Presenter Bios

Alex Warner

Alex, the boy Bonobo, is a 31 year old graduate student working on her Ph.D. in History and her dissertation on the history of the Leatherdyke community. Like a “good” lesbian, she wears clogs, is obsessed with feminist folk music and lives in suburban New Jersey with her cat, Bella. Alex who found his leatherboy heart four years ago, though he has been kinky since his first fantasies at age seven, also loves to serve the Leather community through acting as Sergeant at Arms for the New York boys of Leather. She is totally devoted to her partners, Daddy J and Pretty Lady, who provide her with unparalleled love and affection. Alex generally likes most people, loves boots, yoga and SCUBA diving, isn't easily offended and is (almost) always up for flirting and ice cream!

Allie Gatto

Allie has been active in the "scene" for 15+ years. Her BDSM interests include: fisting, obedience, discipline, practical service, flogging, whipping, piercing, bondage and mummification, electricity. She is imperviously perceptive, psychologically penetrating, well read, well traveled, and multilingual. She was a founding member of Portland Power and Trust and has been a member of numerous other leather organizations in the Pacific Northwest. Allie has presented for multiple clubs and conferences, most recently at PacificFriction, Wicked Womyn, and Kinkfest. Allie would like to give big props to Evan, Education Coordinator and all the folks working on making this IMsL a great event. Her workshop, Art of Discipline, will illustrate her belief that all life is a dance between freedom and constraint.

Alycyn Britton

Alycyn Britton, Ms. Oregon State Leather 2003, has been involved with the leather community since 1996. She chaired Bad Girls for six years, assisted three years for Portland Leather Alliance's (PLA) Kinkfest Weekend, served on the board of Blackout Leather Productions and Dandelion Rescue, is a co-producer of PacificFriction and chairs the 2008 Oregon Leather Pride Week Committee. Lady Alycyn has presented/facilitated a variety of sex/BDSM topics for Bad Girls, Body Bound, IMsL, PLA, sex ed classes and groups of counseling interns. She identifies as a Dominant High Femme Diva who is sadistic yet not a sadist and is compassionate enough to be referred to by many as Mama. She is blessed with 2 kids, a boy, a trainee and the love of her life.

Ariel

Ariel is a white, Queer, Jewish Transguy working and playing in Boston. He is the Community Programs Coordinator for The Network/La Red, a Massachusetts-based social justice organization working with Transgender, Queer and BDSM communities to end partner abuse. Ariel coordinates TN/LR's nationally-accessed hotline and emergency safe home program, advocates for LGBT survivors accessing mainstream services, and develops and presents workshops including “Intimate Partner Violence in Transgender Communities”, “LGBT Youth & Dating Violence” and “Supporting Survivors, Strengthening our Communities” at local and national conferences. He is dedicated to working with leather community members to raise awareness about abuse and supporting survivors in our communities. In his spare time, Ariel enjoys farming, playing rugby, and other activities likely to result in shortness of breath and heavy bruising.

Babs Lornie

Babs Lornie has been in the S.F. Bay Area Leather Community since the mid 80's, but has been into BDSM since as far back as she can remember. At 6 she administered bare-bottomed spankings to those wishing to join her secret club. She grew up attending British schools when corporal punishment was still practiced. Ouch. She is known as RagMaster because with a single cotton towel in her hand she can inflict sensations from a warm-up slap to the sharp strike of a singletail. Her caning ability is another expression of her joyful sadism. For the past 14 plus years she has been the property of Raelyn.

boi moe

Boi moe first encountered the fundamentals of blacking boots in the military more than 20 years ago. She was the Southwest Bootblack 2007, 1st Runner Up for IMsBB 2007 and winner of the IMsBB Heart and Sole Award, 2007. For boi moe, bootblacking is not only an art, it's a spiritual expression of her leather pride. All leather, not just boots, deserves care and honor. Boi moe enjoys demonstrating her skill as much as she enjoys teaching others how to do it. Her desire is to share this erotic art of leather care with anyone that wishes to learn or experience it.

boyjean

boyjean - has been involved in the Leather life for over 16 years and has identified as a boy for as long as he can remember. he has the privilege and honor of serving his Sir/Daddy and regards service as a passion that comes from the heart. he is a member of the San Francisco boys of Leather, and past vice president and program coordinator of that organization. he is also part of Northern California Bootblacks and currently serves our Leather Community as International Community Bootblack 2007.

