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Bootblack Allen ()
Bootblack Allen is a seasoned bootblack, educator, and advocate in the leather and kink communities. He serves as the Bootblack Coordinator and House Bootblack for Voodoo Leatherworks, President and Founder of the Council of Indigenous Leather, and is a member of the Doll House. As the devoted slave to his Master, Kilot, Allen brings both skill and service to his workshops, emphasizing the intimate connections fostered through bootblacking. Allen is also deeply committed to teaching about consent within bootblacking, highlighting the importance of communication and boundaries in the practice. A passionate advocate for Indigenous people, the trans community, neurodivergent individuals, and BIPOC representation in kink, he is dedicated to creating inclusive and supportive spaces. He works to amplify marginalized voices and ensure that BIPOC individuals have safe, affirming places within the kink world.
Damascus and demir ()
Damascus and demir started their leather journey when they began their relationship in 2014 and quickly found the Daddy / boy community in Dallas, Texas. In 2020 they began leaning more into the Master / slave lifestyle, though if you ask them, they find they are much the same. Damascus and demir are both Transgender men that are committed to bringing the M/S community to more of the queer community. Damascus identifies as a Master, a Daddy, and a little and often goes by Master Little Daddy. demir identifies as a slave, a boy, and a wolf pup. When Damascus is in little space, demir is often in puppy space and fun chaos can ensue. They are heavily into power exchange dynamics, and love to discuss various ways one can be of service. They are the Southwest Master and slave 2025 and both are members of MAsT Colorado Springs, Voodoo Leatherworks, and are honorary members of Arlington Leather United. They are the founders of Haus Valhalla and created and host the Leather and Lager Community Beer Bust held at the Denver Eagle to bring all the leather/ kink/ Master and slave community under one roof once a month in the hopes to be a more welcoming space for newer kinksters. When not up to kinky shenanigans, you can find these two outdoors with their fur-kids, and/or spending time with their "spawns".
girl Bettie (She)
girl Bettie is a queer, polyamorous, submissive-leaning switch currently living in Asheville, NC. She has been in the kink community for over 20 years and has been a part of the Leather community since 2007. She holds three Leather titles: Ms. North Carolina Leather 2007, Ms. SouthEast LeatherFest 2008, and is the 2025 SouthEast Person of Leather. When she stepped down from her role as current Ms. SELF, she accepted a place on the operational board for SouthEast LeatherFest. She worked her way up from Operations Assistant to Associate Producer of Operations, and finally to Website Content and Contest Coordination before she stepped down from the board in 2022. Bettie has been a presenter, mentor, volunteer, and leader. Since 2007, she’s presented and volunteered for groups and events all over the southeast. From Tennessee to Louisiana, Florida to North Carolina, Bettie has been honored to serve her community in whatever capacity was required at that time. girl Bettie loves spending time with her leather family, Casa de la Unicorn, her Leather/Levi club, the Tarheel Leather Club, and her chosen family, Unsupervised Chaos, wherever they happen to be. Her passions in play include flogging, sensation play, electricity, blood, and needles. She has been called by many names, but Bettie is still her favorite.
Hawke ()
Master Hawke is a kink educator, presenter, and pillar of the Colorado Springs kink and leather communities. He began teaching in 2009 and has over 15 years of experience in power exchange dynamics. A pyromancer, a whip artist, and a shameless exhibitionist, he can frequently be found performing demos, offering tastings, and teaching classes around the Colorado Springs and Denver Metro areas. He is a self-proclaimed “unrepentant fire slut” who was drawn in by the energy and fear of fire play. Over the course of his years in BDSM, Master Hawke has sought to find and create connected community through authentic self expression. Through this journey he was given the opportunity to examine his paradoxical nature and craft a sense of the dynamic tension underpinning his desires. He now has a passion for creating spaces to help others find acceptance and explore their own desires in alternative lifestyles. He is a servant leader with experience organizing and facilitating events that empower meaningful self-realization and foster connection. Master Hawke is buoyed by loving, supportive partners and friends. When he’s not engaged in some glorious debauchery or enduring the insanity of his mentee, he might be enjoying a glass of Macallan with a Perdomo stick. A little cliche for a middle-aged white dude? Sure, but don’t count him out too soon. Oh, he’s also got a beard, so yeah.
