Alex & trinity

Alex and trinity started their total power exchange (TPE) relationship over six years ago, building on their decades in BDSM and power exchange relationships. Alex (he/him) is a neurotypical, poly, creatively sadistic dominant; he’s married to a poly vanilla woman who chuckles supportively on hearing about his kink fun. trinity (she/her) is a neurospicy bi/pan poly masochistic submissive; her quest for novelty and making BDSM tools & toys are endless. After attending so many interesting classes and discussions at the past three Frolics, Alex and trinity are enthused to share and discuss their perspectives on TPE.

Class List: 

• Everything, Everywhere, All the Time: a Perspective on Total Power Exchange

• Whip it into Shape: Create your own dragon’s tongue pocket whip!

Dawn Celeste McGregor

Dr. Dawn Celeste McGregor is an adjunct professor and scholar. She is passionate about her research on women’s empowerment and is currently studying female socialization and its effect on agency. She has research published on awe and the connection between grief and gratitude and recently published her dissertation on The Development of Sexual Agency as Effective Toward the Empowerment of Women. Further publications are in national and local magazines for her advocacy around LGBTQ+, women’s issues, and sexuality. She has a section in the revolutionary book, Sex Positive Now, and is in the process of publishing her spiritual adventure novel. Dr. Dawn has been active and teaching within the sex-positive community since 2015 and has worked with sex, sexuality, and magic for 30 years

Class List:

• Sexual Intuition: Reading Your Lover’s Body

• Sexual Freedom and Agency

• Erotic Energy Play (co-teaching with Mac McGregor)

Deafen Leaf & Laughing Willow

Deafen Leaf (they/she) is an erotic artist, researcher, and writer. They are currently working on video projects and producing propaganda, as well as finding more and more outsides that can be turned into insides and vice versa. They're also impressively breedable, extremely flexible, needy, and submissive. In their free time, they're accused of being a brat, which they don't understand.

Laughing Willow (she/it) is a part-time puppy, a part-time android girl. She hasn't defragged her drive ever. When she's not battling runtime errors she's a transfem T4T verse switch with practical experience from the top, bottom, and the ill-defined squishy middle. She bites, sometimes for fun.

Class List: 

• A Leather History

• Chastity 101

• Fucking Trans Women

Eirikah Delaunay

Eirikah Delaunay (she/her) is a writer, mama, Witch, and sexual rebel who identifies as a polyamorous, queer, white cisgender woman, Dominant-leaning Switch, and sadomasochist. Both/and is her magic word. The founder of Desire Alchemy, Eirikah is a somatic sex+relationship coach and initiated priestess who offers individual and partnered coaching for people curious and excited about using effective communication, magic, sexuality, kink, and/or power exchange relationships as vehicles for personal growth and bliss. She has 30+ years of lifestyle BDSM practice and more than a decade of connection, education, and service in the Seattle sex-positive community, where she currently serves on the Board of the Center for Sex-Positive Culture.

Class List:

• Establishing Rules of Engagement

• Flogging

• Self-care for Switches

Evelyn Evey

Evelyn Evey (she/they) is a happily kinky, switchy, sadomasochistic, polyamorous, queer, gender nonconforming experience junkie who lives in Seattle, Washington where she is actively involved with the Center for Sex Positive Culture and the local BDSM community. She was vice president of the board of directors for the Pan Eros Foundation (formerly known as the Foundation for Sex Positive Culture) and has had various roles with the Seattle Erotic Arts Festival. A voracious learner, she has studied Ayurveda, psychology, and acting, all of which have provided her insight and tools for helping others on their journeys towards finding balance and having fun with their kink.

Class List: 

• Kinky Psych 101

• The Smell of Fear

• Alchemy of Pain

Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti 

Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti has been a panelist and workshop presenter since 2017, beginning with the very first workshop she ever created, "Transcending Shame." For example, when she began researching the topic of shame, she learned that shame lives in SECRECY.

Additionally, Gloria is late-diagnosed autistic, with ADHD, PTSD, depression/anxiety, and TBI. She is also an artists' model and has served as a "muse" for artists in drawing, painting, and sculpture classes and groups since the mid-1980s.

Gloria is currently hard at work on her memoir entitled, "A Different Drum: A Black, Autistic, Polyamorous, Mentally Ill, Former Fundamentalist Christian/Cult Member and Breast Cancer Survivor WHO JUST WANTS TO FIT IN." You can find Gloria on Facebook as Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti, and on her website, "Not Gloria Jean". She lives in Seattle, WA.

