Presenters

For the past thirteen years, Andrew has explored his inner sadist and learned a few cool things, and is excited to be able to share these with everyone. Some of Andrew’s passions include rough body play, rope bondage, impact, electroplay, predicament bondage, and some good old hair pulling.

Alex, aka Big Meaty Claws, is a professional Web Developer who sometimes likes to write about things. A lover of technology, video games, film, and TV, he has inoculated himself with pop culture. Also an avid internet user and meme looker-atter.

Briska (she/her) is a bisexual, polyamorous switch who has been in the scene since 2006, tying rope since 2007, and hates writing bios. She briefly modeled for several kink sites such as HardTied.com and Kink.com. Since retiring from modeling in 2010, she has been focusing on tying and creating dynamic scenes for her and her play partners at various events around the country, as well as studying as many aspects of BDSM as she can. During the pandemic, the well timed purchase of a suspension rig for her home allowed her to fine-tune certain rope skills. She now looks forward to teaching and spending time with the community in general.

brightnbitter (She/They) is a queer polyamorous switch who enjoys service oriented submission and topping for rope and impact play. She is active in the kink community in Southern New England and the Hudson Valley region, and is a constant learner and passionate presenter on topics that include D/s dynamics in non-monogamy, safety and consent practices in scenes and relationships, and techniques for fun and fulfilling kinky play

Britt (they/their) is a disabled, neurodivergent being with a passion for rope and leather. Service slut, maker, nerd, and “oh hey squirrel!”. They have been shining shoes since their padawan years, and their love of leather has only grown since. Using their knowledge of leather care, they turned to leather crafting to fuel their love of great costuming at LARP. Coming into the kink community in 2015 led them to discover the world of Leather and Bootblacking. Sitting in the chair at a stand at an event having their boots serviced, they knew immediately they found their home -- and it involved being on the other side of the chair. Britt has been involved in TTRPGs and LARP since 2013, and is a system agnostic DM currently heavily exploring settings in Genysys and D&D 5e. They are always happy to talk about their work and would love to share a taste of that joy with you.

A former teacher with a lifelong passion for the bizarre and filthy, Carmen Monoxide (she/they) also works as a kink professional, event organizer, sex educator, and relationship coach. She has presented for small, medium, and large events across North America. She 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.

Chuck GMBeowulf, often known at kink events as "the guy in the orange hat", has harnessed his ADHD to learn a great deal about an extremely eclectic range of topics.

Clark Kunt is a transmasc kinkster, comedian, and one of the co-coordinators for Dungeons and Geekdoms. They have been in the DMV kink scene since 2019. He is a podcast nerd of the McElroy and Rude Tales stripe. He is thrilled to be back at D&G this year and hosting a meet up!

Danie aka LionessinDC (they/them) is an out and proud Queer switchy disabled pervert who currently splits their time between Atlanta and the DC area. They have spent the last 25 years scratching their service itch by teaching, volunteering, and working to build relationships within the Leather and Kink communities. This includes presenting at events including, but not limited to, LLC, NELA’s Fetish Flea, Black Rose, COPE, SELF, and KinkyCon on many topics, including long distance relationships, spanking, kink 101, navigating the scene long-term, dating non-kinky folks, and many others. Danie is proud of creating and co-organizing the monthly Dungeon 101 at the Crucible in DC since 2006.

Dev is a Dungeon Master for games like Dungeons and Dragons, Deadlands, and Vampire the Masquerade. First picking up a set of dice in 2009, he thoroughly enjoyed the mysticism, suspense, tactics, and camaraderie that tabletop games involved. It didn’t take long for him to take charge of a table and over the years he has played in several campaigns and run just as many. He enjoys teaching new people the ropes and has learned to make accommodation at his table to ensure that anyone can play and feel involved.

DM Evy says: Hello everyone! I’ve been in the TTRPG scene since I was a teen. Been DM’ing mostly 5e for about 5 years. My worlds are pretty much completely home-brew and I use the system as little as possible. My real passion, though, is lesser known games like Vampire: The Masquerade and Passion de las Passiones. Run the gamut with me and let me take you on the rollercoaster of emotions that it is to be a protagonist in a Latin American style Telenovela! I look forward to rolling the dice with you!

Doubtful (she/they) is a queer polyam bottom who finds joy in teaching, science, pain, and Oxford commas.

