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NinaLove Web Lesbian Sex Mafia presents Head Games: Playing with Emotions with Nina LoveJoin us as we examine the psychological play of consensual, non-consent and the mind. This, often controversial class, will include a demo and an intimate look at the motivations and rewards from both the top and bottom perspective. We will explore verbal humiliation and assault, sexual manipulation and rape and other ways of being just plain mean. (With Gwendolyn).

Where:  LGBT Center, 208 West 13th St. (7th/8th Ave)
When:    Friday,May 17, 2013; 8:00-10:00 PM
Cost:      $5/LSM members; $10/Non members

About Nina Love

Nina Love is a fierce femme, an educator, a freelance writer, an activist, and a Leather Woman.  A native of Baltimore, Nina splits her time between Baltimore and New York, where she is active in the Leather/BDSM community.  She is the current Mid-Atlantic Leather Woman and an active member of the Lesbian Sex Mafia (LSM) and The Eulenspiegel Society (TES) and is an Emeritus Board Member of the Baltimore Education and Social Society (BESS).  She is proud to be the Education Director for FetFest Con!  An advocate of education, play, and sex, Nina has a diverse background in Fashion and Organizational Development and has used this experience to explore identity, self expression, and communication in the Leather/BDSM lifestyles.  She is blessed to be self employed and enjoys traveling throughout the United States presenting on topics such as: Self Discovery: Finding individuality in a community of labels; Communication Skills for your Alternative Relationship; and Head Games: Playing with Emotions. Nina enjoys giving back to the community whenever she can by volunteering and presenting for events and organizations such as FetFest, Southeast Leatherfest, International Ms. Leather, Black Rose, Dark Odyssey, Leather Leadership Conference, Leather & Levis Weekend, The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and Playhouse Studios.

About Lesbian Sex Mafia
Lesbian Sex Mafia (http://www.lesbiansexmafia.org) (LSM) is a social and educational organization for women and transfolk who have a positive personal interest in BDSM with other women. Our tenets are safety, consensuality, confidentiality and the right of women to explore their  sexuality as they choose. Membership in Lesbian Sex Mafia is open to all women 18 years of age or older including gay, straight, bi, and transsexual and intersexed women who live their daily lives as women, and all female-born transgendered persons who have a connection with and respect for the women’s community. For membership information and benefits please visit http://www.lesbiansexmafia.org.

LSM reserves the right to deny admission to non-members it has reason to believe will not abide by the LSM principles of safety, consensuality and confidentiality.

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fifty writers on fifty shades of grey Between the Covers reading series: Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey, Fri, Dec. 7thOn December 7th, the erotic reading series Between the Covers will host contributors and examine E.L. James’ Fifty Shades trilogy at the Happy Ending Lounge.

Featuring contributors to Smart Pop’s latest title, Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey , this diverse group includes:

-    Reading Series Host: Lori Perkins, editor of Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey, publisher of Riverdale Avenue Books, and editor of 20 erotic anthologies
-    Laura Antoniou, author of the long-celebrated BDSM series, The Marketplace
-    Susan Colón, romance novelist and O, The Oprah Magazine contributor
-    Sherri Donovan, matrimonial lawyer
-    Melisa Febos, memoirist and author of Whip Smart
-    Megan Frampton, romance novelist and Heroes and Heartbreakers romance blog moderator
-    Louise Fury, literary agent
-    Catherine Hiller, author and PhD
-    Debra Hyde, winner of the 2011 Best Lesbian Erotica Lambda Literary Award for her BDSM tale Story of L
-    D.L. King, erotic romance author and BDSM lifestyle participant
-    Hope Tarr, PhD, historical and contemporary romance author

When: Friday, Dec., 7th, 8:00 PM
Where: Happy Ending Lounge, 302 Broome Street (bet. Forsyth and Eldridge. Pink awning says “Xie He Health Club”)
Admission: FREE

About Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey

In Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades of Grey, 50 writers—from romance and erotica authors, to real-world BDSM practitioners, to adult entertainment industry professionals—continue the conversation with sections on Fifty Shades as erotic fiction, sexual empowerment, fanfiction, and pop culture.

