Behind Closed Doors September 14-16, 2012

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Master Skip - Keynote Speaker

 

Skip Chasey, a/k/a Master Skip, heads a family of spiritually grounded leatherfolk in the City of Angels, where he is a practicing spiritual director and certified Grief Recovery ™ counselor and also earns a living as a missionary among the savages of Hollywood. As an out and proud leatherman, Master Skip addressed a crowd of nearly one million people at the Millennium March on Washington, and since then he has given ten keynote addresses and presented over 200 programs on the spiritual dynamics of SM and D/s relationships at noteworthy leather events throughout the US and Canada.

From 2001-2007 Master Skip was a core instructor for the Butchmanns Experience, a periodic weekend retreat that offers opportunities for profound personal growth to leathermen and women of all sexual orientations and identities. He is a co-founder of People of Leather Among You (“PLAY”), a social and educational group for Southern California men and women interested in the integration of spirituality and leather/fetish sexuality, and for six years he was a co-producer of Southwest Leather Conference, “The Leather Family Gathering of Heart and Spirit.” Master Skip presently serves on the Theologies Team for Metropolitan Community Churches and on the board of directors for Butchmanns, Inc., a non-profit educational organization dedicated to self-actualization through the mindful use of physical practices and the conscious exchange of personal power for spiritual awareness.

Master Skip and his pup Tim are the subjects of the award-winning documentary film “Pup” and have been profiled in “Nerve.com” magazine and “Power Exchange” magazine; he and his slave Rick are two of the subjects of “Ask the Man Who Owns him”, a book about gay male Master/slave relationships that received the NLA’s 2010 non-fiction literary award. He is a past recipient of the Lee Montague Memorial Award for Outstanding Community Service from Avatar Club Los Angeles, was named “Best Trainer” at the 2002 International Puppy Contest, received the 2005 Pantheon of Leather Community Choice Award and was honored with the Master Heart Award at the 2008 Master/slave Conference.

In his own words, “Blood may be thicker than water, but leather is thicker than blood.”

Keynote Speaker



Master Archer

 

Master Archer is a Phoenix, AZ-based lifestyle mentor, educator and volunteer. As an educator and organizer, he is passionate, inspired and motivating. For the last four years he has been an active member of Phoenix's local BDSM Dungeon, Arizona Power Exchange (APEX).

Master Archer enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience with those willing and eager to learn. He developed and led both the "Make-and-Take Workshops" and the "Skillz Workshops" at APEX, and has presented on numerous topics in the Southwestern United States and Canada.

He is a Charter Member of the Fellowship of the Magic Kingdom, serves the Arizona Power Exchange and members on its Board of Directors and as Vice President, and is a staff member for Butchmanns Experience.

At home, he is currently working on his own shop projects which include new fucking machines, miscellaneous dungeon furniture creations, and restraints using steel, wood, and leather. Also, he is working to develop an M/s website and blog.

As an avid photographer, Master Archer brings his passion and inspiration to his photography. He began to explore film photography in 1981 and moved to digital format in 2006. His years of experience in M/s and BDSM afford him unique insight which helps to give his photography rare authenticity. His favorite types of photos are those that are edgy, sensual, and feed the sexual imagination.


You can find some of his BDSM thoughts at www.myworldunfiltered.com and examples of his photography work at www.yoursecretselfphotography.com and yssp.zenfolio.com. You can find him on FetLife under the screen name Master_Archer.

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Master Jerome Bambrick

 

Master Jerome Bambrick has been an active member of the
SM/Leather/Fetish community since 1994. During that time he has been
an officer of the Society of Janus, Threshold, as well as the House of
Differences. Since 1999 he has served the National Coalition for Sexual
Freedom as both a director and presenter in the Educational Outreach
Program. In addition, Master Jerome is also the Co-Founder of
smOdyssey, creator and five times Executive Director of FolsomFringe
as well as the founder of the Dungeon Monitors Association.