little kitsune (she/her)
little kitsune (she/her) lives between the mountains and ocean on the Westcoast of Canada and is a Japanese Canadian (Nikkei) Leather Dyke. She’s been in a long-term (30+ years) M/s dynamic with Master SirTee, and is honored to serve as the 2025 International slave. Shy, quiet, and quirky, she is called to service, loves art, history, science fiction, puzzles and beachcombing.
Master Castle and Slave Chy (He/Him, She/They)
HECK is proud to welcome Master Castle and Slave Chy. Master Castle (He/Him) began his path in authority transfer dynamics in 2008. Castle is a pansexual, polyamorous Master, caregiver, pup handler, educator, student, engineer, and digital archivist. Master Castle has a deep passion for putting his back into helping his community and can often be found moving dungeon furniture or fixing tech issues at events. He has been with his slave, Slave Chy for ten years, and they have been married for nine. Slave Chy (She/They) was born and raised in Pueblo CO. She is a Biromantic, Demisexual,polyamorous, evolving slave. Who joined her local community in 2014. Slave Chy is a slave, little, pup, artist, photographer, educator, chef, and gamer. Who is Passionate about teaching, relationship education, and psychology. She is a founding member and vice president of Onyx Pearls Rocky Mountain. During their shared years in the community, they've run several classes and groups while working diligently to help bring alternative lifestyle education to smaller communities. As well as helping to bridge the gap between the previous and next generations. By working as intergenerational advocates. They are the 2024 Southwest Master/slave title holders. They aim to spread education and awareness about authority transfer dynamics within the next generation.
Master SirTee (He/She)
Master SirTee (He/She) lives on the Westcoast of Canada, and is a Butch, BIPOC, Leather Person and Master. He is in a long term (30+ years) M/s dynamic with his slave, and is honoured to serve as the 2025 International Master. He actively works to build supportive diverse communities and considers accessible education as the cornerstone for fostering healthy and ethical dynamics. He enjoys meeting new people and can often be found enjoying a cigar over deep conversations and shared stories late into the night.
Master Trent and slave kelly ()
Master Trent and slave kelly began their relationship in 2007 and became a collared M/s couple in September of 2008. They are married and live together full time in a M/s and Daddy/boy dynamic in a Leather poly household. Together they have been active in MAsT (Masters And slaves Together) since 2008, they produced the Colorado Master/slave contest from 2015 to 2020, and they currently produce the Southwest Master/slave Contest and Leather Run Weekend. They own and produce the Colorado Danse of Life, a twice a year hook pull event that started in 2006. They were on the Dance of Souls hook pull piercing team in Phoenix, AZ for 12 years. Master Trent is a pansexual leather man who identifies as a Sir, a Master and a Daddy. He began his BDSM and Leather journey in 1983 when he became active in the Denver Area Dominants and submissives (DADs). Since that time, he has continued to be active in the community, including having owned a “brick and mortar” Dungeon Club and produced a variety of events. He has been presenting locally, regionally and nationally since 2000. Master Trent started his piercing journey in 2002 and is a Fakir Piercing Alumni. He not only does needle play, but also permanent body piercing, hook pulls and hook suspensions. slave kelly is a pansexual leather woman who identifies as a slave, a boy and a butler. She entered the lifestyle in Florida in 1994, while she was in college. She is a member of the Denver boys of Leather and has held the positions of Secretary, Treasurer, and President. She has been presenting with Master Trent since 2008. Slave kelly also maintained a significant role as a piercing assistant and a hook pull and hook suspension facilitator since 2008. She is a mentor, presenter, and teacher.
