Andrew Sir:
Andrew Sir is a heterosexual Master and sadist that recognized his tendencies as a young man and has been actively involved in his local bdsm community for the past 15 years. He is the Founder and current President of the Red Dragons Riding Club, a leather-based motorcycle riding club for the BDSM community, one of the original members and past Chairman of the Monarchs, a het leather-based dominant men’s organization. He is the Principal Coach for BDSM Mentors, a member of the Lair De Sade and a past member of Threshold. Previously, he was the owner and operator of The Realm Dungeon, which hosted play parties and instructional workshops. As a firm believer in mentoring, he has counseled a number of individuals over the years. He is dedicated to creating and fostering a sense of brotherhood and support among male Masters and Dominants. Andrew Sir is also passionate about furthering and promoting the Master/slave dynamic in his local community, working with and chasing after his pup Pug and riding his motorcycle along with fellow leather/bdsm riders. Andrew Sir and his wife/slave rhonda maintain a fulfilling M/s dynamic within their marriage.
Barak & Sheba:
Barak & Sheba are pansexual, polyamorous, married partners who reside in Columbus, Ohio with some gigantic cats. They are Contributing Authors for Sexis Online Magazine and have written numerous short stories and essays on Polyamory, Kink, and Sacred Sexuality. Traveling around the country, they present classes for Kink, Leather, and Vanilla audiences. On the first Monday of each month, you can hear them talking about all forms of creative sexual expression on BS'ing with Barak & Sheba hosted by the Erotic Awakenings Podcast network.
Chloe Camilla:
Chloe Camilla is a queer femme-inist sex educator, sex worker, performance artist, model, and writer. As a Phi Beta Kappa pervert who has won awards for her work in sexuality (in both the academic and porn worlds), she enjoys sharing her knowledge with learners of all ages. Stilettos, glitter, consent, kink, and fierce politics get her off. Learn more about Chloe Camilla at: http://chloecamilla.com
Cleo Dubois:
Ms. Dubois is a Dominant Woman and creator of the Academy of S/M Arts. She is also a versatile sadomasochist whose private interests are in switching and the subtle energies that counter balance intensity. Want to know more about the work of this long-standing member of our community? Visit www.sm-arts.com where you can find details about Erotic Dominance Intensive Weekends, private guided play for couples, consultations and initiations into ethical BDSM exchanges. Ms. Dubois made two BDSM documentary films; The Pain Game, and Tie me Up! She continues to present at local and national leather events. Ms. Dubois believes in the magic of S/M..
Daniel and Pink:
As the 2011 Northwest Master/slave title holders, Daniel and Pink represent a large portion of the Leather and M/s community through their individual and joint participation in the San Francisco men's, women's, queer, and pan-sexual communities. Daniel and Pink have been active in MAsT, The 15 Association, The Exiles, SFGoL, LDG, SF Citadel, and the Society of Janus. Each separately embraces their own space in the community, and as titleholders they collaborate across orientation boundaries to bring shared values and experiences together with both a unified and unique perspective to their presentations.
In addition to headlining play demonstrations at many public BDSM and community events, Daniel and Pink present subjects from both the Top and bottom perspectives with an emphasis in pro-consent and healthy BDSM relationships. They love teaching and have presented popular workshops and panels at several venues including the SF Citadel, Edges, Shibaricon 2011, NWLC 2011, and The Eureka Munch.
Daniel and Pink are a leather M/s married couple from the San Francisco Bay Area with over 21 years combined experience in kink and performing arts as public players in the BDSM community.
DaveL:
DaveL has been a dynamic member of the bay area community for over ten years. He served smOdyssey as one of the original board members, and is currently the webmaster. He was the FolsomFringe Event Coordinator for 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2008, as well as working the event from a different angle as an instructor (and as registration guru, and A/V geek), When he is not working on a FolsomFringe event, he spends the other half year working for International Ms Leather as the contest's technical director. He has taught for FolsomFringe, SCCLA , smOdyssey, and various other groups and hosts a Cigars and Boots social in the south bay monthly with his slave Tatiana. When you hear laughing in a local dungeon, you will most likely find Dave in the middle of it as humor is intrinsic to his love of BDSM.
D/isciple:
Domina:
Domina is the owner and operator of The Frugal Domme. She has been in the scene around 20 years. She was kinky before that but she just didn’t know what to call it. She is married to her slave, Lee, and is Ma’am to her girl, Meryl. They all live together in a big house in Santa Rosa, California, with a dog, and two cats. The cats, of course, are dominant.
Domina been teaching about fifteen years, and is known to have a very weird sense of humor. She is a notorious sadist, but often her scenes have a maniacally funny component to them. She can drive a bottom to distraction. Domina has been active in the community for years and started the Northern California Ladies’ Tea and Discussion Society and the Modesto Discussion Group. She also she served on the original board of the Dungeon Monitors Association. Domina is the originator of the Iron Dom Contest, held yearly in San Francisco as a fundraiser for charity. She also volunteers for the charities Food for Thought and the Sonoma County Aids Food Bank. Domina is a legally ordained pagan minister and performs weddings, collaring ceremonies, and other rites of passage.
