KinkFest Educational Presenters

KinkFest 2025 Presenters

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AbundantMischief
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Alain
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Alex McGeorge
Alice Sky photo
Alice Sky
Ally Brinken photo
Ally Brinken
Avienda photo
Avienda
BaconXXX photo
BaconXXX
Carmen Monoxide photo
Carmen Monoxide
Cecilia T. Winters photo
Cecilia T. Winters
Danarama photo
Danarama
Dare Campbell photo
Dare Campbell
DearCaroline photo
DearCaroline
Eid photo
Eid
Eirikah Delaunay photo
Eirikah Delaunay
Ember Solaris photo
Ember Solaris
Fischer Garrett photo
Fischer Garrett
Frrrankie photo
Frrrankie
Hitchin' Kitten photo
Hitchin' Kitten
Jeff photo
Jeff
John Pendal photo
John Pendal
Lee Harrington photo
Lee Harrington
Little Chaoss photo
Little Chaoss
Luna Matatas photo
Luna Matatas
Maeve McBride photo
Maeve McBride
Master Devyn Stone photo
Master Devyn Stone
Master Robert photo
Master Robert
Master WrathDaddy photo
Master WrathDaddy
Miz Tee photo
Miz Tee
Ms. J photo
Ms. J
Mx Wilcox photo
Mx Wilcox
Mx. Pucks A'Plenty photo
Mx. Pucks A'Plenty
MxBliss photo
MxBliss
Noble Manqué photo
Noble Manqué
OrionVerse photo
OrionVerse
Pony Tromper photo
Pony Tromper
Provocations photo
Provocations
Shay Tiziano photo
Shay Tiziano
Soren Solaris photo
Soren Solaris
Tesla photo
Tesla
TiedRed photo
TiedRed
Wintersong Tashlin photo
Wintersong Tashlin

AbundantMischief

AbundantMischief

https://patreon.com/AbundantMischief   https://fetlife.com/users/9833259   https://twitter.com/abundantmischi1   https://www.instagram.com/abundantmischief  

AbundantMischief (she/her) is a queer polyamorous toppy switch, gleeful sadomasochist, and enthusiastic boot fetishist. She has been active in the Northeast US kink community for over 16 years. AbundantMischief enjoys bringing crossover knowledge from her two decades of experience as a professional dancer, circus artist, and performing arts educator into her kink teaching. She has taught for Dark Odyssey, TES, TESFest, Tethered Together, IMsLBB, Pragmatic Kink, MAsT: Auckland, CUFF, House of Kush, House of SCK, and Black Rose.

Alain

Alain

https://alaintiedred.com   https://fetlife.com/users/34324  

Alain (he/him) is a European kinkster who landed in Colorado in 2000, and identifies as a rope top, dominant, daddy, owner, and primal predator. He has been active in his local kink communities since 1992. In 2002, Alain founded Rope Art Productions which operated a bondage site, community events, and shibari performances. Currently, he travels and teaches classes on complex and edgier topics including fear play, CNC, primal hunts, and advanced bottoming for rope along with his partner TiedRed.

Alex McGeorge

Alex McGeorge

https://fetlife.com/users/95644  

Alex McGeorge is a long-standing and active member of the BDSM scenes in Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia. He taught his first classes at Black Rose in 2004. Currently, he is best known as the co-organizer and event runner for The Crucible's Dungeon 101, where he has been teaching various BDSM topics since 2012. Alex has also taught at events such as Black Rose, the Master/slave Conference, FetFest, CLAW Getaway 2022, and LOCK NY. When he isn't enjoying the suffering of others, Alex works in computer security for a cloud computing provider and enjoys running around in nature.

Alice Sky

Alice Sky

https://fetlife.com/users/6858177   https://www.instagram.com/one.time.at.band.camp2/  

Alice Sky (she/her) is a Seattle-based rope enthusiast, educator, and model. She started her rope journey in 2016 as a bottom, but has begun topping over the past few years. Alice loves rope bondage for its combination of connection, athleticism, intensity, and aesthetics. She has performed at the Seattle Erotic Arts Festival and teaches privately and with Full Circle Kink. She holds a Master’s in Teaching degree, and is passionate about applying her expertise to improving kink education.