Daddy J

Daddy J started exploring her sadistic persona very early in life. She regularly tortured the boys on her street growing up, she now only tortures consensually. Daddy J gets off on knives, needles, staple-guns, objects that produce fear and pain, and the power-tool section of Home Depot. Public role playing scenes are a specialty of Daddy J's. She loves to play twisted mind games while making a human pin-cushion out of someone.

J grew up in Northern California and has been living in the San Francisco and Berkeley for the last 25 years. She shares her life and explorations of the world with her two partners in crime, Pretty Lady and Alex.

Daddy Sal

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Dossie Easton

Dossie Easton, a long time player on the San Francisco S/M scene and well-known killer bottom, is co-author with Janet Hardy of The Ethical Slut, a guide to infinite sexual possibilities as well as The New Bottoming Book and The NewTopping Book, When Someone You Love Is Kinky, a book designed to give to outsiders to inform them about our lifestyle, and most recently, Radical Ecstasy: SM Journeys to Transcendence. She is a licensed psychotherapist working with individuals, couples and more in her private practice, with a particular interest in how SM journeys into Shadow can bring old wounds into the healing light of consciousness and and give them a shot of life force in the form of good hot sex. You can check out her website at www.dossieeaston.com.

Felice Shays

Femme, Jew, changer of flat tires while wearing stilettos, Felice Shays is a Brooklyn based sex & BDSM educator and sex consultant who also produces sex and BDSM parties for women and trans people. Felice is a former chairperson of the Lesbian Sex Mafia (LSM), a former long time employee of Babeland, winner of the Barry Douglas Community Service Award, and a word-whore ASL interpreter. Known for her straight talk infused with humor, Felice provides personal sexual and BDSM counseling in both English and ASL, and has been featured nationally and internationally in print and on T.V. Felice has presented at a plethora of events including Black Rose, Pacific Friction, Dark Odyssey, Grand Opening!, Come As You Are, TESFest, Wicked Womyn, KinkFest, Tribal Fire, MOB, The Exiles, and Desire.

Jay W.

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Jessi HolmanAhart

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Karen Yew

Karen Yew is a frequent presenter at kink/leather/fetish events and conferences and has presented at LLC 12 San Francisco, LLC 10 in New York and the recent Tuscon regional conference. Most recently recognized as "2007 Woman of the Year" from the San Diego Leather Community Awards. Karen has also served as Ms. San Diego Leather 2004, Club X Board Vice President 2007, Co-Chair of San Diego Pride's Leather Realm 2005-2007, Producer of San Diego Leather Pride's "All Clubs Night" 2005-2008. Volunteered in 2006 for Free Speech Coalition, and proud to be Mama's Community Outreach.

Lady Faye Falconnier

Lady Faye Falconnier, a native Texan, serves on the boards of NLA-Dallas as Co-Chair, Beyond Vanilla and South Plains Leather Fest. She holds the title of International Ms. Leather 2006, is part of Mama's Family as Mama's Purple Passion (#900) and was honored with receiving her Masters Cover in 2006. Lady Faye owns a slave named Lynn, a boy named cat, and her yorkie Thor. She is a firm supporter of the AIDS Resource Center and Bryan's House in Dallas, and The LA&M. Lady Faye plans to continue to get out the word to “Be Prepared” by having your legal documents in place before something happens.

Lolita Wolf

Lolita Wolf loves to play, play, play but is also an activist and an educator who has shared her knowledge at groups and events around the country. She is an Emeritus Board Member of both TES and Leather Leadership Conference, former chair of LSM, Honorary Member of GMSMA, and active with NCSF and Leather Pride Night. Lolita has received numerous awards including two Pantheon of Leather Community Service Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Leather Association, the Vaughn Keith National Education Award from Black Rose, the Defenders NY Founders Award and the 2000 Centurion Award from the Leather Archives & Museum. See her blog at http://lolitawolf.blogspot.com. A six-year-old Princess who lies about her age, Lolita manages to stir up shit and get her own way (most of the time).

