Blind Dancer
I am a writer, teacher and priest. I found the intersection between the neopagan community and the lifestyle community back in 2011, and through that found the M/s community. I’ve been teaching and leading ritual since 2013. Love and intimacy are skills; we can learn them, teach them and practice them. I’m passionate about sharing what I have learned and helping people create the path to intimacy and relationship that is right for them. I am the master in a spiritually based M/s dynamic. Five years in, my vassal and I know that we are successful because we are the happiest we have ever been.
Community Discussion Topics:
– Spirituality in M/s: Dynamics that Connect with Something Bigger
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Jo Ann Wadsworth
Jo Ann Wadsworth, aka MamaJoAnn, has been in the community for close to 30 years. She was the first female Full Member, then the first female Captain, of the Philadelphians M.C., which is a primarily gay men’s leather club. She is currently a Life Brother of the club, and an Associate of many other leather clubs. She is also a proud member of MAsT Philly and MAsT Wilmington. She was on the Board of Diabolique from 2000 to 2007 and has volunteered at many community events. She has been on her M/s journey since 2018. In addition to continual education and self discovery, she believes that integrity and respect for others, no matter how
they identify, is of prime importance.
Community Discussion Topics
– M/s Solo
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Lord Brick and slave lara
Lord Brick and slave lara reside in Philadelphia, PA, and have been in a thriving M/s relationship for over 19 years. Lord Brick is known for his high protocol poly household which includes slave lara; as well as, other affiliated and participating household members. He has firmly held beliefs in the ideals of Honesty, Integrity, Trust, Respect, Self-Discipline and Honor which when combined meld into His personal Creed for slave lara, His entire Household and Leather Family.
slave lara is widely known for her ethical and principally driven viewpoints on transparency, communication, diversity, safety for new slaves and submissives, protocols and rituals, and she is often seen as a Higher Protocol slave that greatly enjoys tea time.
Lord Brick and slave lara together and separately have been very active with many groups and events across the Northeast Region and Nationally for many decades. They are the Director and Assistant Director for MAsT: Philadelphia which is a local chapter devoted to support and resources for the local Master/slave community. They jointly facilitate the local Delco Drinks munch group. Separately, slave lara, is the Founder and Moderator of the national consortium entitled, Art of slavery (Aos). Lord Bricks household hosts many socials, meet and greets, motorcycle rides for Masters and slaves, poker nights and has a “couch that eats people in deep conversation.
Together they greatly enjoy seeing the rewards of working with and giving back to the alternative lifestyle and M/s communities which has added immensely to both of their life journeys.
Community Disucssion Topics
– The Unvarnished Truth of M/s
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Master Ben and Naomi
Master Ben has been in the Lifestyle for more than 25 years. His passions are authority-based relationships, education – and his slave, Naomi. He has presented on a wide variety of topics at regional and national M/s and Leather conferences. He served on the staff for the MTTA Academy weekends for Masters and slaves. He is in a long-term, monogamous relationship with his life partner, slave Naomi.
Naomi serves and is on a life-long journey with her Master and best friend, Master Ben Martin. An active member of the M/s community, her past service contributions include serving on the staff of MTTA Academy, assisting in weekend workshops for both Masters and slaves. She is the 2017 recipient of the slave bill Volunteer Award. She has presented at South Plains LeatherFest, South East LeatherFest, MsC, the M/s Gathering, Northwest Leather Celebration, MAsT groups, and other venues. Naomi is an engineer whose favorite hobbies and activities include hiking, cycling, walking, gardening, cooking and baking, and maintaining close friendships.
Community Discussion Topics
– Decision-making in M/s Relationships
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Master Dante Amor
Master Dante has been formally active in M/s for 20 years and owned slave Gaia Amor for nineteen of those, a polyamorous Master/slave relationship by design from its inception. This expanded into a polyfidelitous dynamic when slave Sarah joined his leather family six years ago, and again when slave Coco joined them three years ago. They maintain a 24/7 M/s household together in NYC.
A loquacious instigator, tipper of sacred cows, and certified clinical hypnotherapist for over two decades, in authority-based relationships Dante has always centered emotional, psychological, and interpersonal dynamics first and foremost.
A firm believer that mastery is a continual work in progress requiring rigorous self-inquiry, personal development, vulnerability, and a willingness to support others, he is currently serves the community as:
Director, MAsT: Metro NY
Executive Producer, MsC Worldwide
Vice-President, MAsT International, Inc.
Board of Directors, MTTA Inc. (Master/slave Conference)
Community Discussion Topics
– M/s, Traversing the Wild Edge of Grief, and Finding Beauty in What Remains (with slave Gaia Amor)
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Master James and Miss Wendy
Master James and Miss Wendy have presented on Master/slave relationships at regional conferences across the United States, many MAsT groups ranging from New York to Florida, and education groups such as Black Rose and BESS.