Ally Brinken

https://fetlife.com/users/1830571  

Ally Brinken is a transgender writer, educator, organizer, and former sex worker. She has over a decade of experience in the kink community and a passion for teaching complex topics in a straightforward, risk-aware manner.

Avienda

BaconXXX

BaconXXX

https://www.noblerope.com/  

BaconXXX entered the kink scene in 2017 after being captivated by watching a shibari performance. She has since become an avid rope lover and performer herself. Although she is not submissive in any other facet of her life, in her romantic life she entered into a 24/7 D/s relationship with her partner, Noble Manqué. They live together in Portland, OR.

Carmen Monoxide

Carmen Monoxide

https://fetlife.com/users/2315448  

Carmen Monoxide (she/they) is a former teacher with a lifelong passion for the bizarre and filthy. She is a kink professional, event organizer, sex educator, and relationship coach. She has presented for a variety of events, ranging from local events to large conferences across North America. Carmen Monoxide founded Femme Fatale, a kink event company, and throws monthly parties in the Washington, DC area. She sometimes takes her clothes off and performs onstage and on camera, and is passionate about helping people overcome fear and shame in order to have authentic, fulfilling, sexy experiences.

Cecilia T. Winters

Cecilia T. Winters

https://www.theartofchain.com/   https://fetlife.com/users/4371915  

Cecilia T. Winters ('CTW', she/her) is your typical queer Millennial. Born at the start of the internet age, she has always benefited from information at her fingertips. She identifies as bisexual and ethically non-monogamous. She has served as a dungeon and playspace monitor, a demo top for a number of local and national kink events, and as a presenter. Her non-kink interests include reading, making lists, watching early 2000s crime dramas, and learning about ancient human cultures.

Danarama

Danarama

https://creativebdsm.com/   https://fetlife.com/users/34389   https://x.com/danaramaSF   https://www.instagram.com/danaramasf/  

As a lifestyle Dom, performer, and BDSM educator for more than two decades, Danarama has taught at least a million folx how to have better, safer, more creative sex and BDSM, whether in the dungeon or the bedroom. In addition to directing Kink University (Kink.com's educational site), he is a founder of the Two Knotty Boys, a co-teacher for workshops since 1999, and co-author of two best-selling rope bondage books. He has rigged, directed, and performed in hundreds of instructional and hardcore fetish videos. Danarama continues teaching BDSM and sex/intimacy classes online and at conferences worldwide.

Dare Campbell

Dare Campbell

https://www.learngrowrepeat.ca   https://fetlife.com/users/3121  

Dare Campbell (they/them) is an educator and coach with over 15 years of experience dedicated to supporting individuals within underserved sexuality and disabled communities, as well as guiding both emerging and established leaders. As both a one-on-one coach and a group educator, Dare employs a peer-based approach to foster community safety, knowledge, and collective care. They have been featured on various podcasts, university panels, and television programs, and have taught at numerous sexuality and kink conferences across North America. In their work, Dare equips participants and clients with practical tools and illustrative examples to help them build self-knowledge and communication skills. Dare advocates for a collaborative approach that emphasizes creating a sense of safety and shared vulnerability, believing it is essential for cultivating meaningful connections, fulfilling relationships, and a love-filled life.

DearCaroline

DearCaroline

https://www.etsy.com/shop/needleplayground   https://fetlife.com/users/5055101  

DearCaroline is an avid kinkster and sharps enthusiast who has been active in the kink scene since 2018. Her love for working with sharps led to the opening of her shop NeedlePlayground in 2022 that sells artistic needle play designs and ethically-sourced porcupine quills which have been prepped for play. As a sensualist, hedonist, and masochist, Caroline loves to explore the connection between intense physical sensations and deep mental and emotional processing. She uses that connection to create beautiful experiences and art out of pain, either as a solo player or with partners. She is an edge player, heavy bottom, and sharps top who loves to learn about and share her knowledge of all things kinky, especially with those exploring and refining their sense of self through their kink journey.