Elfie is queer, kinky, polyamorous, trans, and a variety of flavors of nerd. She’s an Ennie-nominated author of several published RPGs, and she spends most weekdays writing software for work and for play. She loves learning about herself and her partners through sex and kink, and one of her key missions in life is to leave joy in her wake wherever she goes. Her favorite suggestion for this bio was “She’s a very good Mommy, so you better be nice to her!”

Femdom-Izzy (she/her) has been an active community member since March 2022 and started going to events in the Greater Lehigh Valley area. After relocating to Southern New Jersey, she joined the IT Department of TES and you can virtually meet her on the TES Discord server! In May 2024, she founded and runs the SouthJerseyNerds organization, dedicated to helping kinky nerds come out once a month to play board games and socialize at local game stores. In her free time, she loves playing indie games such as Don’t starve together, Stardew Valley and Grounded.

Freya (She/Her) is a femme neurodivergent pansexual sadomasochistic switch. She has been involved in the Rhode Island kink community for a few years, jumping head-first into many different kink-related passions. She regularly hosts Candle Making Events, Littles' Tea Parties, Rope and Wax Play Labbing Events, the Providence Lunch Munch, and the Providence TNG Munch. She also loves yoga and keeps up a personal practice along with teaching in a variety of styles.

-Kasey- is an event host based out of Boston who regularly DMs through Dungeons and Drafthouse.

HypnoStory (they/them) loves to share the joy and power of hypnosis with most anyone who will listen. They have been doing various forms of hypnosis for over 25 years, and have taught for Charmed!, Entranced, Beguiled, NEEHU, KinkyCon, and The Fetish Fair Fleamarket, among others. In addition to erotic and recreational hypnosis, they occasionally perform as a stage hypnotist and work with clients using hypnosis for personal growth. Together with their triad partners Yoshi and Panda, they run New Hampshire Hypnokink and CONsolation (a Discord server that presents kink education).

Jules, aka InsidiousPie, is your friendly local internet weirdo! You may have seen her at previous events supervising a game room, hosting strip Cards Against Humanity, or wielding a very silly sword made of a pool noodle. Or all 3 at once! She has a history of hosting audience play-along games on live streams and looks forward to playing those games in person with you here!

James Gordon is one of the generation of people who missed out on ancient houses and traditions and grew up learning kink on the internet and in the bedroom in the late ‘80s and ‘90s through friends, partners, alt.sex.bondage, books, and eventually clubs and events. He became interested in Master/slave dynamics in the early 2000s, and over the course of a decade and a half of practical experience and focus on the human mind has moved towards a modern interpretation of power exchange that explodes old myths, stereotypes, and gender roles, to reach for the core concepts of the human need for structure, chaos, dominance and submission. He holds a Certification in Clinical Hypnotherapy.

Jonnyace (They/Them) is a queer, non-binary polyamorous kinkster. They are a life coach focusing on gender, sexual, and romantic minorities. Jon leads the Hudson Valley Polyamory Society, as well as being a member of the Ascend Incident Response Team, and the Head DM of The Ascend Hudson Valley. They have been in the public kink scene for over a decade, and have been sharing their knowledge with kink communities with classes, demos, and discussion groups on topics including medical play, D/s dynamics, polyamory, and more.

KingSan is the ruler of House Aeternum. A sensual service top, Daddy Dom, Handler, Pianist, Gamer, and a Gentleman. Say is the Head submissive to House Aeternum. A cheerful disabled coyote Therian pup who enjoys roleplaying, character creation, world building, and board games. Like Dungeons and Geekdoms, House Aeternum strives to create a union between kinky and geeky while blending reality and fantasy.

kit is just a silly little New England nerd happy to bring dice, glitter, and a little bit of chaos wherever she goes. She’s been a professional game master hired on the convention circuits for close to a decade and a player for over two decades, with knowledge in multiple games, systems, and worlds. Mixing games and kink brings her a lot of joy, and she’s happy to bring you some awesome adventures this year!

Kitty has been making trans-friendly audio on Reddit since 2018 under the name KittyToy85. Her content covers a variety of topics ranging from comforting CGL to the age inappropriate. She's been told she's very good at reading bedtime stories.

Lubegirl (she/her) is a Queer White appearing POC Switch and the current facilitator of the NYC chapter of Hitchin' Bitches. Bubbly, personable, and passionate about principles of accessibility, decentralized education, and community building on both sides of the slash since Summer 2015, she uses her platform to encourage other women identifying kinksters to learn the basics of rope while facilitating a safe space for bottoms of all orientations, sizes, and identities.