For twelve years Master Jerome has worked with Law Enforcement to
educate on the difference between “SM and Abuse”. A nationally sought
instructor Master Jerome has been proud to share his life experiences
on Master/slave relationships, SM and the Law, as well as his oldest
love…whips. He has presented for such notable groups as: Society of
Janus, Threshold, NOBLE, TES, Black Rose, The Leather Leadership, The
Gallery Domain Two, Kinky Kollege, KinkFest, Texas Leather Pride,
Southeast Leather Fest, SinsationsinLeather, Southwest Leather
Conference, smOdyssey, FolsomFringe, as well as many more.

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Whipmaster Bob

 

WhipMaster Bob has been involved in M/s relationships and the leather community for nearly 30 years, enjoying partnerships and play relationships with men and women, and enjoying every opportunity to meet new people. Heavily experienced in SM, and edge play in particular, he was gifted with his name through his prowess with singletails. He believes that honor and integrity are paramount in his relationships and dealings with everyone. His tastes in SM are as broad and varied as the lifestyle itself ranging from being a new player's "first time" to an advanced player's roller coaster ride operator. Although, pushing the envelope is a passion, and Bob believes the essence of edge play is pure, unadulterated and brutal truth. So, from a spiritual side, you could call him a seeker of truth. His philosophy and desire, is to make a positive difference within the community, believing that "paying it forward" does honor, to those that came before and taught him.

In the midst of all this serious truthseeking and pain dispensing, he manages to keep a great sense of humor and has had opportunity to travel the US with his property, BootPig, having adventures, meeting people and teaching at events such as TESFest, Folsom Fringe, Tribal Fire, Southwest Leather and more.

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BootPig

 

Bio to Come.

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Lady D

 

Lady D, also known as, Reverend Deborah Harrison, is a Lifestyle Domme and the owner of D&S Lifestyle Enterprises Inc. She is also a certified master hypnotherapist and truly believes in holistic healing of mind, body and spirit. As a sex consultant, she counsels and helps those in complimentary lifestyles accept who they truly are. For almost fourteen years she ran (People Exchanging Power), P.E.P Atlanta a BDSM pansexual support group in Atlanta Georgia. This organization provided weekly discussions, demonstrations, support and a play space to help educate those interested in power play relationships in a safe environment. In 2001, she created PEP4POC (People Exchanging Power for People of Color) an inclusionary group created to enlighten, empower and dispel myths and misconceptions concerning BDSM and People of Color. She also helped to organize and is the present President of Onyx Pearls Southeast, a women’s organization focused on female camaraderie, community awareness and service. Onyx Pearls is also the sister organization to The Southeast Men of Onyx.

Her vision has evolved since she entered this Leather lifestyle journey almost twenty years ago. In the beginning her dream was to create an atmosphere of comfort regardless of gender or sexual orientation and to provide education to the community especially those who were new to it. P.E.P. began as a totally heterosexual group with no tolerance for others and through the years it evolved to include all and developed a community consciousness. P.E.P. was always about sharing her home to create a family atmosphere, mingle, learn and enjoy one another. Now her goals have changed and without the constant responsibilities of P.E.P. Atlanta, she feels that she can give more to the community and individuals in it. Her path now is to continue to educate and enlighten without the constant distractions that P.E.P. afforded her. In September of 2008 at the P.E.P. five year reunion, her Mistress and mentor, the Duchess publicly declared her as Her protégé and as an additional honor, awarded her, the cap of her mentor Frank Puckett. She still wants to help bring healing to those in our community who are doing detrimental and destructive things and help them achieve dignity, acceptance and live up to their full potential. She is now free to educate and share her knowledge and help mentor those who have a true hunger and thirst for this lifestyle. She would like to continue to serve this community in whatever capacity we need her, as an educator, counselor, therapist, etc. She has received credentials and has been ordained as a Reverend so that she may also perform duties in the ministry such as weddings, baptisms, commitment ceremonies, etc.