Eid

Eid

https://fetlife.com/users/94165  

Eid (he/him) is a hot-wax, heat sensation, rough and tumble, switchy player. Originally from Great Britain, Eid has lived around the world, and now resides in Central California. His fondness for temperature play manifests in various forms: hot wax, fire play, branding, cell-popping, cigar ash, Diet Coke cans and hot rollers (ask him about that experience), and ice. While often on the receiving end of these sensations, Eid concurrently tops and teaches these skills to others with his lady, Ms. J. He loves to work in all locations, from large conventions to local munches, small groups, and private one-on-one sessions. Sensational fun is Eid’s style of play, with a focus on intimacy and connection.

Eirikah Delaunay

Eirikah Delaunay

https://desirealchemy.com   https://fetlife.com/users/1436600   https://facebook.com/eirikah.delaunay   https://instagram.com/eirikah  

Eirikah Delaunay (she/her) is a writer, witch, and sexual rebel who identifies as a queer, polyamorous, pansexual, cisgender woman, Dominant-leaning switch, and sadomasochist. Both/and is her magic word. As the founder of Desire Alchemy, Eirikah is a certified somatic sex and relationship coach. She is an initiated priestess who offers individual, partnered, and group coaching for people curious and excited about using effective communication, magic, sexuality, kink, and/or power exchange relationships as vehicles for personal growth and bliss. She has 30+ years of lifestyle BDSM practice with more than a decade of connection, education, and service in the Seattle sex-positive community, where she served on the Board of the Center for Sex-Positive Culture from 2021-2024.

Ember Solaris

Ember Solaris

https://fetlife.com/users/15467082   https://www.instagram.com/housenoirky/  

Ember Solaris is an experienced professional and lifestyle Dominant and sadist who blends their expertise in social science with a passion for kink education. They describe themselves as a burnt out, introverted, nerdy bumbling professor type dungeon monster who likes being left alone to do consensual evil shit for fun with wonderful, like-minded people. They specialize in researching emotions, interpersonal dynamics, trauma, and addictive behaviors. They frequently offer virtual classes and events, such as Reign of Blood, along with in-person classes. While trained in various therapy modalities, their focus is on research. They are almost always accompanied by their Primal Mate, Soren, with whom they switch. They explore various types of S&M, edge play, Femdom, and more with their play partners (known affectionately as the hoard of murder ducklings).

Fischer Garrett

Fischer Garrett

https://www.theartofchain.com/   https://fetlife.com/users/454514  

Fischer Garrett ('Mister', he/him) is a bisexual, polyamorous top. His time spent in the lifestyle has led him through a journey of self discovery, from once being totally monogamous to being a relationship anarchist; from wanting nothing to do with bondage to developing a way to practice bondage in a relatively unperformed and under-documented fashion. In the past several years, he has volunteered for larger kink events as a member of a consent incident response team, a dungeon/playspace monitor, and more recently, as a presenter. He is a huge fan of costumes and masks, and it is not unusual to know that he is around, often in clever and sometimes strange disguises.

Frrrankie

Frrrankie

Frankie (they/them) is a top/Dominant leaning mixed-POC hard femme queer, who has been an active member of the Bay Area scene for nearly 15 years. Enthusiastic and experimental, they enjoy co-creating scenes that are inventive, hot, and deeply intentional. They are happiest when they have a “job” in community, and have contributed through volunteer work with SF Queer Leather Happy Hour, co-presenting orientation at Dark Odyssey events, and serving on the production team for the Ms. SF Leather competition.

Hitchin' Kitten

Hitchin' Kitten

https://fetlife.com/users/8184778  

Hitchin’ Kitten (they/she) is a kitten-ish rope witch and sadomasochistic switch that likes her kink to be whimsically delicious. Her kink is connection, and rope is the path she takes to get there. Her approach to rope focuses on movement, foundational concepts, and functionality to encourage accessible, connective, and collaborative improvisation in rope practice and beyond. HK was a facilitator of Hitchin’ Bitches PDX (Portland, OR) from 2018-2024, and now provides public rope events, private and group rope instruction, and tastings at events.