Master James has been active in the Washington DC area since the mid-1990’s, exploring BDSM and authority exchange. Miss Wendy has been actively involved in the community since 2012. She is co-director of MAsT Laurel, He is an active member of MAsT Washington, and they are each members of MAsT DC Pan. Both are graduates of MTTA, where Miss Wendy is now on Staff. Master James and Miss Wendy served as the Northeast Master and slave 2018. They are passionate about M/s education and sharing their view that the Master/slave relationship can offer a loving, supportive, dynamic accessible to anyone.
Community Discussion Topics
– Transparency – what role does it play in your M/s dynamic?
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Master Penguin and slave Ginna
Master Penguin and slave ginna served as the 2023 International Master/slave and the 2022 Northeast Master/slave. They have been in a Master/slave relationship for more than 20 years and married over 25 years. They started in the community in Norfolk, Virginia, then later moved to central Pennsylvania. Both Master Penguin and slave ginna were actively involved with WHIP, a BDSM group. During this time, they worked the “kinks” out of their relationship and their dynamic shifted from mostly in the bedroom to a TPE M/s relationship. Later, they became involved with different MAsT chapters and currently Master Penguin is the Director of MAsT: Gettysburg and slave ginna works to plan meetings and presenters. They have presented at many events including MsC, The M/s Gathering, and Twisting Culture as well as many MAsT chapters. They present on various topics including mental health, neurodiversity, long term relationships, goal planning, raising kids in a kinky home and more. They are both committed to service in the community and they always try to be helpful and lend a hand when needed.
Community Discussion Topics
– Yoga Pants & Hockey Dad: Real Life M/s
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Master Peter
Master Blkknight AKA Master Peter is originally from San Diego, CA but now lives in Philadelphia, PA. He has been a member of MAsT Philadelphia for 20 years and has been affiliated with other lifestyle groups as well. He has been in the community for close to 30 years, with over 20 of those in Philadelphia.
Master Peter served in the U.S. Army for fourteen years and is a decorated combat veteran. He has won two BBQ cook-offs
and enjoys teaching others the skill. He is married to his girl, precious, in a happy poly lifestyle.
Community Discussion Topics
– Grilling and BBQ Mastery For the ‘Normal Person’
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RowanKylara
RowanKylara has been active in the Philadelphia area community since 2011. Rowan serves as the MAsT: Wilmington DE Secretary and is a member of MAsT: Philadelphia and MAsT: Cherry Hill. In her spare time, she enjoys coloring, reading, crafting, board games and spending time with friends and family. At most events, Rowan is frequently accompanied by her elephant, Persephone.
Community Discussion Topics
– Unpartnered M/s
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saucy tuggles
saucy tuggles (she/her) is a simple country slave happily under the consideration of Master Nikolas Sir. she has been a writer since earliest memory and connected with the BDSM community after readers began making comments she didn’t understand, such as, “I’m so horny after reading that I’m going to go ask Daddy to get his leather gloves on!” saucy volunteered for MsCWW in 2023 and 2024, attended MsG last year, and recently completed the MTTA slave training weekend.
Community Discussion Topics
– Not Enough Words for Pussy: Writing Erotic Stories
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Sir Nikolas
Nikolas is a Queer transsexual Master, Sadist, Daddy, Top who has been in the public and private BDSM arena since1993 and as an out Queer person since 1980.
He lived the first half of his life as a leather dyke starting a whole bunch of trouble in Philadelphia as a title holder, founding member of an all female leather club and community teacher/activist. In 1995 he was named the Mid-Atlantic Leather Person of the year by the Leather Journal at the Pantheon of leather awards. Active in the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington DC area BDSM organizations presenting workshops and educational seminars for the Black Rose and the original Baltimore Playhouse in addition to Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco and San Diego Leathfest.
After transitioning legally in 2003, he began lecturing first year medical students at University of Pennsylvania on Trans health issues as well as presenting BDSM Education and Sexual Empowerment at the annual Philly Trans Health conference. He is the Master of Saucey Tuggles, Daddy to a few and Uncle Nik to many in the leather nation. It is an honor to be presenting here at MsG 2024.
Community Discussion Topics
– OY! MY BACK! Aging in the realm of Ms and BDSM
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slave Beth
slave Beth has been active in the Philadelphia area M/s and leather community since 1998. She is owned by Sir Robert and has been in service to him since September 2002. She is a member of MAsT Philadelphia, and a member of Mama’s Family (Mama’s Community Chef). She was co-founder of the Submissive SCENE, is currently Co-Executive Producer of Philly Leather Pride (since 2019), and is a staff member at MsC. She is extremely honored to have been the 2017 recipient of the Jo Arnone Community Service Award. She was also a member of the organizing committee for the 2014 Leather Leadership Conference and has been a presenter at MsC, The M/s Gathering, NDD/s Bootcamp, The Victorian, Authority-Imbalanced Dynamics (AID) – Austin Chapter, and various MAsT groups and munches in the Northeast Region. In her spare time, slave Beth enjoys cooking and baking, and breaking bread with others – sharing not only food but also her passion for the importance of the family table.