Her personal commitment is to help make this community stronger and better and to continue Jill Carter’s philosophy of Each One, Teach One. She is eternally grateful to those who have helped her on her journey and now she would like the opportunity to 'pass it forward.'

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Sir Dart

 

Sir Dart comes to us from Toronto, Canada. His interest in leather and BDSM play can be traced as far back as his early childhood years, citing a huge fascination with what was being done to Robin on the Batman television series…and to the furry cowboys on Gunsmoke. When other boys were caught with porn magazines under their beds…Dart was caught with a roll of duct tape. Since then he has developed an immense passion for rope bondage, not to mention the men he likes to tie up with it.

In addition to being a covered Sir, Dart is also the collared boy to WhipMaster Bob; and you will often see him wearing both his Muir cap AND his collar at the same time. He believes in the importance of “balance” when exploring one’s dominant and submissive side in play, and that great benefit can come from experiencing both elements. Sir Dart’s kinky interests in addition to rope bondage/kinbaku include puppy play and training, chest and gut punching, and most recently, fire play. He believes the most honorable trait a leatherman can possess is good manners.

Dart has presented all over Canada and the US, as well as Ireland, Amsterdam, and Buenos Aires. He also hosts his own leather podcast program on ITunes, called Dart’s Domain.

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Master Dennis

 

Bio to Come.

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Master D'Marie

 

Master D’Marie is the owner of slaveDaddy Johnnie and the head of
Sanctuary of Light, an M/s household in Phoenix, AZ. Though she looks
like a butch lesbian, Master D’Marie is actually an androgynous,
pansexual sadist and Master who figured out she was kinky 15 years ago
(though she admits to a penchant for putting her playmates in cages
starting when she was 4 years old). She has served in leadership
positions in various BDSM groups in Kansas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
She co-founded Kink In NE Kansas, Kansas Dommes, MAsT-Rio Grande,
Santa Fe Munch Group, Arizona Female Tops, and the Female Masters
national discussion group. She instigated and coordinated the
Southwest Leather Art Exhibition as part of Southwest Leather
Conference and has been both a volunteer and team lead at SWLC and LLC
IX. She served on the Council of Crones of the Arizona Amazons, led
the Dom Roundtable at Arizona Power Exchange, and has been an active
member of Alternative Hedonist Society, APEX and MAsT-Phoenix. She
has presented workshops and facilitated panel discussions for over ten
years.

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Eibon

 

Eibon spent several years living in Europe before returning to the United States and learning directly from “Mystery” of VH1’s “The Pickup Artist” fame. A chance encounter with a young woman online in late 2005 piqued his curiosity about BDSM. In 2006 he officially entered the scene, then by late 2007 he had purchased his first electrical gear and was off and running, giving demonstrations not too long after.

Known for bearing a sadistic grin and frequently accused of “evil” he is a member of the Society of Janus, is a Founder of the Boise BDSM Society, and started the “Idaho BDSM” group on FetLife. His presentations range from the serious to the absurd, often reflecting the energy of the audience.

One attendee said of him: “You have an intensity that keeps me glued to my seat and forgetting to breathe.”

Presenting: Autoscopy


slaveDaddy Johnnie

 

slaveDaddy Johnnie has been owned and collared by Master D’Marie for a
decade and is Chief of Staff of Sanctuary of Light, an M/s household
in Phoenix, AZ. He is a genderfluid, poly switch leather Daddy/boy
who began experimenting with kinky sex and M/s over 30 years ago. He
has served in leadership positions in a number of leather/BDSM groups
in Arizona and New Mexico. He co-founded MAsT-Rio Grande and the Rio
Grande Boys of Leather. He has volunteered and been a team lead at
Southwest Leather Conference and LLC IX and served as Secretary of the
Phoenix Boys of Leather and a volunteer and Judge’s Slave at the
Arizona Leather Sir/Leather Boy Contest. He has been an active member
of Arizona Power Exchange, Phoenix Boys of Leather, Arizona Amazons,
MAsT-Phoenix, and the Santa Fe Munch Group. After 20 years as a GDI,
he has presented workshops, facilitated panel discussions and served
as a demo bottom at clubs and events in Arizona and New Mexico over
the past 8 years.