Fakir Musafar:
Fakir Musafar is known worldwide for his fifty years of research and personal exploration of primitive body decoration and tribal rituals. Fakir introduced contemporary culture to concepts and practices for the “body-first” approach to explore spirituality in art, body modification and BDSM; what he calls “body play.” His views and practices were first expressed in the Research Publication “Modern Primitives.” He has been called “the father of the modern primitive movement.” Born in 1930 on what was then the Sissiton Sioux Indian reservation, Fakir has played a significant role in the revival of body piercing, body sculpting, blackwork tattoos and related practices for personal expression, rites-of-passage, healing and reclaiming. Fakir has been an active member and presenter in the leather, BDSM and fetish communities for over 30 years and has received these awards: National Leather Association (Lifetime Achievement Award, 1993); Society of Janus (Hall of Fame, 2002); Black Rose ( National Educator Award, 2005); Southwest Leather Butchmann's Academy ( Living Leather Heritage Award, 2008); and the Association of Professional Piercers (President's Award, 2008).
Julian Wolf:
Proud to be a member of the Kink Academy faculty, alternative advice columnist for Saucy Southwest, author for Fearless Press, charter member of the New Mexico Leather League and board member of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, Julian Wolf is passionate about education and service to the community. As a sought after educator, Julian has taught for a myriad of organizations including Desert Dominion, Adventures in Sexuality, Good Vibrations, Southwest Earth Festival Association, smOdyssey, Arizona Power Exchange, Central New Mexico Community College and Dark Odyssey. As a contestant, Julian has been rewarded both Rio Grande Leather and New Mexico Pride titles and was honored to serve both years. Available on and off stage, you can find Julian as an emcee, performance artist and organizer for events across the country. Julian loves to play and is a heavy switch who has a particular affinity for impact in addition to fetishes for feet and hair. Julian looks to be surrounded with fun loving, intelligent people who know how to ask for what they want and are serious about their passions. For more information on this egalitarian sadomasochistic dandy you are invited to peruse www.JulianWolf.net.
Keri Leigh:
Keri Leigh identifies primarily as a switch who leans more towards the Top side when it comes to play. She wrote the monthly column, "Kink in the City" in kink-e-zine.com and was a contributor to the SOJ newsletter, Growing Pains. Keri presented at both NWLC 2010 and 2011 and is a Member of the San Francisco Girls of Leather. She is currently on the Public Relations Committee for the San Francisco Bay Area Leather Alliance and is the co-hostess of the Taboo Party at the SF Citadel. Keri teaches on other subjects including Cock Worship, D/s Dynamics, Age Play, Pain Processing and Humiliation Play. She continues to be amazed at the potential for growth and healing in BDSM and sees Leather as being part of her Spiritual Path.
Leigha Fleming:
Leigha has been active in the SM community for more almost 20 years. Originally from Oklahoma, she now lives in the Denver, CO area with her partner, Sarah Humble. A founder of the Tulsa Dungeon Society (TDS), a member of F.I.S.T. - Baltimore/D.C., and alum of T.U.L.S.A. she has been on the board and staff of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) for the last 11 years and Board Chair of NCSF for the last 4 years. An accountant professionally, Leigha likes to spend the little free time she has indulging dogs her dogs Buddy and Berkley, and spoiling her girlfriend.
Master Sade:
A former ship Captain, Master Sade has worked in over 63 countries. He has been a lifestyle Master since the mid 1990's. Semi- retired he resides in New Orleans with his slave of almost 13 years, slave suthrndeb. He lives in New Orleans and enjoys good food, good music, good conversation, and inflicting pain.
A former ship Captain, Master Sade has worked in over 63 countries. He has been a lifestyle Master since the mid 1990's. Semi- retired he resides in New Orleans with his slave of almost 13 years, slave suthrndeb. He lives in New Orleans and enjoys good food, good music, good conversation, and inflicting pain.
Michael Blue:
Mollena Williams:
This "Delicate, Trembling Flower of Submission” © is a NYC born and raised writer, actress, BDSM Educator and Executive Pervert. She is extremely honored, humbled and proud to have served as International Ms Leather 2010. She is also thrilled to have been named Ms. San Francisco Leather 2009 after that contest's decade long slumber. Active in BDSM and the Leather Community since 1996, she speaks at Leather, BDSM and Kink events across the US, Europe and Canada on many Leather and BDSM focused topics. She is deeply honored to be a nominee for the 21st Annual Pantheon of Leather’s Woman of the Year AND Northern California Regional Awards!
IMsL 2010 was truly an international title year with visits to the Pride Festival in Stockholm, Sweden, where she made history as the first Leatherwoman ever invited to march with the venerable Scandinavian Leathermen’s Association! She’s also done her thing in Dublin, Ireland, Berlin, Germany, the UK, Amsterdam, toured Amsterdam, Netherlands for Leather Pride, as well as teaching and performing in Vancouver, Canada.
