Content warning: I’m going to be talking about the not sunshine and rainbows parts of my BDSM journey as a person on the right side of slash. I will be touching on issues of underage sex, general bdsm physical trauma and substance abuse. But also, joy, growth and healing. Spoiler alert: I make it! So here we go!

What a weekend. This was my first sash appearance as International Person of Leather and I was nervous. Mainly due to some last minute changes I was not only traveling alone, but I really only "knew" one other person going. Plus it had become sort of a tradition for my girlfriend Nikki and I to go to IMSL together and this year it just wasn't in the cards.

It all begins with an idea.