Class List: 

• Neurodivergent & Intersectionality discussion group

• Is it private? or is it secret?

• How to Model for Art

Larry Grella

Larry Grella, aka Temptr, is a longtime member of the kink community in the Northwest. Larry has been a member of the Center for Sex Positive Culture (formerly The Wet Spot) for 22 years, a member of their Board of Directors for 19 years, and a founding board member of the Pan~Eros Foundation where he still serves as well. He previously served as the Construction Manager for the Seattle Erotic Art Festival. In addition, he creates/volunteers for past and present play parties like Monday Madness, Myself, and Power Play Mixed Tape at the CSPC.

Larry has given workshops and fire performances for MVK as well as other venues. In addition, he organized the fire performance for Rascals New Year's Party several years ago.

As a member of the North American Fire Artists Association, he is well-versed in various forms of fire play. Larry has extensively worked in construction specializing in repairs and remodeling. At this Frolic event, he will offer classes on Electrical Play, allowing you an opportunity to learn the excitement, thrill, and sensuality that electrical offers. Electrical play IS edge play so safety is of the utmost consideration.

Class List:

• Electrical 101

• Electrical 201

Mac Scotty McGregor [Featured Presenter]

Mac is the author of the best-selling book, "Positive Masculinity Now" and a radio show host of "The You Can Make A Difference Show" on Rainier Avenue Radio. The Mayor appointed Mac as a Seattle City Commissioner as chair of the LGBTQ commission in 2011 and he served until 2016. Mac worked on a small team to help the Seattle Police Department develop policy and training around how police officers deal with the transgender and gender-diverse community and has given gender training to the US Border Patrol. 

Mac has been a keynote speaker at many events including the University of Washington, Mayo Clinic, numerous colleges, corporate events, organizations, and conferences. He is the co-founder and Executive Director of Positive Masculinity, a non-profit that educates about dismantling toxic masculinity and creating a model of healthy masculinity. 

Mac's experience prior to transition was that of a successful female athlete and business owner. This experience led him to be a champion for women's rights, closing the pay gap and equal opportunity for women and folks who are gender variant. He was a former US karate team member, champion martial arts competitor, coach, and teacher. He has extensive training in conflict resolution and arbitration through being a certified coach and referee through the AAU and U.S. Olympic committees. 

Mac has used his extensive 50+ years of martial arts training and teaching to help educate folks in the sex-positive and kink community about how to play rough in a safe way. He has a 4th-degree black belt of above in 17 styles of martial arts. He is an expert in striking, grappling, jujutsu, sword, staff, knife fighting, and take-aways, as well as a certified defensive tactics instructor for law enforcement. He has been a bodyguard for many famous celebrities and dignitaries. Mac has appeared on Ripley’s Believe it or Not, The Learning Channel, The Discovery Channel, the 700 Club, and Univision, and has been featured in People Magazine and many more. Mac has been inducted into the Martial Arts Hall of Fame in two categories. 

Class List: 

• Grappling for BDSM play

• Impact Playing: Giving & Receiving

• Erotic Energy Play (co-teaching with Dawn Celeste)

Maeve McBride

Maeve McBride (she/they) is a kink educator, erotic coach, sexological herbalist, event producer, and Executive Director of KinkFest 2025. She has been studying the intersections of kink, sacred sex, plants, trauma, and personal alchemy for more than 22 years. A fun, sensual, and compassionate switch-witch, Maeve enjoys assisting folx of all persuasions to work towards their unique health, erotic, and sexual goals. She combines evidence-based teaching methods, anatomy geekery, goal setting, mind-body-spirit trauma healing techniques, communication tools, and a sense of playfulness, experimentation, and exploration in a non-judgmental learning environment. Her goal is always to help students and clients assemble a toolkit of things that work for their own unique needs and empower them to live their best pleasure-filled lives.

Class List:

• Transformative Accountability 101

• Trauma-Informed Topping

• Botanica Erotica: Kinky Plants for Pleasure, Pain and Passion

• Energetic Protection

Morningstar

Morningstar (sometimes known as Talk is Cheap) is a licensed mental health counselor, educator, artist, writer, and 4th generation Seattleite. She first joined the CSPC in 2009.

Class List:

• Quiet Covert Kink

• Tarot for Mental Health

Ms. J

Ms. J (she/her) identifies as the Happy Bouncy Sadist, Nana-Dragon pyromaniac, Agent of Chaos, Mama Bear to many, Connection Junkie, Purveyor of bruise poking, a bus-driving RACK playing mostly toppy kinda girl, and a blissfully married monogamish human. 