Community Discussion Topics
– The Importance of the Family Table: Nourishing Connections and Values
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slave Coco Amor
Coco has served Master Dante for three years and is honored to be his slave in development. She experiences surrender as a spiritual calling and Sir is the only individual to ever inspire this in her. Her slave sisters, Gaia and Sarah, are pillars in her slave development and for them, she is very grateful. She is the Accessibility and Incident Response Lead for MsC Worldwide, both extensions of her professional and educational backgrounds in Deaf Studies and crisis response. She places a high value on tailoring educational experiences to meet the individual needs of learners. A class with Coco guarantees three things: laughter, vulnerability and connection.
Communtiy Discussion Topics
– Seeds, Chisels & Blunt Instruments: Training vs. Development (with the entire House Amor)
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slave Gaia Amor
Slave Gaia first came to understand her slave heart twenty years ago in South Africa where she was born, raised, and active in the community as participant and presenter. She then moved halfway around the world to be collared by Master Dante, who she has had the privilege of serving for nineteen years.
Her dedication to loving and caring for others is a natural expression of her slavery as evidenced by her being such a shameless hugging whore. She serves as Treasurer of MAsT: Metro NY, Education Liaison of MsC Worldwide, Workshop Coordinator for MsC, Associate Member of Onyx Pearls NY/NE, and proudly supports House Amor, her leather family in all its endeavors.
Community Discussion Topics
– The Fellowship of the O-Ring: A Quest to discover how we can better support one another as slaves
– M/s, Traversing the Wild Edge of Grief, and Finding Beauty in What Remains (with Master Dante Amor)
– Seeds, Chisels & Blunt Instruments: Training vs. Development (with the entire House Amor)
slave Jenna
Slave Jenna has been volunteering her time and knowledge in the kink and leather community since 2005. She has given her time to MTTA, the Master/slave Conference, the Baltimore Educational and Social Society, Queer Leather Alliance, the Baltimore Playhouse, Black Rose, The Crucible, and volunteered at many different events around the region. Currently, she is a co-owner and serves on the Board of Directors of the Baltimore Playhouse, the Board of Directors of MTTA, and on the Executive Committee for MsC. Slave Jenna is also the founder/director of MAsT Towson, the bookkeeper for MTTA, the Deputy Director/Chef for MTTA Academy, and an Associate Producer for MsC. She is a member of several of the Mid-Atlantic MAsT groups. In 2013, she was honored to receive the Sir Steve Community Service award at the Master/slave Conference. Slave Jenna is Owned and Operated by Master Robert of Baltimore.
Community Discussion Topics
– Finding a Worthy Partner
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slave Sarah Amor
Sarah believes her slave heart is an orientation, not a preference. A service-oriented slave, she craves structure and protocol like water and oxygen. Kinky since birth, active in the community since 2014, in service to Master Dante since 2018, and a transplant to NYC by way of the Deep South. Operations staff for MAsT: Metro NY, Tallymaster for the International Master/slave Contest at SPLF, and proud member of House Amor, her chosen family and life partners. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in psychology with the intention of building acceptance for and supporting consensual authority differential dynamics and polyamory.
Community Discussion Topics
– Seeds, Chisels & Blunt Instruments: Training vs. Development (with the entire House Amor)
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Stephan Dew and sweetwisteria
Stephan and sweetwisteria are an M/s couple who have been together for ten years who have been teaching lifestyle classes for the last seven years. Their deep love for order and protocol has driven their dynamic and desire to create a deeper connection. They are relationship geeks who explore the fundamentals of communication and the psychology of relationships in order to enhance and improve their M/s. With a strong love of food, Stephan initially began his career path as a chef and worked in restaurants for 10 years. While his career has changed, his passion for food has not and over the last 10 years he has explored formal protocol dinners. Upon meeting sweetwisteria, they began to entertain many M/s couples and started hosting formal dinners 4-6 times per year. Further adding color to their dynamic, Stephan and sweetwisteria live in a poly house with 4 other adults, 2 cats, and 2 dogs.
Community Discussion Topics
– Deepening the Service: Enhancing Power Dynamic Relationships through Community
– When the Collar Comes Off
Trouvere and Chanteuse
Trouvere le Fou is a Master, educator, author, and coach. Prince-Commander of the 22 & 23 Master/slave Special Forces (MsSF), Prince’s Own. Graduate of MTTA Master’s Weekend 28. Proper form of address for me is Trouvere / he / him. “Your Highness” or “Your Excellency” is appropriate if you want to be ridiculously formal. I am only ridiculously formal on occasion.
Chanteuse (Chanteuselabelle) is my wife, slave, and Executive Officer (XO). She will be a judge of the 2024 Northeast Master/slave Contest. Graduate of MTTA female slave Weekend 62. She may be addressed as Chanteuse / she / her. We do not do the lower case thing.
We have been married for over 35 years, starting with egalitarian and adopting more and more Authority Transfer style over the last ~25 years, as we found it worked better. We arrived at Master/slave when we found this part of the community and met those who came before. We have been active in the community for the last 20+ years. We currently host and are Director and Majordomo of MAsT:Fredericksburg.
Community Discussion Topics
– Service is For Anyone
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