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Happy Valentine's Day From THE NEW ENGLAND LEATHER ALLIAN HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY FROM THE OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE NEW ENGLAND LEATHER ALLIANCE The Phoenix — Adult is New England's Hot Spot to indulge in all of your fantasies - find adult entertainers, hook up with locals, and get into the fetish scene! (heck out our booth at the Fetish Flea for free Erosphere ads & other goodies! "THE PHOENIX" NEWSPAPER - ADULT SUPPLEMENT 16 4dr. & VISIT US ONLINE AT WWWTHEPHOENIX.COM/ADULT WE WANNA GET YOU HOT, BOTHERED, AND BEGGING FOR MORE! F E BRUARY)1 2 - 14,201 P ROV I DENG': r national coalition for sexual freedom Are you in the dark? ...about how the government can interfere with your private sex life? ° -Many forms of sexual expression practiced by millions of American adults -including SM and swinging - are illegal in areas where antiquated sex laws remain on the books. -Sexists and anti-gay bigots, encouraged by the religious right, continue to use these antiquated laws to marginalize and persecute minority groups. -Prejudiced, puritanical regulations and law enforcement practices are used selectively to punish people who enjoy alternative sexual expression. YOUR RIGHTS-YOB"P PRIVACY-VUR FREEDOM http://www.ncsfreedom.org August 19th - 22nd 822 Guilford Ave #127 Baltimore, MD 21202 WWW.BlackBEATInciorg 410-539-4824 Hanover, Maryland scene a year ago, under the wing been a computer tech, pastry chef, of his mentor, Lord Percival. Since and just about any job in between. joining, he has become very active He's been on the fringes of the rcarLe_ covaekas in Boston and New York, founding leather community for years and in Kink Photo Boston and the Bos- the past two years has started to ton Rope Artists Guild. http://www. become more active. Not only has trialsinner.com he started a local group for Pups and Trainers, NEPups.org , he also Shooting your Partner - Ready, Aim, started a local chapter of an inter- Desire — Sat 12:30 PM national Star Trek fan association, SIG: Photography — Fri 11:00 PM USSDarwin.org . Accessibility at the Flea 8 Ask A Rope Expert — Sat 9:30 PM Modeling and Photography — Sat Puppy Play 101: Introduction to Class Descriptions 9-22 11:00 PM Puppy Play — Sun 11:30 AM Meet and Greet: Puppy Pound — WAGS assembled and activated in Fri 10:00 PM Class Schedule 24-25, 32-33, Massachusetts, has over the years 38-43 Floor Maps 34-36 Truth Serum Productions presents: Graphic Sexual Horror at CineMental at the Brattle Theatre Letter from the Chair 3 Wednesday March 17, 2010 9:30pm with rare appearance with Insex Model 912 who will join us for Q+A NELA Board of Directors 6-7 NELA Logo 2 Photography Policy 5 Presenter Bios 45-60 Graphic Sexual Horror peeks behind the terrifying facade of Insex.com , the most notorious of bondage Rules of Conduct 4 websites, exploring the dark mind of its artistic creator and asking hard questions about personal responsibil- ity. Original Insex footage, behind-the-scenes interac- tions, and interviews with PD, models, members, and staff reveal deep fascinations with bondage and Transgender Etiquette 26 sadomasochism that run parallel, and in fact become irreversibly entwined with the lure of money. www.truthserum.org for more details Vendor Listing (alphabetical) 34-36 60 Rope 102: Basic Rope — Sat 8:00 SILVERDREAMS has over twenty ite_ Kew Wayet Loio PM years of experience in BDSM, which Rope 103: I know a few ties... now gives her insights into what makes what? — Sat 9:30 PM bottoms and submissives tick. She believes that knowledge shared We wanted a logo that represented NELA and our community which could ROPERIDER Photographer: Many during frank discussion, combined be used in non-kink, non-leather settings. The logo needed to be used for of my images come to me just with a sense of humor, provides the website and in various print media. before I fall asleep. The good ones, valuable tools and techniques so I feel them in the pit of my stomach. that bottoms can learn how to safely We put the call out and our community answered with a surprisingly large I take them to sleep with me, into enjoy the entire experience, with number of entries and left us with the unenviable task of choosing just the my dreams. I take them in my car, emphasis placed on the responsibil- right one for our needs. The voting process included a first round that elimi- take them to play in the dark spaces ity of the bottom and coping with nated all but 5 entries and then a final around of voting to arrive at a