Mollena’s written work has been published by the Society Of Janus Newsletter, The Eulenspiegel Society's magazine, Prometheus, as well as the online magazine at Alt.com and Bondage.com. She was interviewed for The Bottoming Book, ColorLines Magazine,Bitch Magazine, Abiola Abrams: Love, Sex & Dasting, The Playboy Advisor, Sexploration with Monika and The Reverend Mel Show, SexIs Magazine, The Huffington Post and Racialicious to name a few! She is featured in the award winning documentary "Vice & Consent". You can also see her all tied up in the instructional video, "Jay Wiseman Teaches Rope Bondage." Her blog, The Perverted Negress, has been featured blog on Fleshbot (not Once but TWICE!) as well as the pick of the week for The Sugasm. Learn more about Mollena at: http://www.mollena.com
Omega:
Omega is a long time serious Edge player in the South Bay BDSM community, for over twenty years. Born under the Fire sign of the Ram, Omega is a true Aries, son of the Red Planet Mars - God of War, whose birthstone is the Bloodstone.
He discovered the Leather community in the San Jose area thru Leather Masters, and first entered into the Kink Community in the San Francisco South Bay area as a member of the Society of Janus, attending classes, seminars, and discussion groups, and enjoyed play parties at the old Castlebar.
Omega became part of the South Bay kink community thru the South Bay Discussion group – SOBAD, later renamed TOBAD, and the Men’s Discussion Group, and was one of the original volunteers of the new BDSM group, Odyssey. He is a charter member of smOdyssey, when it became a membership organization, and was elected to the second Board of Directors of smOdyssey, Inc. and served a two year term.
He also got involved with the Santa Clara County Leather Association (SCCLA), and was a Charter member when it became a membership club. He is a qualified Dungeon Monitor and a member of the SFDMA. He has presented classes for smO and SCCLA at Edges and the Back Room.
Omega gained much of his knowledge of his play style and interests from his military service. He retired from the US Army in 1992 as a Sergeant First Class, Combat Vietnam Veteran, served 2 tours as an Infantry Reconnaissance, and is a trained Military Police Investigator with 5 years experience.
PantherProwLs & Embers:
PantherProwLs and Embers (aka PanthersPrey) are a 24/7, M/s, poly/open couple living in the San Francisco Bay area. Together since 2001, they have been active players, dungeon monitors, and volunteers within the community. PantherProwls and Embers are passionate about teaching and have presented for multiple events and organizations including the Society of Janus, SMOdyssey, Threshold (LA), the Dungeon Monitors Association, SFCitadel, Lair de Sade, Black Rose, Leather Leadership Conference, NLA-OKC’s Tribal Fire, PLA's KinkFest, TESFest, NWLC and StL3's Spanksgiving. Their presentations address a variety of SM skill sets and Ds/Ms topics. PantherProwls and Embers also craft fine leather products for the BDSM community, which theymarket through his company, PantherProwLs Enterprises at www.pantherprowls.com.
PanterProwls and Embers can be contacted at pantherprowls@yahoo.com and/or panthersprey@gmail.com.
Rain DeGrey:
Rain DeGrey is a Pro-Domme, fetish model, rigger, writer, and kinky educator. She is truly passionate about the lifestyle and considers education and giving back to the community an important part of being "kinky". Demystifying and encouraging the joys of BDSM is the motto she lives by. Strap-on play and rope bondage are two of her specialties, and combining them is even better! She regularly does self-suspensions, and can be found performing and teaching in many local clubs and venues. For more information about Rain DeGrey, visit http://fetlife.com/users/57725 or http://twitter.com/raindegrey
Slave Pug:
Slave Pug is a heterosexual leatherwoman that identifies as a slave, pup, and masochist. Pug has a pup/Trainer dynamic with Andrew Sir and has a fondness for chewing on his boots.
Pug has been a presenter at a number of local and national leather events speaking on topics such as fear, Master/slave dynamics, spirituality and kink, Kavadi, and pup play. Her pup writings have appeared in Jack Rinella's book, "Partners in Power" as well as in "Pulp" Magazine and previously on the LeatherDOG website. Her other bdsm-related writings have previously appeared on websites such as Robert Dante's Boudoir Noir and Dr. Susan M. Block's Sexuality Resource Library website.
Pug has been actively involved in a number of local leather/bdsm organizations and is the founder of the Southern California Leather Gathering (SCLG), a picnic event that brings together bdsm and leather folk of all genders and orientations. She has also been an instructor for the APEX/Butchmanns Experience Academy.
Tatiana
Tatiana is an active member of the community. She spends her time hosting kinky events and munches, serving as the current leader of smOdyssey's TNG youth group. Tatiana has also been a lead volunteer at both FolsomFringe and International Ms. Leather. When she isn't giving her time to volunteer work, she can be found presenting workshops and demos (typically alongside her partner in crime) on a whole host of skills and topics, most recently at FolsomFringe, The Looking Glass, and KinkUnlimited. Tatiana prides herself on being an expert troublemaker, sexy deviant, and overall sick puppy.