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.
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 has presented at The Floating World 2010, Dark Odyssey Summer Camp, Dark Odyssey WinterFire 2011, and has been teaching his classes through Good For Her in Toronto for over 10 years.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 experience and sadistic pleasures cover a variety of activities including knives, canes, needle play, single tails and age play. He 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 his expertise and lessons in an engaging, open and entertaining format that encourages participants to learn through communication, play and participation.
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Lee Harrington is a passionate spiritual and erotic educator, gender explorer, eclectic artist and published author and editor on human sexuality and spiritual experience. He is a nice guy with a disarmingly down to earth approach to the fact that we are each beautifully complex ecosystems, and we deserve to examine the human experience from that lens. He’s been traveling the globe (from Seattle to Sydney, Berlin to Boston), teaching and talking about sexuality, psychology, faith, desire and more since 1995, and has no intention to stop any time soon. Along the way he has been a brainy academic, a female adult film performer, a world class sexual adventurer, a title holding leatherman, an outspoken philosopher, a long-time sexuality and faith blogger (since 1998), a spirit worker and priest, and an award winning author (including such books as "Shibari You Can Use," "Sacred Kink" and "The Toybag Guide to Ageplay". Check out the trouble he has been getting into, as well as his many books, audio classes, videos and more over at www.passionandsoul.com.
Lamalani is a life-long Seattle resident and held the titles of Washington State Ms Leather 2008 and International Ms Leather 2009. She has been active in the leather community since 1999. Professionally, Lamalani makes hemp bondage rope with Twisted Monk. Lamalani has presented classes on various sex-positive and BDSM topics at Desire Leatherwomen’s conference, the Conservatory, Michigan Womyn’s Festival, Mistress Shae's Academy in Los Angeles, Portland Bad Girls, Tribal Fire and offers private classes around the Puget Sound area. Lamalani has had the honor of judging Northwest Leather Sir/boy & Community Bootblack, Mr. & Ms. Oregon State Leather, Oklahoma Mr. Leather, Mr. Boston Leather, San Francisco Leather Daddy, Mr Texas Leather, Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather, Washington State Mr/Ms Leather and Ms. San Francisco Leather contests. She is an enthusiastic practitioner of rope bondage, fire play and roughhousing. Lamalani relaxes by playing video games, visiting the ocean and riding her motorcycles.
Master Z - Texas is a well-known Dominant, presenter and leader in the Leather and BDSM scene. He is the International Master 2004 and travels all over the United States and Canada making presentations on the Master/slave-Leather lifestyle and BDSM technique. He has also served as a popular keynote speaker and emcee for a number of events. He is the Owner of slave bill and slave kiki.
Master Z is Chairman and President of the Board of Directors for Butchmanns, Inc. and currently is the Director and Instructor for the Butchmanns Weekend Experience. He is the Producer and HeadMaster for boys Training Camps and Co-Producer of Masters Retreat.
In 2010, Master Z was the recipient of the Leather SINS, Inc., President’s Award. He was the recipient of the “Masters Heart Award” in 2006 and the “Leatherman’s Heart Award” in 2004. He is one of the Head of Household for the Texas Leather Tribe; a Leather family he shares responsibility for with his wonderful Leather Brother, Master Roy of Houston.
Master Z is eternally grateful to his mentors, the late Master Dean Walradt and the late boy Patrick Chees, who taught him much of the Leather protocols and rituals that he cherishes today. Master Z is certain that his Leather journey and BDSM experiences are directly related to his spiritual path.
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Nayland is an artist and educator, an investigator and instigator. He has presented on kink related topics at TESFest and Leather Retreat, The Floating World, IMsL and GMSMA, LSM, Instigate and Winter Wickedness, and has taught and lectured on art at numerous colleges around the United States, including Harvard, Yale, UC Berkeley and the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2004 he was named International Pipebear at Briar Bash.
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Felice Shays Where respect, raunch, tenderness, straight talk, and sex collide is where you’ll find Felice Shays. Providing personal sexual and BDSM counseling in both English and ASL, Felice has been featured nationally and internationally in print and on television encouraging people to do all sorts of breathtaking sexual feats. Recently relocated to Portland Oregon, this Brooklyn Femme has presented at a plethora of events for over a decade including Good For Her, Black Rose, Pacific Friction, Dark Odyssey, Babeland, LSM, TES, Kinky Kollege, Wicked Womyn, Shebop, KinkFest, Safer SM, Sugar, Tribal Fire, Mob, Come As You Are, The Exiles, Desire, Thunder In The Mountains, Kinky Kollege, and IMsL. Named 2010 Dark Odyssey’s Campers’ Choice: Favorite Presenter, Felice also stirs up trouble as a sex and BDSM event producer, performance artist, and ASL interpreter.