Jeff

Jeff

Jeff and John Pendal have been playing together since 2004, when Jeff said that he didn't play with titleholders and John went and hid his IML vest in the car. Jeff is John's demo top in all his workshops in North America. Jeff has presented at Inferno and other Chicago Hellfire events.

John Pendal

John Pendal

https://www.johnpendal.com/   https://fetlife.com/users/5734906   https://www.facebook.com/johnpendal.coach  

Experienced BDSM educator John Pendal joins us all the way from England, UK. In 2003, John won the 25th annual International Mr Leather contest in Chicago. Since then he has travelled extensively leading workshops, giving speeches, hosting events, or performing kinky stand-up comedy. Amongst others, John has taught BDSM workshops at Beyond Leather in Fort Lauderdale; Darklands, Antwerp; Down an' Dirty in Melbourne, Australia; HunCon in Budapest; Kinkferansen in Oslo; Lupercalia in Canada; Mr Leatherman Toronto; Rome BDSM Conference; SM Bergen, Norway; Tribal Fire in Oklahoma; and for twelve years at Thunder in the Mountains in Denver, CO.

Lee Harrington

Lee Harrington

http://www.PassionAndSoul.com   https://fetlife.com/users/24336   https://x.com/passionandsoul   https://www.facebook.com/lee.harringon   https://www.instagram.com/passionandsoul/  

Lee Harrington (he/they) is an international 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,” “Traversing Gender: Understanding Transgender Realities,” and “Become Your Own Beloved: A Guide to Delighting In Self Connection,” amongst many others. Lee has been a passion instigator, academic, adult film performer, world class sexual adventurer, outspoken philosopher, polytheist priest/ess, kink/bondage coach, and has been blogging about sex and spirit since 1998.

Little Chaoss

Little Chaoss

Little Chaoss (she/her) is a submissive serving the San Francisco scene with style and a smile. Her D/s journey has spanned approximately six years solely as a submissive, bottom, and masochist. She has demo bottomed for numerous international BDSM and bondage workshops. Her expertise aligns with her enthusiasm for bottoming and submission, protocol, anal sex and stretching, and many forms of impact and bondage. As an educator serving submissives and bottoms, her motivation is to equip her peers with valuable information so they are able to safely explore BDSM.

Luna Matatas

Luna Matatas

https://lunamatatas.com/   www.twitter.com/lunamatatas   www.instagram.com/lunamatatas   https://www.instagram.com/lunamatatas/  

Luna Matatas is a sex and kink educator with over 15 years of experience teaching sex and empowerment workshops internationally. She celebrates body confidence, self-adoration, and building shame-free pleasure in and out of the bedroom. Luna is a creator and facilitator of over 35 Sexy Skills on-demand webinars that help people navigate the adult sex education skills we all need. She teaches a range of pleasure-based topics from how to have threesomes, developing erotic dominance and submission skills, to seducing the butt and more. Coming from a background in public health, Luna prioritizes relatable, inclusive and accurate information to create and continue conversations. She has worked in Eastern and Southern Africa, Canada, the US, and through virtual education in over 20 countries. She created Peg the Patriarchy® as part of her sex-positive and feminist merchandise.

Maeve McBride

Maeve McBride

https://www.maevemcbride.com/   https://fetlife.com/users/13527208   https://www.instagram.com/MaeveMcBridePDX  

Maeve McBride (she/they) is a kink educator, erotic coach, sexological herbalist, and Executive Director of KinkFest 2025. With over 22 years of experience exploring the intersections of kink, sacred sex, trauma healing, and personal alchemy, Maeve brings a unique, holistic approach to her work. As a compassionate and playful switch-witch, they are dedicated to helping people of all identities and orientations reach their health, erotic, and sexual goals. Maeve combines evidence-based teaching, anatomy insights, mind-body-spirit healing techniques, and practical communication tools to create a safe, non-judgmental space for exploration and growth. Whether working with individuals or leading workshops, Maeve’s goal is to empower students and clients to build personalized toolkits that support their unique needs, foster self-empowerment, and embrace pleasure in all its forms.