Luces (she/her) is a polyamorous, pansexual, mostly femme switch. She has an interest in creativity in kink and silly scenes full of laughter. She also loves to come up with scene ideas that combine her fandom interests (anime, videogames, horror movies) with kink. If you see her around in her closet cosplay, feel free to say hello!

Martha Smith aka Puck (she/her), is an astrologer and diviner, witch of all trades, rope lover, and cat wrangler. She is a 2nd Degree Initiate of Blue Star Wicca, is a former graphic designer and academic librarian, and has presented at Dungeons & Geekdoms and THE Beltane. You can find her online at @cards.table.tarot (Instagram), @marthapucksmith.bsky.social (Bluesky), and at cardstabletarot.com.

Master Lola Smiles is a covered Latina Leather Master from Long Island, NY. She is a polyamorous sadist who has been in the lifestyle for 3 decades - a BDSM educator & presenter, teaching throughout the U.S. and Internationally, and an event promoter for 10 years. • Founder of SCK Events (est. 2013); • Founder & Host of F#@k You Coronavirus Virtual Events (est. 2020); • Head of the House of SCK (est. 2018); and • Operations Lead for the Leather Solidarity Collective (LSC).

Morgan le Fay is the owner of the chainmaille and scalemaille business Mystical Maille Design. She’s been chainmailling for over three years, kinky for over a decade and geeky for much longer. D&D, Magic the Gathering, and more, she identifies as a dice-hoarding dragon, Tarot reader, and all around shenanigans lover.

Mr. Striker (he/they) has been presenting Kinky Science Theater 3000 on and off at kink events over the last 12 years. Educated as a civil engineer, and now a software engineer, at one point in his life he worked as a science educator at two different science museums and an aquarium. MrStriker loves BDSM and "dad jokes". I guess you could say his sense of humor is pure pun-ishment.

PandaPet (it/they) is a pansexual, polyamorous pet with a penchant for the use of alliteration. It has been a longstanding member of the New England and DC/NoVa communities, and has taught for a fair number of hypnosis and kink conferences. A tireless volunteer, it has also worked behind the scenes on educational programming at a handful of kink conventions for the past ten years. It co-founded CONsolation (a Discord community that offers kink education) with its master HypnoStory and partner Yoshi. Unashamedly itself in all things, it is an advocate for the darklings, pets, ageplayers, neurodivergent, and queerdos of our community.

Polyphonist is a queer, nonbinary, pagan, polyamorous, published writer, singer, burlesque dancer, actress, activist, and switchtastic switch who's been in and around the scene for a little over twenty years. As Femme Fae la Butche, she co-founded the White Elephant Burlesque Society. As zirself, ze has directed and performed in local theatrical productions and in solo musical performances, sang in a UU choir, been an event planner, and also has taught classes and been on panels for things such as R.A.C.K. play, polyamory, burlesque, body positivity / movement / seduction for all body types, and water fitness. Ze specializes in rose flogging and has been doing it for 15+ years and teaching classes in it for nearly 10 years.You can read a sampling of her erotica in Listen to Your Skin: An Anthology of Queer & Self Love. PS: Ze is usually down for an impromptu duet of "Confrontation" from Les Mis, but ze calls Valjean's part.

Rebecca Doll (she/they) enjoys being pretty and pleasing and an object of admiration, and is an exhibitionist pain slut of the highest caliber. They love being put through their paces publicly and take great joy in leaving their audience with mouths agape at the end of their scenes. While beatings are fun, they are most fond of anything that draws blood - either their own or someone else's. Physicality is not the core of their interests, however. As a member of House of Artemisia, they spend a significant amount of their time focused on exploring the more twisted desires of the human mind, and applying their academic background, including putting their Master's degree in Education to use in understanding the human needs for control, violence, and self-destruction.

Shako is as nerdy as he is kinky and is a frequent attendee at D&G style events. He is easily identified by the shako he wears (the marching band helmet) or the rubber chicken he wields. Shako is a Dom who believes that if he can keep you guessing whether the next thing you're going to do is yelp in pain, laugh hysterically, or moan in pleasure, he's doing it right. Shako puts the pun in punishment. He doesn't bite unless you ask him nicely, so feel free to come up and say hi if you run into him; he will happily hug you.