Marilyn

Marilyn is a fat femme top with a sadistic streak, who likes to play very very hard, and has a special affection for butch bottom slut masochists. She has been in the scene for much of her adult life. She has been an officer with the Exiles for 6 years, and is currently the Treasurer. She's a mom, and designs computer software for a living.

Mark Frazier

Mark Frazier is the owner the Mr Texas Leather Contest, the International LeatherSir/boy and Community BootBlack contests and co-owner of SouthPlains Leatherfest - International Master/slave contests. After 13 years of owning the Dallas Eagle, he recently retired. Mark has given over 1500 workshops in the past 20 years. He has been visible part our scene as an activist, player, judge, educator, producer, board member, national and international titleholder. He has received from the Pantheon of Leather, its Man of the Year, Reader's Choice Man of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and it's South Central Awards. He has also received the NLA International's Lifetime Achievement Award. Mark is a long term member of NCSF, NLA-International, NLA-Dallas, Discipline Corps and Associate Member of CHC.

Master Hines

Master Hines has been a BDSM educator for ten years. Core to Master Hines' BDSM philosophy is spirituality through power exchange. His technique and approach to SM puts heavy emphasis on the spiritual connection between Top and bottom. Master Hines has presented demonstrations, classes and private workshops throughout the Southeast and the Bay Area and is well respected for his artistry with floggers. Master Hines has given classes on many topics including Flogging, Spirituality, Erotic Knife Play, Resistance Play, The SM of Hands, and Sensuous Caning. Master Hines is also an accomplished artist. For information visit www.masterhines.com and www.theartisthines.com.

Midori

Highly acclaimed writer and lecturer on a wide range of sexual topics, Midori has a degree in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and vast indispensable experience as a pioneering San Francisco sex educator. A regular advice columnist for Men's Health, Midori has appeared on HBO and BBC, and has been featured in Vogue, Playboy, Der Spiegel, Cosmo and more. Multifaceted, she is a skilled photographer, artist in Japanese rope, presenting to art institutions such as Tanzquartier, Vienna and Das Arts in Amsterdam. She's the author of bestselling books "The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage" and "Wild Side Sex". Learn more about her projects at www.PlanetMidori.com

Mike Gerle

Mike Gerle is the current International Mister Leather. Raised in the northwest, he now calls West Hollywood home where he works in the City Manager's Office for West Hollywood City Hall. His community involvement includes annual fundraisers for Aid for AIDS, the Van Ness Recovery House, the West Hollywood Recovery Center and Hot n Dry. Mike is dedicated to bridging the generation gap in the Leather/BDSM/fetish communities and fostering true diversity. This year Mike has been busy traveling to Canada, Europe, and all over the USA. Affiliations include the Los Angeles Leather Coalition, SoCal Gay Sports Bikers, LA Frontrunners and The AIDS LifeCyle Ride. Mike's interests include riding his motorcycle, riding gear, boot blacking, black boots, SciFi, two-stepping, German darkrooms, floggers, restraints, jock straps and electricity.

Mistress Cyan

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Ms. Twisted

As a clinical social worker, Ms Twisted co-produced the film “Out of the Darkness” with Mark Frazier and Hardy Haberman to help educate mental health professionals about the leather community. Her current interests include preserving safe Queer Space in today's leather community. She and a few partners-in-crime are currently organizing an informal leatherdyke play group in Texas. This group will teach SM skills, leather traditions, and provide a safe place to play for lesbians who are exploring their leather sexuality. Her leather history includes co-chairs for NLA-Dallas; founding members of the Inquisition-Dallas; original faculty member for The boy's Training Camps and The Master's Retreat; lifetime member of NLA-Dallas and Bound By Desire: NLA-International Woman of the Year in 2000. Mostly she's known as a perverse little Redheaded Top!

Orpheus

Orpheus, the founder of Cirque 'de Sade, got his start in the fetish lifestyle co-hosting the Internet radio show: Severe Society on the KSEX network. Working closely with a montage of pro Doms, Domme's, and subs that frequented his internet program, Orpheus was able to incorporate a wide array of fetish and BDSM ideals, principles and philosophies into one practical and applicable personal mythology which has come to be widely respected in the community. Orpheus has put together a wide array of educational and instructional events and programs that are geared toward the fetish and leather communities. These detailed presentations blend lighthearted conversation with sensuously edgy scenes that are designed to be both erotic and enlightening.