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slave Kathleen

 

slave Kathleen has been involved in the BDSM/Leather community for 14 years and is a former Ms. Southern California Leather Woman. She identifies as a slave, a pup, a little, a Top and a sadist. She is active in her own community of Los Angeles as a founding member of MAsT-GLA and a co-facilitator of the D/s Poly Support Group.

slave Kathleen has had the honor of presenting at the Citadel, Folsom Fringe, Lair de Sade, P.L.A.Y., Threshold, TSR, San Diego Women's Pride Weekend and SoCalPex. With a B.A. in Sociology, she has been asked to be a guest lecturer for colleges discussing Polyamory and BDSM. She has created and conducted workshops on energy and M/s relationships. slave Kathleen is a shaman, a Christian, and a Reiki Master.

slave Kathleen is gratefully in service to Mister Kel as His devoted collared slave.

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Master Konraad and slave Jazz
Southwest Master 2006

 

Master Konraad has judged and presented at a multitude of kink events throughout the United States (and Canada). He is a Board member for ILSb and ICBB, the founder of The Shack, Southern Nevada’s first community playspace, the Executive Producer for Sin in the City, a new leather event in the Southwest United States, former Executive Director of MAsT International, a member of several local leather, lifestyle and kink related organizations and has been actively involved in media contact (including numerous appearances on local and national broadcast and print news) and other “real world” sexual freedom and sex industry issues. He also teaches martial arts and law-related classes to community and law enforcement organizations, produces and competes in martial arts contests and seminars, and is involved in medieval recreation.

slave Jazz, with former lives in the theatre world, the tech industry and as a massage therapist—now lives with her Master and works as a paralegal in a law office, specializing in cases involving the adult industry and sexual freedom. Her scene-related writing has been published in Power Exchange Magazine and Kink-e-Zine, as well as on several websites. Jazz is the current producer of the Southwest Olympus Leather Contest, the founder of Las Vegas Leather Women (LVLW), the Education Coordinator for The Shack, Southern Nevada’s first community playspace, and a member of many lifestyle related organizations in Las Vegas and the San Francisco Bay Area. Over the past 13 years, Jazz has served on the production staff of several large kink events throughout the United States and has taught both privately and publicly (at national leather events) on subjects including relationship dynamics, humiliation play, household organization for slaves, entertaining, massage for kinksters, and maintaining headspace as well as a host of skills and techniques. She maintains a blog at: http://jazzpup.wordpress.com.

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The Ladies From Hades

 

The Ladies from Hades are a group of FemDom Women who specialize in extreme cbt (cock & ball torture). The group formed in 2009. They have done shows and demos at APEX, Desert Dominion and even in Albuquerque. Their goal is to have fun while doing seminars and teaching others.

The Ladies from Hades include Miss Fran, Lady JoL, Lady Skye, Lady Sophia, Miss B, Miss Wednesday, Mistress Mae, Mistress Prudence and Mommy V. You can learn more about them via their group on FetLife.

Presenting: Extreme CBT


Leonora Ma'am

 

Leonora Ma’am identifies as a Lifestyle Dominant Edge Player celebrating life to the max.

She adores sharing Her very intense, twisted SM love with people who identify themselves as men, women and transgendered. 
No one is safe.

Leonora Ma’am is a member of the Lair de Sade and RAWW, 2010 TSR Network People’s Choice Award “Woman of the Year”, 2010 Southland Honors Nominee, and has presented at the Lair de Sade, the Venus Society, RAWW, numerous BDSM Human Sexuality College Panels, Theories at the Loft, Long Beach Leather Pride, Los Angeles Leather X'Posed, the Desire Leatherwomen’s Conference, Threshold Academy , Arizona Power Exchange,Folsom Fringe 2010 and the 2010 Southwest Leather Conference as both Emcee and Presenter.