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Sarah Sloane is a sexuality & relationship educator from the Washington DC metro area. 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.
In addition to her busy education schedule, Sarah is the owner of Equilibrium Consulting, LLC, which offers services to help people find better balance in their personal & work lives; she and her staff offer personal assistance, media & communications consulting, writing, and business & personal coaching from a humanistic, sex & relationship positive perspective.
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 was recently included in Lee Harrington’s book, Rope, Bondage and Power, and she is also currently working on two upcoming books. She has been honored as a nominee for the Pantheon of Leather’s Woman of the Year award for 2009, is the 1st Runner Up for International Ms Leather 2009, and is a past nominee for the Vaughan Keith National Educator award from Black Rose.
When she’s not traveling, teaching, coaching, having parties, personal shopping, assisting, or sleeping, she loves to read, knit, eat sushi, smoke cigars, spend time with her family of choice and her partners, and pay homage to her three cats and one rabbit. She can most easily be contacted via e-mail at sarah.sloane (at) gmail.com.
Tim Starkey has a lengthy involvement with the Northeast leather and BDSM community. International Mr. Bootblack 2010, he is a member of Delta International, Mama’s Family, and The Leather Archives & Museum. Tim has worked as an educator for over 25 years in the health, human services, and personal service industries. He has a broad range of kinky and non-kinky passions. Some of Tim’s heart centered commitments include education, leather history, social networking, community representation, youth empowerment, HIV Prevention, mentoring, and charity fundraising. Tim loves sharing his many passions and inspiring others to transform their lives in new and exciting ways. Tim’s sponsors this year are Inseam Men, E-7 Gear, and Ramrod Boston. Tim is a virgo, Meyers Briggs INTJ/INTP, single and available gay man. Tim’s goal for this year is to have loads of fun while celebrating our amazing community of people.
SwitchMe identifies as a co-gendered, bisexual, polyamorous switch who finds pleasure in helping others discover the sheer joy and bliss of a free and uninhibited sexuality. He has been presenting and teaching for over 10 years on a variety of subjects, including body image, touch, deviancy, anthropology and computing. She is currently working on an advanced degree, conducting fieldwork in the Caribbean, and has several publications. With an increasing emphasis on breath and energy, his workshops focus on the many ways to let go of inhibitions and enjoy our sexuality.
Mz Suzanne SxySadist is a lifestyle switch, professional dominant, and BDSM Educator with over a decade of experience in the public scene. She is passionate about her personal thirst for knowledge and growth in the lifestyle and has a wide variety of interests. Some of her scene specialties and passions include bondage in its many forms; percussion / impact play especially single tails and canes, breath play, needles, knives and sensual sadism in all its glory. Some of her other specialties include sexual healing & energy work, conscious breathing techniques, Taoist erotic massage for men & women and she is a Body Electric trained Sacred Intimate. Her favorite scenes are always ones that include a spiritual connection and deep sense of shared erotic energy between partners. More info can be found on her main web site at Sxysadist.com.
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. Her official websites are puckerup.com and openingup.net.
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Wintersong Tashlin is a educator, activist, magician, and shaman, with over a decade of experience running rituals and teaching classes that range from private one-on-one instruction, to workshops at some of the premier events in the United States. Topics he presents on include alternative sexuality & BDSM, spirituality, magic, queer/LGBT issues, polyamoury, and disability management. Organizations he has presented include Transcending Boundaries, Five College Queer Sexuality & Gender Conference, National Tourette Syndrome Association, Dark Odyssey, Floating World, Free Spirit Alliance, The Pagan Kingdom of Asphodel, and the Primal Arts Festival. His ritual work particularly focuses around rites of personal transformation and he is a founder and council member of Clan Tashlin, a magical and spiritual order built around a unique relationship between people and the energies of the world around us. Wintersong is also a past dean of the College of Brigantia, a pagan adult education program based in central Massachusetts. He has been in documentaries featuring topics such as polyamoury, spirituality and genital integrity in both the United States and Great Britain. Wintersong received a Bachelors of Arts from Hampshire College in 2003. Follow him at barkingshaman.com.
Trialsinner has been a practitioner of the rope arts for nearly his entire life. If you knew how old he is, it's really not that impressive. He took his first plunge into the lifestyle as a young child, binding and suspending a catwoman action figure, and pretty much anything else he could wrap with string -- including himself. He made his mark on the scene two years ago, under the wing of his mentor, Lord Percival. Since joining, he has become very active in Boston and New York. Along with rope, Trialsinner is an active fetish photographer, known for creatively capturing his explorations into kink. Visit him at trialsinner.com 