Master Devyn Stone

Master Devyn Stone

https://DevynStone.com   https://fetlife.com/users/1571357   https://twitter.com/TheDevynStone   https://www.facebook.com/MrDevynStone   https://www.instagram.com/devyn.stone/  

Master (Devyn) Stone is an author, educator, and JEDI consultant. He is a Leatherman, extrovert, a Sons of Anarchy fan, and a foodie. He enjoys organizing events and moderating! He's been practicing authority transfer dynamics since 2004. Today he lives in Detroit with his property, Guan-Xuan. Devyn has authored multiple concise and easy to digest BDSM "how-to" books. He is the founder of Pragmatically Kinking and the executive producer for THRIVE. Master Stone has a passion for giving and receiving education. His favorite topics to speak on include leadership, authority transfer, and neurodivergence.

Master Robert

Master Robert

https://fetlife.com/users/104825  

Master Robert has been active in teaching and play since 1999, where he has been exploring the principles of power exchange and sensual expression through discussions, demonstrations, and classes created for both tops and bottoms. His life with whips began in 2004 and he specializes in 3-4 ft. dungeon/play whips, using them as an extension of his thoughts in sensual play. Since 2009, he moderates the monthly (now virtual) discussion group, “Ds in the Middle,” drawing both a national and international attendance. He emphasizes understanding the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of meaningful play through the whip, blade, hand, and most important, the mind.

Master WrathDaddy

Master WrathDaddy

https://fetlife.com/users/2808435   https://www.facebook.com/magister.iraepater  

Master WrathDaddy is the 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 Heartland Person of Leather, a horror and erotica author, former heavyweight kickboxing champion, former MMA trainer, owner and proprietor of The Bacchanal (Austin’s community dungeon), and a badass motherfucker who enjoys doing badass shit with other badass motherfuckers. He has been a full-time and active member of Austin’s BDSM community since 2013, though he has been in and out of the kink community since 1991. Since then he has been a 2015-2016 board member at large for Group With No Name (GWNN) - one of Austin's oldest and largest BDSM groups, co-chairman of the GWNN Bash in 2015 and 2016, a mentor in the Austin Mentor's Program, and has presented workshops for SAADE, GWNN, Desert Dominion, Flame Conference, Wicked Grounds, Threshold, Master Slave Conference, KinkFest, Colorado Leather Fest, Oklahoma Leather Fest, and many other local, national, and international groups.

Miz Tee

Miz Tee

https://fetlife.com/users/14330  

Miz Tee is a leatherwoman who knows when to be serious and when a gigglefit might enhance a scene. She likes theatricality, but dislikes drama and historically avoids it. While Miz Tee does not claim to be an expert in any specific area of her kinky interests, she seizes every opportunity to practice and improve her skills. Being active in kink on several different levels for over 35 years has given her the opportunity to make a few mistakes and learn from them. Based in Rainier, OR, she currently serves on the Board of PLA as the co-chair of Education, as well as has experience on the Board of Leatherwoods Inc. and its events. She has taken on roles such as volunteer and vendor coordinator, as well as DM, for Leatherwoods. Miz Tee has presented at numerous events including Leatherwoods, Leather Reign, Paradise, Renegade’s Rendezvous, Bad Girls, PLA, KinkFest, multiple munches, and any tasting events she is asked to attend. She embraces joy and laughter with her kink, but deeply enjoys some very serious play as well.

Ms. J

Ms. J

https://fetlife.com/users/39643  

Ms. J (she/her) identifies as a community educator, Sensual Sadist, the Nana-Dragon pyromaniac, Agent of Chaos, Mama Bear to many, Mother of Kittehs to her furry mobsters, a self-proclaimed Connection Junkie, Purveyor of bruise poking and hair pulling, a bus-driving RACK playing mostly toppy kinda girl, the Happy Bouncy Sadist, and a blissfully married monogamish human. This Fire Maven is versed in most types of flame skills, from burner and flow to vanilla and kinky. As an educator and player, Ms. J is likely best known for her kinky fireplay passion. However she also enjoys rough body play coupled with soft and gentle contact for the ultimate mind fuck in impact play, blade play with a sharp and shiny to slice off your clothes, the sticky sloppy wet sensations of food play, and drive-by dork play. Want to make her day? Ask her to slap you!

