In the kink community we pride ourselves on our communication
skills, yet often negotiating a scene becomes a cold businesslike
transaction. The idea that negotiation is really foreplay can create a
much richer experience and move into the realm of seduction. Done well,
that negotiation is a dance of give and take and a teasing conversation
of what both parties expect and more importantly desire.
Presenter: Hardy Haberman
Since the mid-70′s Hardy has been an active in the leather
community as a gay activist, author & speaker on aspects of the
SM/Leather scene.
He is author of several books including, Playing with the Family
Jewels, Soul of a Second Skin and Shouts in the Wilderness as well as a
contributor to the Dallas Voice newspaper and Drummer Magazine His
documentary on the leather lifestyle “LEATHER” has won numerous awards
and appeared in festivals around the world.
The recipient of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s Leather
Leadership Award, he was also awarded NLAI’s Man Of The Year award in
1999 and in 2007 he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from
the National Leather Association International. His other awards
include the Marcus Hernandez Lifetime Achievement Award from Pantheon of
leather and the Jack McGeorge Educator Award from MsC..
Hardy is Chair of the board of the Woodhull Action Fund in
Washington, DC. Since April, 1995, he and his boy Patrick have been
living together in Dallas.