Sightlines: NYC Sat Feb 1
Events this Winter-Spring in NYC and online
Dear KINK OUT Family and Friends,
We hope that you are able to find spaces and communities of care, as winter fires and political realities are hitting us hard. Please consider utilizing or donating to orgs on the resource list at the bottom of this letter.
Zip up and JOIN US for upcoming Power of Leather events, in collaboration with CLAGS: The Center for LGBTQ Studies at CUNY, and a special KO edition of Sightlines, a film anthology at The Slipper Room, curated by Natasha Gornik:
UPCOMING EVENTS
1/30/25: Exigent Sadism: readings and conversation with Yin Q, Avgi Saketopoulou, and Kassandra Sparks. 6:30pm at Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, and on Zoom
2/01/25: Sightlines: Kink Out Edition: Doors 1:00pm / Screening 2:00pm at the Slipper Room. Films by Cassils, Peter Cage, Odette Engle & Mistrix Sade, Johnny Mustang & Layla Jayne, Cleo Ouyang with MJ Tom, Riven Ratanavanh, and Eva Tusquets
SWrs who need a discounted or free ticket, please DM via @kinkoutevents
3/27/25: Fantasies Identity Can't Hold: Leathersex and Trans Experience: screening and conversation with Ignacio Rivera and Susan Stryker. 6:30pm at the Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center, and on Zoom
Late Spring 2025: KINK OUT: INCARNATE (weekend of May 31): the Power of Leather series finale in NYC. More info soon.
RECORDINGS
Artwork by kd diamond // Photos from Efrain Gonzalez, Julia Moses, & Leather Archives & Museum
If you missed the first two Power of Leather series events, watch recordings online:
Racialized Erotics of Pleasure in Leather with Ariane Cruz and Mama Vi Johnson
The Abject: A Performance by Empress Wu with KING COBRA and Laura Westengard
RESOURCES
Mutual Aid Los Angeles Network (MALAN): mutual aid, shelters, supplies, evacuation assistance
TRACTION: Project Open Arms: relocation services for trans individuals and families
We hope to see you OUT in our circles of conversation and cruising.
with leather hearts,
Kink Out Crew