“Fascinating examination of E.L. James’s Fifty Shades trilogy . . . Love Fifty Shades or hate it, this engaging and eclectic read has a little bit of something for everyone.”
—Publishers Weekly starred review

E. L. James’ Fifty Shades trilogy has fascinated and seduced millions of readers. In bedrooms, in book clubs, and in the media, people can’t stop talking about it!

About Between the Covers and Smart Pop

Between the Covers reading series spotlights authors and their works with readings, door prizes, and endless enthusiasm for all things erotically edgy. Hosted by publisher and editor Lori Perkins, the series happens the first Friday of the month at Happy Ending Lounge, 302 Broome Street, New York, New York.

Doors open at 7:00 pm. for socializing.

Reading begins promptly at 8:00! Between the Covers is a 21-and-older event.

Website: http://betweenthecovers.journurl.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/BtwnCoverReads
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Between-The-Covers-Reading-Series/447454878640642

Booklaunchecard11 29 NYC Pleasure Salon, Thursday, Nov. 29th: Book Launch Party & BenefitPlease join us to celebrate the publication of Mark Michaels & Patricia Johnson’s Great Sex made Simple and Fifty Writers on Fifty Shades, edited by Lori Perkins. Books will be available for purchase, and authors will be available to sign. We’re also collecting donations to benefit the Ali Forney Center for homeless LGBT youth, which was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.

Location: Happy Ending Lounge, 302 Broome St. (Pink awning says “Xie He Health”)
Cost: FREE
Dress code: STREET
Facebook RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/412767538786770/
Fetlife RSVP: https://fetlife.com/events/127340

The Pleasure Salon has been created to build community, allowing sex-positive activists to cross-pollinate. Our gatherings bring together members of the BDSM, swinger, alternative gender, LGBTQ, sex-activist, sex educator, nudist, sex-magic, polyamory, Pagan, radical faerie, tantra,  sex-blogger, porn, pervert and sex-worker communities, and others whose passion is sex. (Let us know if we missed any one of you!) Through building networks in the sex-positive community, The Pleasure Salon hopes to help create a sex-positive world. It is a place for the open exchange of ideas and sensual expression.

Join us in building New York’s pleasure positive community, and bring your like-minded friends to this social gathering. The Pleasure Salon embraces respect, acceptance, and non-judgmental support in this public space.

Please friend “Patricia Selina Mark” on FaceBook or join the Pleasure Salon group on Facebook or FetLife to communicate with other attendees.

In pleasure,

Patricia Johnson, Selina Fire & Mark Michaels

lpn1 Community Open Town Hall: Will there be an LPN (Leather Pride Night) 30?

All Friends in the Leather & Fetish Community,

Leather Pride Night has brought the New York area BDSM/Leather/Fetish community together for 29 years. Known as LPN, for short, it was a see-and-be-seen event for leatherfolk from across the country. Amust-attend for IML and ImsL, LPN’s auction, flea markets, raffles and boot-blacking raised thousands of dollars for NYC-area gay, women, AIDS and youth charities and from time-to time raised money for NSCF, legal and First Amendment movement funds. Hundreds of people volunteered, carried, built, moved and sold hundreds of garments, tickets, furniture and toys. But right now, LPN is at a crossroads.

The committee is suffering from a lack of new members. The New York leather scene has changed dramatically in the past three decades, with organizations dwindling or going defunct. Bars and clubs closing and the cost of producing LPN in time, energy and money has skyrocketed, as the actual funds made available for giving has decreased.

So what is the future of Leather Pride Night? Will there be an LPN XXX? What form or forms will it take? Who will volunteer this year? Should it just stop altogether? That’s where you come in.

At 8pm, on Wednesday, November 14, 2012, the Leather Pride Night committee will be holding an open forum & town hall to take suggestions, hear comments and, potentially, infuse new blood into this community institution.

We want to see & hear from YOU! Be there! Be heard!
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
208 West 13th Street Room 301
New York, NY 10011
8pm, on Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Facebook RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/128906223928925/

Fetlife RSVP: https://fetlife.com/events/132260