Although best known for her kinky fireplay passion, Ms. J also enjoys rough body play coupled with soft and gentle contact for that ultimate mind fuck in impact play, blade play with a sharp and shiny to slice off your clothes, the sticky sloppy wet sensations of food play, and drive-by dork play. Want to make her day – ask her to slap you!

Class List:

• Fireplay 101

• Devil's Fire/Micro branding

• Sensual Savagery

• Fireplay 301 (Fireball!!)

Navi

Greetings! My name is Navi (He/They). I have been actively engaged in the BDSM/ kink scene for the past 5 years. I am most often involved in the ageplay, pet play, tickling, and leather communities. I am a member of ONYX NW which is a leather organization for queer men of color. I have taken on many volunteer roles throughout my time in the community including leading tastings, demonstrations, dungeon monitoring, event planning, setup/strike, registration, and more!

Class List:

• Intro to Age Play

• Dark Age Play

Sir Panda

Sir Panda (He/Him) is a Dominant, Owner, and kink community volunteer living in Seattle, Washington. A CSPC member since 2010, Sir Panda founded and championed the Passport Program, a “welcome wagon” for new members that included socials and consent education. He has served the CSPC in a variety of volunteer roles including event host, Communications Committee member under Allena Gabosh, and impact tasting top with a specialty in canes. Other volunteering has included two years at Leather Reign and serving as Program Lead for KinkFest 2023.

 Sir Panda founded the Dominant’s discussion group View From the Top in 2015, and in partnership with the submissive’s discussion group Right Side of the Slash, formed the umbrella organization D/s Pacific Northwest in 2017. Since 2023 he has co-hosted “Sexy Game Night," a quarterly play party at Arborea Falls in Woodinville, WA.

 Sir Panda has practiced polyamory since his colorful days in college and entered the wider BDSM community in 2009. He collared his current submissive/life partner in 2015 and has maintained an ethically non-monogamous marriage for over 35 years. 

Sir Panda’s guiding values are honesty, integrity, and empathy. He believes that inclusive sex positivity and loving human connections are vital elements in living an authentic life.

Class List: 

• Caning with Canes: Your Flexible Impact Tool!

• Polyamory and D/s: Navigating Power Exchange Dynamics Inside Poly Relationships

TeeeBone

Teeebone (he/him) is a long-time member and volunteer of the CSPC, a graphic designer, DJ, and a writer who identifies as a cis-gendered, heterosexual, polyamorous, and neurodivergent male Dominant. His journey with the CSPC began in the summer of 2003 and he began to work as a volunteer in the spring of 2005. In 2008 he became an Event Coordinator and helped run the Hump, a weekly Wednesday party. Teeebone was also involved in many other parties and events at the CSPC, such as OMG SX! and Power Play Mixed-Tape.

Class List: 

• Dessert Topping 101

• Dessert Topping 201

TK Kasnick aka Turtle

TK Kasnick began presenting at the early age of 9 through their local 4-H program. Their education in college workshops, conferences, and classes in event planning/implementation, organizing, and communication has created a lifelong passion for helping people to communicate and interact more completely with each other. TK has experienced significant health issues all of their life but doesn't allow them to define them. In 1997, their body crashed allowing genetic Fibromyalgia to raise its formidable head accompanied by Chronic Fatigue Immuno Deficiency Disorder, and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. These have all since been reclassified as a cluster diagnosis of Central Sensitization Syndrome. TK was nearly completely bedridden in 1997 for many years. They believe in living proactively. They began attending workshops and doing research to better understand the challenges inherent to a life-altering illness. Through a team approach to health care, meditation, and a life lived in balance and moderation, TK Kasnick now leads a full and satisfying life.

Class List:

• Preparing to Scene for the sub/bottom - TBD

• Finding Freedom from Fear

• Planning for Trauma Response

Visible Restraint

Visible Restraint is a non-binary queer educator, porn performer/creator, and kink event producer.  They teach rope bondage, cock and ball torture, and erotic hypnosis - and have taught these subjects at venues across the country. They are a party volunteer for The CSPC.  For Pan Eros Foundation, they are a board member, facilitator (of the skillshare groups Men Tying Men and Hypnokink Enthusiasts Group), a volunteer and participant in the Seattle Erotic Art Festival (from the beginning), and an educator. They are a husband, partner, father, and member of a large chosen kink family, and they live in Tacoma, Washington. Find them on Linktree.  They have adopted the KEMS code of conduct and have nothing to disclose.

Class List: 

• Rope Bondage

• Cock & Ball Torture