Mx Wilcox

Mx Wilcox

https://fetlife.com/users/52805   https://www.facebook.com/mx.wilcox.9  

Mx Wilcox (xe/xir), known as Ponymixtress Rebecca, is the author of The Human Pony published by Greenery Press in 2008. Xe holds the 2009 North American Pony and Trainer leather title with Submissann for the Great Lakes Leather Alliance. Wilcox started xir pony legacy in 2004, joining the SF Stampede where one thing led to another to span 20 years of pony joy. This includes starting the Northern California (Human) Fox Hunt, which became the Chase. Wilcox believes that pony play and BDSM play can help us live the deepest passion burning in the soul and spiritual bliss through love. Xir favorite moment was recognizing that xe is a pony play grandparent.

Mx. Pucks A'Plenty

Mx. Pucks A'Plenty

https://www.mxpucksaplenty.com/   https://fetlife.com/users/2479549   https://www.instagram.com/thehedonistrealist/   https://www.facebook.com/MxPucksAPlenty   https://www.instagram.com/pucksaplenty/  

Mx. Pucks A’Plenty is the founder and executive director of Puckduction Black & Queer Arts and Production Organization. They have been recently ranked #17 most influential burlesque figure in the world by 21st Century Burlesque Magazine. When they aren’t burlesquin’, Pucks is a sex educator and activist. You can catch them on Instagram under @_sexuali.tea_ as co-host to an intersectional sex education podcast with a mission to ‘queer up’ sex ed. They run the FemDom lifestyle group, Diadem-Events, which features play parties, workshops, high protocol teas, and socials. They have taught at Leather Reign, Virtual Intimacy Retreat 3, The Gathering NW, the BDSM Writers' Con, and Thrive Conference. They have been a guest speaker at Brown University, Planned Parenthood of New York, and the University of Washington. Pucks is black, queer, nonbinary femme raising a kiddo in the suburbs with their service daddy and their sub.

MxBliss

MxBliss

https://legallyboundgroup.com/   https://boundbliss.com/   https://www.instagram.com/MxBoundBliss  

Mx Bliss (she/they) is a gleeful Dominant, sensation empath, consent enthusiast, rope switch, and quinkster (queer kinkster). She is an attorney, dominance/executive coach, performance artist, and BDSM educator. She also produces the Jiffy Kink events. MxBliss presents on a wide range of BDSM and rope topics but especially loves matchmaking and presenting information about negotiation, consent, and law.

Noble Manqué

Noble Manqué

https://www.noblerope.com/  

Noble has been exploring his fascination with consensual Dominance/submission hierarchies, kinky play, and erotic rope bondage for over five decades. He has been a full-time kink educator since 2008 when he established Noble Rope Arts. Noble is recognized as a thoughtful instructor with an ability to convey complicated information in accessible ways for his workshops. His goal in teaching is to encourage people to learn how to safely explore BDSM play as a powerful means of connecting deeply with their play partners and themselves. He creates erotic art and teaches rope bondage and other kink skills in Portland, OR.

OrionVerse

OrionVerse

https://toloveandplay.com/   https://fetlife.com/users/5917964  

OrionVerse is a trans/queer kink and sexuality educator who has been in the scene since 2016. He has a passion for community building, organization, and education both in his home community on the East Coast and beyond. He loves engaging with edgeplay and takes an approach that focuses on risk mitigation and exploring the nuances of play and authentic connection.

Pony Tromper

Pony Tromper

https://fetlife.com/users/533847   https://x.com/PonyTromper   https://www.facebook.com/tromper.bluroan.9  

Pony Tromper (he/him) is an enthusiastic ponyboy, leatherman and educator who has been active in the leather and pony play scenes for over 25 years. Tromper has a service-oriented pony heart, which he tries to express by setting a positive, visible example of dependable service in the Pony, Pet, and Leather communities. He is deeply honored to serve his community as the North American Pony 2020-2022 title holder, and is a founding member of the Rocky Mountain Pony Herd (RMPH), based out of Denver, CO. Pony Tromper loves to talk about any and all aspects of pony play, and is particularly passionate about access to the community.

