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DomCon LA 2010 is a conference happening right now in Los Angeles that few people have heard of—and for good reason. For many years (and still in many places) gatherings such as these are kept on the down low because negative judgments and assumptions about BDSM have caused irreversible harm to individuals whose desires and lifestyle are misunderstood.

Before the arrival of the Internet, conferences such as these were the only way that those interested in alternative sexual lifestyles could connect and learn from one another about their common interests. Up until seven years ago most events like this either concentrated on addressing the needs of lifestyle players or professional players. “Lifestylists” are people who play only with others in their personal life, while the term “professionals” refer to individuals who play for money. Of course there have always been people whose play crosses over into both arenas, as well as those who stay only on one side or the other of the spectrum. The line between the two has never been clear-cut, which is why the development of Domcon is brilliant.

Seven years ago Mistress Cyan decided to specifically organize a gathering to bridge the gap between the various people that were kinky. She wanted to combine “…the BDSM, leather, fetish, and professional communities together to share our common interests, celebrate our diversity, and promote awareness and understanding of BDSM in the adult alternative lifestyle through seminars, demonstrations, panel discussions, and education.” In other words, she wanted the conference to be open, inclusive and diverse, one of the priorities of many kinky communities.

So even though you might not be in Los Angeles this weekend to attend the play parties and lust for the fabulous outfits live, many of the messages conveyed in seminars, workshops, and presentations this weekend will be highlighted live on Talkingsexradio.com. Also, if you are curious to see specific examples of the type of kinky play that dominants, switches, submissives, educator, lifestyle and professional practitioners are engaged in please check out the videos made by Domina Irene Boss. Boss produces extreme FemDom films with prominent dominant female professionals, lifestyle submissives, slaves, and masochists in order to assure accuracy and authenticity of the scenes in her videos.

CarnalNation’s own resident Domina Eve Minax is presenting both today and tomorrow on two of her many favorites play activities, chastity training and orgasm denial as well as tickling torment. No doubt we will soon hear more about this event and others like it in her column Welcome to My Parlor. Take a step inside her latest article about food play to learn more about her fun fetishes, as well as watch the following video of Minax interviewing Domina Irene Boss at the last AEE Expo in Vegas.