Current list of presenters

Changes will be added as presenters register, please check back for additions.

The Two Knotty Boys

We (Dan and JD) first began teaching interactive rope bondage workshops in 1999 at a venue in San Francisco (our hometown) called Castlebar. Sadly, Castlebar has since closed its dungeon doors, but we pressed forward.

Through the early 2000's we continued teaching at a variety of Bay Area venues. In 2002 we began work on our first book, Two Knotty Boys: Showing You the Ropes. Published in November 2006, Showing You the Ropes helped expand our impact on the rope bondage community.

Since then, we've traveled around the world teaching our unique brand of fusion rope bondage. We've created over 100 video tutorials (available for download on this site). And we're proud to say that our second book, Two Knotty Boys: Back on the Ropes, is now available!

Our goal is to demystify rope bondage. To provide instruction for safe, functional and estetically pleasing ties for the bedroom or beyond!

Ms. Cynthia

Ms Cynthia's involvement in the sex positive/leather community extends too many areas. She has presented 100’s of educational programs for many BDSM/Leather organizations all across the country on a variety of subjects. She has spent many hours volunteering and working to help build community support and relations on local and national levels.  She is a past Secretary and a past Chairman of the Board of the Leather Leadership Conference and serves on the LLC Emeritus Board. She is an Emeritus Coordinator with Threshold, in Los Angeles. She was honored with the “Mother Earth Award- 2007” by The Orange County Imperial Court and has been inducted into the College of Mentors of the Orange Coast Leather Assembly as well as a recipient of numerous other service awards.

Cynthia does outreach presentations on sexuality, BDSM, body modification and body art at the college level in southern California.  She teaches a series of on going BDSM/Leather related Skills Workshops at her studio for members of her local community that have been successful for over 9 years.

As an author, some of her not so fictional short stories are published in a collection of short erotic pieces written by women, aptly named CLITERATURE. She has written a series of articles for Body Modification Ezine on temporary and permanent genital modifications. She continues to write.

Her studio practice, CM HURT, in Orange County, Ca, includes piercing, branding, scarification, tattooing, beading and permanent cosmetics. Articles about her work have appeared in Fetish and Taboo magazines and she has been featured in documentaries on the Playboy Channel, BBS One Radio and The Learning Channel. She has worked with the San Diego Museum of Man as a lecturer during their exhibit, Body Ornamentation: Artistic Representations of Self. She is also a guest lecturer for the California Environmental Health Inspectors on the topics of Branding, Artistic Cutting, Health Safety, and Running a Body Art Studio.

Ms Cynthia is recognized as a successful and skillful professional Dominatrix of over 20 years experience. Her ability and enjoyment of all levels and facets allow her great versatility. She loves to play!

Pairadox

Long time presenter, activist, leader, and practitioner, Pairadox delights in educating others in aspects of this incredible BDSM lifestyle.  He's presented at conferences and workshops across the country on topics ranging from Fireplay to Humor in the Dungeon to Dealing with Energy Vampires.  Pairadox was a Board member on the Institute for Twenty-first Century Relationships (ITCR,), the foundation for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom NCSF,  and also served as the coordinator for the Kink-Aware Professionals project at NCSF, for which he was awarded the NCSF Volunteer of the Year award in 2008.  He has served on the boards of local bdsm groups such as Riverbound (of Iowa and Illinois), and volunteered with other aspects of the lifestyle.  Pairadox lives in Alaska, which means it is safe to do fireplay outside 6 months out of the year....

Goddess Lakshimi

Goddess Lakshimi is Ms World Leather 2003, proud author of her Book "Safe Beginnings", as well as President and Founder of Global Learning Academy of Knowledge and Servitude, or simply, G.L.A.K.S. G.L.A.K.S. is an Academy where training is available to all who desire to learn the different aspects of the BDSM Lifestyle. She is also an advisor to "Immediate Family," a Non Profit organization, that helps those in the BDSM lifestyles who are in need, and former advisor and honorary member of "Power and Trust".

 

Lee Harrington

 

Welcome to the world of Lee Harrington: eclectic artist, spiritual and erotic educator, gender adventurer and published author on human sexuality and spiritual experience. Part of the international sex positive communities since 1995, his stories make people laugh while showing you that eroticism can be as serious, sexy, or silly as you make it, while challenging each of us to pursue our own erotic and spiritual authenticity. Lee's writings and photography (also under a previous pen/porn name, Bridgett Harrington) have appeared in numerous publications, and his image has been seen everywhere from PlayBoyTV to SkinTwo.