2017-Presenter List

Our Confirmed Presenters:

Mr Dark Reno, NV Starting in Southern California in the 1990's, Mr. Dark has been involved in the BDSM community for more than twenty-five years. After moving to Las Vegas in 2000, he joined several groups and in 2008 started the Las Vegas D/s Society. In 2010, Mr. Dark merged Las Vegas D/s Society with Sin City D/s Network which helped create the largest BDSM network in Southern Nevada offering education, health resources and other kink related activities to his community. With education as his main passion, Mr. Dark created the BDSM Orientation in 2011, Las Vegas's longest running intro to BDSM class and in 2013 he founded the BDSM Educational Center offering monthly classes, a peer to peer mentor program and other BDSM/Kink related resources. In 2014 he stepped down as co-owner of Sin City D/s Network to focus his efforts on bringing BDSM education to communities everywhere. Mr. Dark began his personal Leather journey in 2013 and in the same year he became the first runner up in the Mr. Southwest Olympus Leather contest. Since then, he continues his Leather journey while bringing BDSM education to as many people as he can. You can find Mr. Dark presenting at events such as Behind Closed Doors in Tucson, AZ, Rocky Mountain Rebellion in Salt Lake City, Utah and Impact in Reno, NV. Mr. Dark also dedicates much of his time to various charity events through his group membership in the Leather Uniform Club of Las Vegas as well as his supporting roles in many other Southern and Northern Nevada area BDSM and Leather groups.

Isaac Cross Denver, CO Isaac Cross is a teacher, presenter, and alt-sex theorist from Denver, Colorado. With a background in psychology, Cross has focused his study and education on philosophical and psychological aspects of BDSM, but also teaches various practical skills and techniques in both structured and casual settings. Cross has previously presented at events and venues across North America and Europe, including workshops at The Armory (home of Kink.com) in California, the Beyond Leather convention in Florida, the Northern Exposure regional conference in Alaska, and the Rome BDSM Conference in Italy. He has also served as the Director of Educational Programming for the Denver Sanctuary, Dungeon Monitor Coordinator for Beyond Leather, and Executive Director for the Colorado Center for Alternative Lifestyles. Cross’s writing has been featured in a variety of publications and websites, including XCBDSM.com, where he serves as the Managing Editor. Cross can be reached by email at Cross@XCBDSM.com or by searching XCBDSM on Facebook, Twitter, and Fetlife.

Switch JakeDenver, COSwitch Jake has been involved with the BDSM community since 2001. In that time, he has striven to increase knowledge and acceptance of BDSM and alternative lifestyles as a whole. In his educator role, he has taught all over the state of Colorado on a variety of topics. Not solely limited to BDSM venues, Switch Jake has also taught in vanilla establishments including colleges and universities in an effort to bring knowledge to those seeking it. This year alone, he will be presenting or has presented at Sin in the City (NV), Behind Closed doors (AZ) and TGIF (CA) in addition to FetishCon (FL) As a community leader, Switch Jake leads the Denver Sanctuary TNG party. In this role, he sets up presenters to ensure that newcomers to the BDSM lifestyle are educated as to different types of play and relationship styles. He is also in charge of managing all other aspects of the party. One final duty, Switch Jake is responsible for training of new DMs for the Denver Sanctuary. He has developed the curriculum and makes sure the DMs are up to the standards the community requires and expects.

Slave Jazz New Orleans, LA slave Jazz, with former lives in the theatre world, the tech industry and as a massage therapist—now lives with her Master and stays busy with several business that revolve around 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 producer of Sin in the City, a co-founder of the International Person of Leather(InterPOL) Contest, the founder of Las Vegas Leather Women (LVLW), and a member of many lifestyle related organizations in Las Vegas and the San Francisco Bay Area. Over the past 18 years, Jazz has served as the producer for SouthWest Olympus Leather, the Education Coordinator for The Shack (Southern Nevada’s first community playspace), has been 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: https://jazzpup.wordpress.com.

Master Jefferson Tucson, AZ Master Jefferson James first became a part of the BDSM community when he joined Desert Dominion in April of 2002. Eighteen months later, he became a member of their Governing Council, serving five years as Education Director and one year as President. During this time, he became faculty of Butchmanns and developed a close relationship with Master Steve and Master Skip, both of whom were very instrumental in his growth as a Leatherman. Throughout his life, Master Jefferson has had a passion for seeking and sharing knowledge. He has presented at Desert Dominion and Arizona Power Exchange many times, as well as at Rio Grande Leather, the Southwest Leather Conference, Sin in the City, and Rocky Mountain Rebellion among others. He is also the founder and President of Baja Arizona Leather, producers of Behind Closed Doors. In 2010 he was proud to receive the Southwest Leather Conference's Spirit of Service Award. In 2013 he was presented his Master's cover at the Southwest Leather Conference by Master Skip. Later that year, he was a judge for the first Arizona Master / slave contest.

Sir Justin Chicago, IL Sir Justin has been active in the Chicago Leather community for nearly two decades. Most recently, he served the International community as International Puppy and Trainer Contest's 2014/15 International Trainer. After his title year, he was asked to step up to produce the International contest. He is excited for the future of IPTC as it realigns with IPC to become International Pup and Handler Weekend in July of this year. Locally, he has maintained being active in both the Chicago Puppy Patrol and Team Friendly Chicago, as a board member of both organizations. Sir Justin is fierce advocate of education as a means to combat conflict. He travels more weekends than not, teaching, judging, and speaking. He is proud to have represented IPTC in 27 states and 7 foreign countries. He has also written a book on Puppy Play, BARK!, based on his experiences across America. He is happily claimed by his family-pack: Alpha-pup Kona; Beta-pups Leaf, Magnus, Chase; Omega-pup Icarus; and Harley the pig.

Master Patricia - Southwest Olympus Leather 2012 Tucson, AZ Master Patricia began her public BDSM journey in 1999 in Tucson Arizona. She is a founding member of Desert Dominion and has served on the governing council in several positions including the President. Master Patricia is the current Owner of MAsT - Tucson (Master And slaves Together), the curator of the Leather Quilt (west), and Ms. Southwest Olympus Leather 2012. She is also the Producer of the Southwest Person of Leather, held in Tucson, AZ at Behind Closed Doors. She was the coordinator for the first fetish ball held in Arizona, and she continues to support various events and clubs throughout the southwest region. In honoring her fondness to teach and mentor new people in the lifestyle she has expanded her teaching to local colleges and universities throughout the Southwest region. Master Patricia has been a Butchmann’s Experience Instructor since 2007; currently she is the Executive Director of Butchmanns Experience. She has a passion for power sensitive relationships based on personal growth, trust, respect and commitment to act with accountability for one’s actions. DesertFetishDiva@gmail.com

Q-Tip Oakland, CA Q is a self-identified queer, gender nonconforming, actively non-monogamous, sex positive, leather boi. It’s well known that flirting is Q’s default mode of communication. He can often be found with a charming smile on his face or looking mischievous with the other bois. On rare occasions this bootblack might even be found dancing on a table for the right amount of money…for charity of course!