Skin2pen is a nerdy queer presenter, stage performer, and artist who has been in the scene for over a decade whacking, zapping, and titillating their way through the DMV (DC, Maryland, and Virgina) area. For 7+ years they have presented at everything from hotel takeovers to sprawling outside camping venues. All while bringing their silly interactive style of teaching/entertaining to the kink community at large. In their free time when they are not presenting and or painting on human bodies they enjoy drawing eldritch smut and writing short horror stories for those that also self identify as strange and unusual goofballs.

A former sexual health educator, Martin, aka Somersettop, now travels the world seeking fun and kinky experiences. His transatlantic polycule means he spends many hours on planes plotting sadistic fun and shenanigans. He is often good for British candy!

soumise's lifelong passions for movement, education, and helping people are evident in her presentations. A former professional ballet dancer turned world ranked international style ballroom competitor, she has spent her 30+ year career blending the artistry of dance with the sciences of biomechanics, anatomy, kinesiology, rehabilitation, and exercise. Her Master encourages and supports the integration of her professional interests into the BDSM lifestyle. soumise presents diverse workshops and educational events that engage, inform, and entertain participants at all levels in a variety of subjects. She holds certifications in a wide variety of movement and somatic modalities and will usually think to ask "Do you really want to know?" before she totally geeks out in her answers to questions in these areas. When she’s not teaching, she enjoys making lifestyle-friendly clothing and accessories for her Etsy store, ViceDeSoumise1.

sudisa (she/her) is a skilled top and Domme who has been active in the local community for more than five years. She got hooked on flogging at her first play party. After a few scenes, she purchased some floggers to keep in her toy bag so she could always be ready in case she found a willing top. It was on a whim during the summer of 2017 that she purchased a matched set of floggers and learned how to do Florentine flogging. Within no time, she had her first flogging scene as a top! She continues to practice and she loves to arrange flogging scenes as often as she can. She did several beginner single-flogger classes that were held at the local dungeon. She has since developed an advanced two-flogger Florentine class as well. She’s always happy to demonstrate the art of flogging with others.

Amanda, aka teababe27, she/they, metalhead, autistic, Pokemon and anime fan, geek. More on the gentler, sensual side of kink. Likes anime, listening to music (especially metal and classic rock), video games, Pokemon, going to concerts and conventions when possible, and reading, amongst other activities.

The Longest Night Masque Team organizes an annual all-volunteer event, celebrating the Kushiel’s Legacy series by Jacqueline Carey. The annual masquerade ball is an opportunity for fans of the book series to meet and socialize at a formal costume party. An original storyline, taking place between the second and third trilogies of the series, provides guests with a framework for a night of live action role play. The ambiance and charm of the Court of Night Blooming Flowers comes to D&G for a special evening salon. “We honor people of all identities under Blessed Elua’s tenet of Love as thou wilt.”

Trobaritz is a New York-based kinky geek and bibliophile.

David (USAsian) has been a huge karaoke fan for years, and has worked with a karaoke company in North Carolina. After moving back to New Jersey in 2014, he also continued to follow various karaoke groups throughout the state. Currently, he freelances as a karaoke DJ and music DJ for his local VFWs and veteran organizations.

Says WhosThatBear: "Chaotic Good party Top; I am both the fuck around and the find out. I believe in co-creating spaces where we are free to be our silly, serious, safer, and sexier selves. I’m a veteran of both the ENM and kink space (est. 2010) and while I’ve taught workshops and hosted events for years now, there’s always more to learn. I am an unapologetically slutty human and celebrate co-created pleasure in all its forms, but my best self is realized in being the person today I needed yesterday."

Willow (she/they) is a queer kinkster best described as “three hot gremlins in a trenchcoat, minus the trenchcoat.” Willow’s personal approach to kink can best be described as silly, heavily nerdy, and adaptable for a range of audiences and goals. Her colorful aesthetic and approach to kink education translates into their work, which aims to make difficult topics playful and accessible for all perverts. They can be found teaching rope bondage in Massachusetts and performing in the sort of kink-themed acts you’ll laugh at and then ask yourself, “Am I into this now??”

xin (they/them) is an Asian queer, trans genderqueer, polyamorous, switch-leaning Dom. They are passionate about community building and organizing BIPOC spaces. They have been involved in their local scenes since 2021.