Identities

Identity is a core issue at KBtL; we cannot center and hold space for marginalized perspectives without ensuring that the people who work with us are also diverse. KBtL strives to balance transparency and privacy as much as possible by asking staff and presenters to identify their marginalized identities right in their profile whenever possible. You can find identities listed in both presenter profiles and staff profiles. But for many reasons, some people may have concerns around sharing some of their identities publicly and we support their right to privacy and safety too! In addition, our amazing volunteers are not listed by name on our website, which means we can’t list their identities publicly with their profile. So, in addition to identities listed in profiles, the following is a cumulative list of all identities of all staff, presenters, and volunteers for the current event. These identities are listed anonymously in bulk to provide a snapshot of where we are coming from as a conference.

Identities are listed alphabetically and are listed only once no matter how many people identified with them. The identities listed are what volunteers, staff, and presenters from this event self-identified as. We never place an identity on someone else without their consent.

All Staff Identities

Racial & Ethnic Identities

Algonquin, American Indian of the Black Experience, Ashkenazi Jewish, Asian, Black, Indian, Middle Eastern, Native or Indigenous, Person of Color, White

Geographical Locations

Asia (excluding the Middle East), Canada, Canada or Greenland, India, Ireland, The Netherlands, Turtle Island, United States of America, Western Europe

Criminalization of Identities[1], Multiple Nationalities[2], Colonized Land[3]

  1. At least 1 person has indicated that the country they reside in and/or their country of nationality has criminalized one or more of their identities
  2. At least 1 person has indicated having multiple nationalities (ie: dual citizenship)
  3. At least 1 person has indicated that the land they live on and/or the land of their nationality has been stolen, colonized, under siege, or an active warzone, but not in their lifetime

Immigration Identities

First Generation (child of immigrants), Immigrated as an adult, No immigration background

Linguistic Identities

English as the only language, English as the primary language, English is not the only language, Multi-lingual, Uses an endangered language, Uses non-spoken language (sign languages or AAC)

Gender, Sex, Sexuality & Relationship Identities

Agender, asexual/aromantic, bi- or ambi- sexual/amorous, cisgender woman, committed lifetime partnership (without legal marriage), demisexual/demiromantic, divorced, exploring/ curious/ questioning (sexuality), gay, genderqueer/ genderfluid/ gender expansive, Indigiqueer, intersex, lesbian, married by choice (legally), non-binary, non-monogamous, pan/poly sexual/romantic, queer, relationship anarchist, separated, transfeminine, transgender, transmasculine, Two-Spirited or Indigiqueer

Familial & Caregiving Identities

Primary caregiver:

Raised:

Adopted, former caregiver, legal caregiver, never been a caregiver, runaway/homeless youth

Disabilities with serious impact, with little to no impact, and Neurodiversity

Behavioral, blind/low vision, chronic illness/condition, cognitive/learning disability, communication disability, D/deaf or hard of hearing, intellectual/developmental disability, mental illness, mobility/balance disability, Neurodiverse, physical disability, sensory disability, social disability, other disability/condition

18-55 years, 1 or more people is an Elder in their community

Spiritual & Religious Identities, and Faiths Formerly Connected to

Agnostic (spiritual, liberal), Atheistic (spiritual), Buddhist (religious, spiritual, liberal), Catholic (cultural), Hindu (cultural), Indigenous/Native (religious, spiritual, traditional, liberal, cultural), Jewish (religious, spiritual, liberal, cultural), Pagan/Wiccan (religious, spiritual, traditional, liberal), Protestant (religious, spiritual, cultural), Shinto (spiritual, liberal)

Other Christian religions (religious, spiritual, cultural) and other religions (religious, spiritual, traditional)

Financial & Educational Disadvantages

Currently unemployed, didn’t attend/complete college/university, income is at or below the minimum wage, income is at or below the poverty line, income doesn’t consistently meet financial needs, income is low but enough, recipient of social services/benefits

Major Life Disruptions

Survivor of: abuse/assault, childhood trauma, epidemic/pandemic, natural disaster, sexual assault, other traumatic situation

Homelessness, incarceration, political/social unrest

Kink Specific Marginalized Identities & Interests

Identities:

Authoritarian Master, little, slave

Interests:

ABDL, age play, dark age play, edge play, Gorean lifestyle, knife play, psychological bondage, vampire/blood play

Other Identities

Addiction challenge/in recovery, family member of a sex worker, partner of a sex worker, person of size, plural, precariously housed, sex worker (by choice)