Pat Baillie

Pat Baillie has been involved in the leather community for 30 years as an attendee, worker bee, organizer and titleholder. She was IMsL 1995 and founder of LeatherWomen United. She is currently a Board Member of LLC, Inc, the non-profit organization that produces the Leather Leadership Conference (www.leatherleadership.org), serving her last term as co-President of Albuquerque Pride (www.abqpride.com), advisor to Rio Grande Leather in New Mexico (www.riograndeleather.org) and finishing up as the Chair of the Public Process Committee of the Consent Counts project (www.consentcounts.org). She has recently moved back to California/ living in San Jose and working in San Francisco and starting a whole new chapter in her life!

Peggy Sue

Peggy Sue is an alpha femme troublemaker who loves to dance. A leatherdyke for way, way too many years, she's presented different dirty things at Women of Amsterdam Leather Pride, Mr. Leather Toronto, Play House Studios and Sunday School at the DC Eagle. A transplanted San Franciscan living in DC, happy promoter of Dyke Night and co-founder with Schelli Dittmann of Sunday School at the DC Eagle, Peggy Sue dances for all the boys, girls, butches, femmes and others that think, somehow, they can't.

Pretty Lady

Born and raised on the Barbary Coast, Pretty Lady has been playing, dancing, and strutting her stuff around town and across the globe for many years. PL (her nick used by loved family members), loves wicked roleplaying, sticking needles in herself, as well as making others gasp as she teases needles in to their flesh. She loves switching around and will show up as the Evil Ice Queen Top or a bratty girl bottom...oh and there is that Luke character that struts around in dandy clothes! She shares her mischievously sweet life with her 2 partners J and Alex and cherishes the deep friendship of her leather family.

Queen Cougar

San Francisco's, Queen Cougar - is a top female emcee with IML, Drummer, Mr. SF Leather, and numerous leather contests nationwide in her credits. She is a respected judge, workshop presenter and co-producer of BDSM events. As a vocalist she entertains at numerous events and was a featured performer in “Bloodsisters” &. “Safe, Sane & Consensual” (BDSM videos). In 1993 she was “Ms. Headquarters”, “Ms. SF Leather”& 1st runner-up at International Ms. Leather. A recipient of numerous service certificates she was “Leather Woman of The Year” 94 & 95 (SF “Leather /Levi Lexicon”) & Pantheon Reader's Choice “Woman Of The Year 2000”. Cougar is an associate of C.O.M.M.A.N.D., ONYX, The Philadelphians, NJ Andromeda and T.U.L.S.A.

Rae Goldman

Rae Goldman is an adventurous Leather switch who has been fortunate to have the chance to learn from (and play with) a variety of amazing mentors around the states and abroad. A queer, genderqueer, masochist/sadist boy and proud slut, Rae enjoys exploring the edges and margins of the world. She has presented at TNG-4, the SF Citadel, The Exiles, LA Leather Weekend, Creating Change, and a variety of outreach programs to the vanilla world. She has shared her skills and experience, as a demo bottom and presenter's assistant, at numerous workshops and classes. Rae is an associate board member with Folsom Street Events, is co-curator for Folsom's 25th anniversary exhibit at the GLBT Historical Society, rides with LOBOC M/C, and is the volunteer coordinator for IMsL.

Raelyn Gallina

Raelyn Gallina, the Grandmother of Piercing and Body Modification for 26 years, Master Metalsmith for 35 years and an active participant in BDSM since the late 70's, has done lectures and demos on a range of subjects for leather groups & events across the country for 20 plus years. Raelyn is still struggling to recover from intense treatments for IBC (which seriously impacted her hands). However, her strength & energy are returning and getting stronger as her friends will attest. She is proud to present this class on Rhythm Sticks, a new approach to caning which grew out of strumming and drumming people's strings during play piercing/bondage scenes and body suspension events.

