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He has been active in the Leather scene since 1983, is a founding member of MAsT-Chicago, an associate member of the Chicago Hellfire Club, and serves as a director on the board of the Leather Leadership Conference. He lives on the North side of Chicago where he passes the time writing, cruising, and falling in love whenever he can.
Dan and dawn consistently receive excellent reviews for their workshops, demos, and presentations. As they move between clear and simple presentation of facts and information to personal stories of their fascinating past experiences together, they energize their audiences with "the ease and grace of people that enjoy what they are doing".
As a workshop and event facilitator for over a decade, it has become Cheri's desire to inspire others to embrace and enhance their sexuality in whatever form it takes. Cheri teaches various sexuality workshops, including individual counseling sessions, private and group workshops in-house or on-site. Cheri regularly teaches at Good For Her and Ontario's PolyCamp. An artist in her own right, Cheri has been writing poetry and creating other forms of art for as long as she can remember. Her favorite artistic muse is sacred sexuality, self-exploration, and eroticism.
Furthermore, she is a very sensual, but sadistic, leather woman who particularly enjoys the personal dance between dominant and submissive. However, don’t let the lipstick and perfume fool you. She has a Class A CDL, knows how to weld, loves heavy corporal delights, and can wield a flogger severe enough to bring a grown man to his knees. She has always been somewhat of a gender outlaw, who has never denied herself opportunity or experience because “that’s not what a woman is supposed to do”, and believes passionately in a united leather family that knows no lines of gender, race, or sexual preference. She actively participates in fundraising for many HIV/AIDS and GLBT charities and has served as anything from security and tally mistress to purveyor of the charity jell-o shot and showed her commitment to leather by wearing it at the 2004 Skin Two Rubber Ball in London. She finds joy in her leather and birth family, music, travel, book collecting, gardening, laughter, and being an absolute flirt at leather events. You can find out more about her at: http://www.myspace.com/theladyjustice .
Coral Mallow - is a force of nature, and because of that the most interesting things occur in her general vicinity. In an effort to be more than just the Universe's cat toy, She has pooled her energies into enjoying life, from chocolate to flesh hooks, boys to girls, books to super powers, and boots to gloves! Always in pursuit of knowledge and a good story, she can be found talking to just about anyone.
Coral is a member of P.L.A., R.C.D.C., F.L.A.G., Bad Girls, Bodybound, and is an honorary Bear. She is an educator, artist, Ordeal Path shaman, body pride advocate, model, gamer/comic geek, mentor, and honored to be the Owner of her property, Ryan.
During her reign as Ms.Oregon Leather 2007 she will raise money for her and her Sash husband Ben "Bear" Brown Jr's charities, Esthers's Pantry (Coral), www.ourhouseofportland.org/programs/estherspantry/
and Central City Concern (Ben), www.centralcityconcern.org/.
Padre Pugno -Padre Pugno was born in 1975 in Reggio Calabria Italy. He loves rope
bondage, humiliation, religion play, Gags, Coffee Shops (Expert),
Travel, Bicycling, Bird-Watching, Hiking, Rollerblading (Beginner),
Chess, Painting, and Archaeology. After a brief stint in the Italian
porn industry he became the youngest member ever to enter into the
College of Cardinals. Having a great love for Corporal Punishment, Art
Galleries, Beachcombing, Museums, Musical Theater, Opera, Renaissance
Faires, Climbing (Beginner), Dancing, Horseback Riding, Rafting,
Paranormal, and Poetry he became well known for his many treatises on
religion and BDSM among which Stabat Yo Mamma, Exsultate This Fine Bitch, and Hallelujah Girl-Girl Bondage
are some of the most well known. Among his "likes" he likes to include
(ha!) Stockings, Fetish Wear (Intermediate) Hair Pulling, Amusement
Parks, Clubbing, Fishing, Flea Markets (Expert), Volunteerism, Comedy
Shows, Puzzle Games, Role Playing Games, Science Fiction, Alternative
Medicine, Aromatherapy, Gardening, Golf, Swimming, and Tennis.
After
being discovered in flagrante with members of the local
Carmelite monastery one night and forced to flee to America he became
active in the arch-diocese of Chicago. Although curious about Masks
(Wearing) (Beginner), Scuba Diving, Wind Surfing, and Sky Diving, and
still reeling from the Church sex abuse scandal, Padre Pugno daily asks
his Creator how in hell he managed to get away without indictment. He
is not interested in Herbalism, Tai Chi, Biology, Chemistry, Occultism,
Philosophy, Psychology, or Baseball (Expert), but he is a
longtime friend of German Cardinal Ratzinger (now pope Benedict XVI),
and was the first priest ever to direct a German Scheisse video for
German National Television, and his liturgical radio play Holy Mary Mother of Sade
has enjoyed repeated success on Radio Maria. He dislikes Fine Dining
and hard limits include: Age Play, Historical Shows (Beginner), Horror
Movies, Cooking, Drawing, Photography, Astronomy, and History.
Mademoiselle B - When Ms B became entangled in her umbilical cord within the womb, thus began her love of bondage. Unfortunately she forgot all about that love until just a few years ago, but boy, has she made up for lost time. Her kinks range from sensual self-bondage to total humiliation, and include lots of fun stuff in between.
Rope slut, terrifying Domina, and diabolically clever rigger, Ms B gives private rope lessons and has taught bondage workshops at SINSations in Leather and at other community kink groups around the country, including GD2 in Chicago, and Shibari South Florida
Amber - the Rope Slut -
Amber is a Sacred Sexuality practitioner who mixes her spiritual and sexual pursuits. She is passionate, sensual, fun loving, and has an exotic intimacy with life. She is a polyamorous, lifestyle submissive, who for the past 4 years has been unearthing many erotic experiences with her adoration in “sensual sensation play”, she will on occasion Top, but does so from a service oriented perspective.
She is ordained Pagan Clergy with the state of Ohio and is currently studying the philosophies of Buddhism. She is also a member of NLA-Columbus, Adventurers in Sexuality (AIS) and SMART in Cleveland. She is Co-Owner of CO_RG (Central Ohio Rope Group) and facilitator of AIS-Sinergy group and Poly Columbus.
Lori - the Wild girl - is an accountant by trade, submissive by choice. She has lived all over the United States before settling back in Ohio after attending college in Boston. She has been on the path to submission for the past four years, and has learned much about herself as well as others. Lori loves to live life to its fullest. Whether it is photography, traveling or creating something new, her passion in what she does always shines through. “One of the best things about this lifestyle is that I get to continue to learn and share, how wonderful is that?”
Brian is new enough to the scene that he still vividly remembers many of the beginner’s mistakes he committed. His classes focus on areas in which he has acquired some significant insights (read: made a hell of a lot of mistakes, and wants to help others not be so stupid). He plays as a top, and lives as a Dominant, and his classes are oriented towards these topics.