Upcoming presentations include the Arizona Power Exchange, Southwest Leather Conference 2011, JD Stockroom University and Beyond Leather 2011 as both Emcee and Presenter.

She is often seen wielding her tools of pleasure alongside lifestyle and performance BDSM artists alike at various private and public venues such as Sanctuary,Dallas, The Bondage Ball and Club Monte Cristo.

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Andrew Love
Mr. Olympus Leather 2008

 

Andrew Love was born and raised in conservative Salt Lake City, and never quite fit the mold his conservative Mormon family had envisioned for him. While he did become an Eagle Scout at the age of 16, Andrew ended up re-purposing those leather working and knot tying skills for more erotic purposes.

Finding his entrance into the leather community in the somewhat secretive Salt Lake City Leather community, Andrew immersed himself and quickly took on roles managing community websites, mailing lists, and helping schedule educational classes. He is a graduate of the Journeyman 3 Academy in Salt Lake City, UT- an 18 Month series of intensives surrounding leather and spirituality.

In Early 2007 he was asked to take over and run “The Path”, a 101 intensive series of classes focused on BDSM & Leather. He ran The Path until mid-2008 when he took a leading role with Leather Quest (reorganized name of the Journeyman 3 Academy). Leather Quest is a formal training Academy in Utah which focuses on teaching skills needed to be a successful and productive member of the community. His dedication to the education of the community is just another way Andrew stays actively involved in the Leather community and his Leather family and upholds his beliefs in giving back to the community.

From 2005 to 2008 Mr. Love ran a small business called “SinCrafters” making and selling floggers at events with his business partner Nick. Andrew and Nick vended in Utah and events in the West, including Thunder in the Mountains. Their skills and products raised the bar for quality and craftsmanship- two commonalities that have run the thread of Andrew's life.

In May of 2008, Andrew entered the West Coast Leather Competition in LA and won the title of Mr. West Coast Olympus Leather. He then went on to win the international title Mr. Olympus Leather 2008 in July of the same year.

In April of 2010, inspired by a drive to give back to the community he loves, Andrew founded the Rocky Mountain Olympus Leather Competition in Salt Lake City. Mr. Love founded RMOL based on the belief that the leather community is a diverse group and his desire to see that diversity represented. He continues to show his dedication to the community by producing the event every year and it is his hope that RMOL will be a welcoming place for all who wish to participate.

In August of 2011 Andrew received the Pantheon of Leather’s Presidents Award citing his community service and commitment to his Leather Traditions.

Andrew has taught educational classes on a variety of topics in a number of cities including Salt Lake, LA, Denver and Atlanta. His teaching style is interactive and fun, reflective of his easy manner and ever present sense of humor. His topics include: Punishment & Discipline, Play Piercing, BDSM Play Dynamics, Medical play, Blood Play, Building a Better Flogger, and many more.

Andrew can be found at a variety of leather events across the West. He regularly attends men’s events such as the Las Vegas Smokeout and the Utah Rebellion and pansexual events like DomCon & Thunder in the Mountains. His areas of interest are wide but include, blood play, play piercing, flogging, uniforms, mummification, cigars, single tails, and interrogation.

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Michael

 

Michael is a largely monogamous dominant and something of a private player who has been in and around the scene for nearly twenty years. He owned and ran Dragon'sKeep, one of the few N. California public play spaces outside of the San Francisco bay area. Over a decade ago, he formed Sacramento's oldest and largest BDSM groups. He was the co-founder of Sacramento's MAsT group. Combining his passion for woodworking and BDSM, he creates and sells beautiful implements of pain and pleasure. He has supported a wide variety of leather title holders, community events, and groups with donations of time, money, and his art. As a presenter, he prefers to teach classes focused on improving relationships and has taught widely at the local level and at the national level.