Richie Chameroy

Richie Chameroy, International Mr. Bootblack 2003, and proud mentor to the current ICBB 2007 “boyjean”. Richie is sought out Nationally as an Educator and Mentor of Bootblacking but, is also sought after for his edgy techniques in the Art of Bootblacking and Leather Care as well as his many other talents. Richie has been the educator for classes with the Leather Mens Discussion Groups-SF, Dungeon 801 in Ft Lauderdale, Fla. and the “Bootblacks' Circle” at the Citadel Play Space. Today Richies' interests involve not only the continuation of Bootblacking but is also well versed in the Art of Licensed Tonsorial Practices and uses his talents of this art also in the play space as an artist of clipper play, buzz cuts, vibrating sounds and razor play.

Rope

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Sheryl Dee

Sheryl Dee, slave, American Leatherwoman 2003, licensed clinical psychologist, has been active in the BDSM community since 1993. She is a leader, mentor, lecturer and teacher. Sheryl is credited with being one of the founders of the leather girl movement, the founder of the Leather Girl Network and vice-chair of the Leather Leadership Conference, Inc.

Slave Tina

Slave Tina has been involved in the Leather community for 8 years. She is a strong woman, a dedicated mother, and an independent, self-sufficient business owner. Slave Tina is an avid charity supporter and often uses her favorite sport, distance running, as a fundraising vehicle. She is the Events Coordinator for Pleasure Bound and MAsT Sacramento, a member of SubHaven, and SM Odyssey. Slave Tina is a “tom boy poet” She defines one of her greatest personal accomplishments as having allowed herself to be who she is, and from that place, utilizing her strengths for the joy of service to her Master. She and Master Rick are proud to represent the leather community as the International Master and slave 2008.

Spot

Spot is International Mr. Bootblack 2007. He currently lives in Lansing, MI, though he has lived all over the U.S. Spot loves a job well done. He loves taking boots that are well used and make them look great again. Spot got started working on his Sir's boots when he first got involved in leather scene. He discovered that he not only loved the scene but had a boot fetish as well. Spot is now committed to training the next generation of bootblacks. He has mentored individuals as well as taught classes around the country. He has a real thing for men in boots and invites you to show him yours. Spot is honored to be able to help out and support the 10th anniversary of International Ms. Bootblack.

Tobin Britton

Tobin Britton has been a long active member of the Portland, Oregon Leather scene for many years before stepping up to serve her community as Ms Oregon State Leather 2001 and American Leatherwoman 2002. She has been a member of Blackout Leather Productions, Portland Leather Alliance and President of Pride Northwest. She is proud to be pinned as “Mama's Warrior Slave” and also runs her own household of submissives. She has been featured on the Logo Channel's RoundTrip Ticket travel show. Tobin has enjoyed the attention and mentorship of some very good people in this community and attempts to “pay it forward” by serving her community including spending time with the youth in her community whose heart and spirit never cease to amaze her.

tomo

tomo is a butch leatherdyke who identifies as a lifestyle submissive with a deep passion for service and surrender. He values and enjoys passing on knowledge and has presented at LSM, South Plains Leatherfest, Shibaricon, Leather Retreat and Black Rose in addition to mentoring both Dominants and submissives in this lifestyle. tomo is a martial arts instructor and best known for his classes that incorporate martial arts techniques within BDSM scenes to produce pain and control without serious injury. As a founding member of the Dyke Uniform Corps, he served as the New York Battalion Commander and Correspondence Officer. He is the Operations Producer of IMsL, was the co-producer of the first Ms. Pittsburgh Leather Contest and is a member of LSM and TES. He is a business owner and professional educator living in New York with his life partner and 2 dogs.

Vic

Vic started hys Leather journey in the early 1980's. A butch, poly, switch, opportunistic sadist and singletail lover. A recovering Baptist (those who know, just nod) he now enjoys the things only entertained in fantasies as a youth. This journey has taken many educational roads, from Samois of old in San Francisco to now a member of the Sacramento Valley Leathercorp in California. Twice a presenter at the Palm Spring's women's weekend of fun called DESIRE as well as IMsL 2007, Vic mostly teaches one on one. Vic lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and makes a living creating beautiful kitchens and baths of tile and stone.