and challenging established norms in kink play and community even when it's uncomfortable. Their superpower? An exceptional eye for detail that allows them to break down complex topics into clear, manageable pieces. Just be prepared for a high-energy learning experience! Oh, and probably a lot of swearing...

offering:
professional stomp and grind

Vanessa Rochelle Lewis (Fae/Femme)

Vanessa Rochelle Lewis (pronouns Fae/Femme) is fat, neurospicy, Black, agender, queer femme writer, facilitator, educator, performer, and Faerie Princess Mermaid Gangsta for the Revolution. She is the founder of The Reclaim UGLY Movement and the author of recently published, "Reclaiming UGLY! A Radically Joyful Guide To Unlearn Oppression and Uplift, Glorify, and Love Yourself." In 2021, Root Magazine included her in their 100 most influential African Americans between the ages of 25 and 45 list. Learn more about Vanessa and her story of resilience and transcendence by watching Black Girls, a Never Whisper Justice film. Follow her on instagram @Black.Woman.Blooming.

offering:
keynote speech