Mistress Integra (She)
Mistress Integra is a Denver-based FemDomme and educator reshaping perspectives—one pegging at a time. A former legal professional, she realized during the COVID shutdown that she’d much rather wield the whip than obey the gavel. Now, she’s on a mission to justify her student loans by providing real-world resources to help others navigate the kink community, power exchange, party hosting, consent culture, and the legal side of kink with confidence. Her work blends unapologetic dominance with sharp clarity because everyone deserves to have a good time and know their rights.
Ms. J (She)
Ms. J (she/her) identifies as a community educator, Sensual Sadist, the Nana-Dragon pyromaniac, Agent of Chaos, Mama Bear to many, Mother of Kittehs to her furry mobsters, a self-proclaimed Connection Junkie, Purveyor of bruise poking and hair pulling, a bus-driving RACK playing mostly toppy kinda girl, the Happy Bouncy Sadist, and a blissfully married monogamish human. This Fire Maven is versed in most types of flame skills, from burner and flow to vanilla and kinky. As an educator and player Ms. J is likely best known for her kinky fireplay passion, however she also enjoys rough body play coupled with soft and gentle contact for that ultimate mind fuck in impact play, blade play with a sharp and shiny to slice off your clothes, the sticky sloppy wet sensations of food play, and drive-by dork play. Want to make her day….ask her to slap you!
MsDDom and CreamDream ()
MsDDom and CreamDream have lived in an authority-based dynamic since 2010. With lifestyle experiences and cultural and age differences, their goal is a sustainable authority-based relationship. Active in the Atlanta BDSM and Leather communities, MsDDom and CreamDream are servant leaders through stewardship as presenters, advocates for BIPOC presence, champions of DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and access), and zealous volunteers. Black Atlanta Munch, Black FemDoms-Atlanta, Black Leather In Color (BLIC Next Gen), MsC Worldwide, and the Carter-Johnson Library Atlanta Annex are some areas where they serve. This dynamic couple travels often and enjoys sharing their time and perspective with other lifestyle participants in different regions across the U.S. and Canada.
Praxxis (He/Him)
Praxxis held the title Mr. International Olympus Leather 2013. He has taught at multiple venues and conferences and has worked with individuals interested in learning his techniques. Praxxis has judged several title competitions, and has served as Headmaster for Leather Quest in Salt Lake City. Praxxis produced Rocky Mountain Rebellion in 2022 and was granted his Masters cap by the community in the same year.
Shedao (They/Them)
Shedao is a Pan, Polyam, Switch and 11-year veteran of the kink and Leather scene. They founded Sacramento Black Kinksters to carve out space by and for Black folx in kink. With experience in everything from DMing (both kink and DnD), to bootblacking, to building inclusive spaces, they bring warmth, experience, and clarity to everywhere they go.
Sir Quill & His Mercy ()
Sir Quill & His Mercy have over 35 years combined experience as educators in higher education and the outdoor industry respectively, specializing in cultural & gender studies, leadership development, and risk management. Sir Quill is a polyamorous Dom, Certified Philosophical Counselor, and Master to Mercy, His polyamorous pandemisexual switch. In their classes and through their “Please Kink Responsibly” Substack, they explore transformational authority exchange, and how our identities and power are connected to our deepest spaces of vulnerability.
sub4ever4u ()
sub4ever4u is a 51-year-old cisgender woman born and raised in Billings, Montana, she brings with her more than 24 years of experience in the BDSM lifestyle. For the past two decades, she has walked this path as a single submissive, navigating her journey without a defined dynamic. This has given her a unique perspective on autonomy and self-discovery within kink. An aspiring bootblack and proud leatherwoman, sub4ever4u has a deep love for the lifestyle and all that it encompasses. Her dedication extends beyond personal growth. She is also a leader in her local community, serving as the driving force behind UnKommonly Bound, a group committed to fostering education, connection, and mutual support among kinksters in the region. Through this work, she champions values of community, growth, and chosen family, making her a powerful advocate for inclusive and intentional kink spaces.