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slave Rick

 

slave Rick expanded his practice as a licensed psychotherapist within the BDSM community in 2009 (www.KinkTherapistLosAngeles.com) after retiring from a 30-year career with the Federal government.  In addition to assisting his clients in achieving more satisfying lives, he seeks to raise consciousness within the therapeutic community by depathologizing BDSM in order that “vanilla” psychotherapists might more effectively work with their own kinky clients. 

Aside from his work as a psychotherapist, slave Rick is a part-time college instructor, a massage therapist and a retired Science of Mind practitioner.  During the past decade he has presented programs on the spiritual dynamics of M/s and D/s relationships at dozens of conferences and leather events throughout North America.  In 2010 he gave the endnote address at Southwest Leather Conference, and he delivered the keynote address at Leather Reign in 2011.

In 2008 slave Rick was honored to receive both the Southwest Leather Conference “Leatherman’s Heart Award” and the “slave Heart Award” at the Master/slave Conference.  More recently, he was proud to participate as one of the subjects of “Ask the Man Who Owns him”, a book on gay male M/s relationships by david stein that received the 2010 Geoff Mains Non-Fiction Literary Award from the National Leather Association.  In 2011 slave Rick self-published “The Guppy and the Willow”, an adult fable in the guise of a children’s story that encourages each of us to remove the many masks that keep us from being real.

First and foremost, however, he is by Grace in service to his beloved Master.

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Stefanos and Shay

 

Stefanos and Shay, Purveyors of Perversion, are the controlling minds behind the devilishly deviant live fetish and BDSM events & shows sweeping across the San Francisco, CA Bay-Area. Starting in 2005, Shay with the help of Stefanos, began Bent, a play party exclusively designed by and for kinky youth. Bent quickly became the molten center of San Francisco the young Fetish & BDSM scene. They followed Bent with the wildly successful and world famous Master's Den Events. In 2006, Stefanos and Shay were voted as King & Queen of the Perverts and Stefanos took control of the origina lBondage-a-Go-Go’s dungeon space. Stefanos quickly became Maestro of 3 deeply devious events in San Francisco. He's often seen at Unkle Paul's and Random's sinFUSION events running the slutiest play space the law will allow. He turned up the heat and is now the lusty power of San Francisco’s best and naughtiest kinky night life. In 2007 and 2008, the nationally infamous Exotic Erotic Ball contracted Stefanos to take the reins of the Fetish Stage. He quickly made the biggest fetish productions seen at the Exotic Erotic in the last decade.

As a lifestyle dominants, Maestro Stefanos & Shay have publicly worked with men and women since 2004 to explore BDSM. They deeply love D/s and the journey to submission as well as being evangelical poly play sluts.

Stefanos & Shay have taught classes and/or given discussions for individuals, couples, and groups, including Kink Academy.com, Good Vibrations SF, NorthWest Leather Celebration, Behind Closed Doors, Exotic Erotic Ball SF, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, Sexploration with Monica, Emmy Award Winning Current TV, Minnesota Bondage, Pleasures of the Heart, SF Citadel, The Society of Janus, SF Swinger’s Convention, Playboy TV and Magic Theatre.

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Karen Yew
Ms. San Diego Leather 2004

 

Karen Yew has been involved with the leather community since 1996 and was Ms. San Diego Leather 2004. A partial list of events and organizations she has volunteered for are as follows: the Free Speech Coalition, IMsL, San Diego Leather Pride and Folsom Street Fair. She is a member of Club X, an associate member of the Boiys in Leather Service Rose City and the Bootblack Brigade. Some of the events Karen Yew has presented at are: Sash Bash in Portland, Lair De Sade, Behind Closed Doors, Threshold, Club X, LLC, and The Hard Edge. She is affectionately known as Mama's Community Outreach and enjoys serving Mr Britton.

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