Provocations

Provocations

https://fetlife.com/users/2740113   https://www.instagram.com/tie_rope_take_photo  

Provocations (he/him) is a rope top and kink educator from Seattle. He loves creative rope suspensions, intense floor ties, tossing people around, and nerding out about technique. He has been tying since 2015 and teaching since 2018.

Shay Tiziano

Shay Tiziano

https://www.twistedwindows.com/shay-tiziano   https://fetlife.com/users/91613   https://x.com/ShayBlondie   https://www.facebook.com/shaytiziano   https://www.instagram.com/shaytiziano/  

Shay Tiziano (she/her or they/them) is a renowned bondage performer, presenter, producer, and self-suspender known for their innovative, intense performances and friendly, attainable, and risk-awareness-focused approach to kink education. She is the author of Tying & Flying, the first-ever book about self-suspension, Creating Captivating Classes, the first-ever book specifically for kink educators, and editor of the anthology Soaring & Exploring. Based in San Francisco, Shay is the stages and entertainment co-lead for the Folsom Street Fair and produces the acclaimed bondage and fetish performance event Twisted Windows. She has curated performance showcases for events including the Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Tethered Together, Ropecraft, the SF Mint, Dark Odyssey, and San Francisco Pride.

Soren Solaris

Soren Solaris

Soren got their first taste of kink at the same time they first tasted their (now long-term) partner, Ember. Their friends to lovers with a bookworm trope ended up not being as innocent as one might have thought at first. Today, Soren identifies as a Primal Sadist and occasional switch with a deep love for body work, rough body play, tastefully brutal impact, etc. They are a phlebotomist with a needle phobia who still does sharps, and can always be found following Ember around with snacks and a water bottle to make sure Em doesn't get into too much trouble. Soren frequently assists Ember with her classes in various capacities, and spoils the murder ducklings at every chance they get.

Tesla

Tesla

Tesla (she/her) is a rope switch, though she has leaned heavily towards rope bottoming since beginning her rope suspension journey in 2009. Since then she has performed, lead, and demo'd for rope workshops focused on a range of rope skills - from hair suspension, escape bondage, predicament DIY, to improvisational partner rope dance, self suspension, torture ties, and suffering in rope.

TiedRed

TiedRed

https://alaintiedred.com   https://fetlife.com/users/1609339  

TiedRed is a vivacious and enthusiastic bottom who is deeply passionate about building a community that facilitates quality human connections. In 2014, she dove headfirst into her local public BDSM community, and has since spent much of her free time trying to be the supportive kinkster she would have leaned on when she first entered the scene. To further this resolve, she founded the popular group Denver Ms. Kinky Scouts (yes, there were kinky patches and ball-gag cookies) in 2016, and proudly earned the title of Ms. Leather Colorado 2018. She thrives in mentally challenging bondage and playing in the taboo realm of CNC. Her educational passion lies in promoting real-world bottoming skills. Today, she is investing her time in mental peace, enjoying days in the sun, eliciting laughter, and pushing her limits in diverse ways.

Wintersong Tashlin

Wintersong Tashlin

https://wintertashlin.com/   https://fetlife.com/users/95857  

Wintersong Tashlin is a presenter and spirit worker who has been teaching and running rituals for close to two decades. Their classes cover a variety of erotic, spiritual, and sexual topics. Winter specializes in playing with penises, needle play, polyamory, roleplaying, communication, and playing with unusual fetishes; as well as LGBTQ issues, trans/cis relationships, disability, and erotic and non-erotic spiritual practices. Winter’s extensive presenting history include kink/BDSM, LGBTQ, and pagan events, including appearances on the Vice Guide to Sex, The History Channel, UK5, and the Risk! Podcast. Their spiritual work frequently focuses on processes of transformation, ordeal, and connection between people and the divine.



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