winner. between my thoughts. When they physical and mental issues bottoms have grown to being life-sized, experience. Owned and collared by We thank each and every participant for your time, energy, and talent on breathing hot in my face, I bring Septimus, she is an incurable shoe NELA's behalf and look forward to using a few of your designs on future them to through my studio and out slut and has a blog exploring her NELA t-shirts. into the world. I'm good with light, love of footwear, various D/s dynam- I'm good with a camera, and I'm ics and her own D/Ig relationship at good with people. But I really have nakedconfusion.com . no important qualifications except these: I have committed to listening Bottom/Submissive/Slave Solutions to my inner erotic songs, and I've — Sat 12:30 PM become practiced at giving in to the Bottoming Presentation — Sun things that turn me on. http://www. 11:30 AM EvidenceOfDesire.com Photography 103: Fucking With STAR S comes to us from the Your Camera — Sat 9:00 AM SIG: Sunny South, and has become as- Photography— Fri 11:00 PM sociated with the New England FFF, NEW ENGLAND LEATHER ALLIANCE Bondage Lounge — Sat 10:30 AM through the Charlotte branch of the Bondage Lounge — Sun 10:00 AM same. SCOTT's knot tying education BOF: Friends of Bill W. — Fri 10:00 Artist: Goddess Nyxx started at the age of 4 by many PM old' salts who had been boating for A Dominatrix born in the body of a cartoonist, Goddess Nyxx sees kink not more than 40 years. When he came TRIALSINNER has been a practi- only as a lifestyle, but also an artform. A self-proclaimed "kink artist," her out at 21, he started applying the tioner of the rope arts for nearly his creative compulsion and S&M obsession drives her in crafting instruments knots to bondage, and it has been entire life. If you knew how old he of delicious torture. Beyond this she is a writer, cartoonist and visual artist fun ever since. He considers his is, it's really not that impressive. He -- capturing the beauty of BDSM in all manner of media. She has held com- leather journey a life long pursuit. took his first plunge into the lifestyle mittee positions for local BDSM groups, is a moderator for the Boston BDSM He is currently NELA's Director of as a young child, binding and sus- group on FetLife, hosts a monthly Kinky Tea Party and will soon be starting Community Relations. pending a catwoman action figure, her own line of kinky toys and accessories. She enjoys a polyamorous life and pretty much anything else he with her wife and her girlfriend/doll. Follow her on Twitter @ http://twitter. Coming Out Kinky — Sat 5:00 PM could wrap with string -- including com/goddessnyxx or visit her on FetLife @ http://fetlife.com/users/76167 BOF: Gay Men — Sat 7.00 PM himself. He made his mark on the 2 59 tion. http://www.PrincessKali.com short stories. Raven is a builder of bridges between worlds, a crosser 4elier fro". Fl.e Cita.& Making Erotic Videos for Fun and of boundaries between communi- Profit — Sat 2:00 PM ties, a Reweaver of the Web. He is Greetings, Coming Out Kinky — Sat 5:00 PM — the Dreamer Whose Dreams Come 1hr 30min True. http://www.ravenkaldera.org It continues to be my privilege to serve as Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the New England Leather Alliance. What a group of talented QUESTIONER is a bondage enthu- BDSM Spirituality: the Ordeal Path and wonderful people with whom I am privileged to work! We are fortunate, siast from the Boston area. He runs — Sat 10:30 AM during this time of economic contraction; to be hosting what I believe will be the Massachusetts Bondage Club Transitioning With A Third Gender an enjoyable and successful Fetish Fair FleamarketTM weekend. On behalf which is a special interest group of Identity — Sat 12:30 PM of the Board of Directors, I would like to extend greetings and best wishes to the New England Dungeon Society. all of our attendees at Fetish Fair FleamarketTM #34. He has run the bondage lounge at RENEE is a male-to-female trans- It takes a lot of time and hard work to make sure that the Flea happens. We the FFF for many years in the past. gendered woman who has been full don't expect the process to go smoothly, thought we are ever hopeful when He loves straitjackets and role play. time for about three years. She has it does. This year's event seemed to have been especially plagued by hotel served on the board of a nonprofit snafus. If you have been affected in any way, please accept our sincerest BOF: Straitjacket Lovers — Sat 5:00 supporting gay, lesbian, bisexual apology.
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