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, Educator, & Volunteer Identities

Racial & Ethnic Identities

AAfrican American, Afro Latine, Algonquin, American Indian of the Black Experience, Arab or Middle Eastern, Ashkenazi Jewish, Asian, Bangladeshi, Bi- or multi- racial, Black, Chinese, Dutch, German, Hispanic or Latino/Latina/Latine, Indian, Indigenous, Jewish, Latine, Middle Eastern, Native American, Native or Indigenous, Pakistani, Panamanian, Person of Color, Puerto Rican, White

Geographical Locations

Africa, Asia (excluding the Middle East), Belgium, British/Britain Canada, Canada or Greenland, Cape Town, Central America or the Caribbean (including Mexico), Eastern Europe (including Russia), Germany, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Poland, South Africa, The Netherlands, Turtle Island, United States of America, United Kingdom, Western Europe

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

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
At least 1 person has indicated having multiple nationalities (ie: dual citizenship)
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, both in their lifetime and not in their lifetime

Immigration Identities

First Generation (child of immigrants), Immigrated (as a child, as an adult), No immigration background, privileged immigrant, Visa holder (non-immigrant Alien)

Linguistic Identities

English as the only language, English as the primary language, English is not the first language, English is not the only language, Learned English as an adult, 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- (gender, sexual/amorous), cisgender (man, woman) committed lifetime partnership (without legal marriage), demisexual/demiromantic, divorced, engaged, exploring/ curious/ questioning (sexuality), gay, genderqueer/ genderfluid/ gender expansive, Heterosexual/straight, Indigiqueer, intersex, lesbian, married (by choice, not by choice, legally), non-binary, non-monogamous, pan/poly sexual/romantic, queer, relationship anarchist, separated, single (by choice, not by choice), transfeminine, transgender, transmasculine, Two-Spirited or Indigiqueer, Widowed/partner died

Familial & Caregiving Identities

Primary caregiver:

for another family member
for adult children
for non-adult children

Raised:

in a standard/nuclear family
by divorced parents
in an institution
by a single parent
by one parent (in a dual-parent household)
by more than two parents
by another family member
by non-blood family members
by people with addiction challenges
by people with severe disabilities

Adopted, former caregiver, fostered, legal caregiver, never been a caregiver, non-primary caregiver, parent death, runaway/homeless youth, single caregiver

Disabilities

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

All of the disabilities listed impact someone severely, and/or have little to no impact on someone (staff, educators, volunteers).

18-65 years, 1 or more people is an Elder in their community

Spiritual & Religious Identities, and Faiths Formerly Connected to

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

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

Financial & Educational Disadvantages

Income:

Doesn’t consistently meet financial needs
Falls at or below the minimum wage
Is at or below the poverty line
Is low, but enough

Didn’t attend/complete college/university, financially supported by (a partner, family), inconsistent work, not legally allowed to work, precarious academic, recipient of social services/benefits, standardized testing only (GED), unemployed

Major Life Disruptions

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

Homelessness, incarceration, political/social unrest

Kink Specific Marginalized Identities & Interests

Identities:

Authoritarian Master, bootblack, FLINTA community, leather middle, little, primal, service cat, slave, switch

Interests:

24/7 lifestyle, ABDL, age play, chicks & Nonbinary with dicks, CNC-play, dark age play, edge play, emotional SM, extreme sexual/genital pain, Fantasy assault (“rape play”), fetishization of queer/nonbinary/androgynous people, flatulophilia, Gorean lifestyle, knife play, neurodiversity-centered play, no-way-out dynamic, psychological bondage, puppy play, race play, sexual masochism, somnophilia, TPE (Total Power Exchange) M/s, urolagnia, vampire/blood play, wolf play

Other Identities

Addiction challenge/in recovery, family member of a sex worker, FemDom (Female Dominant), partner of a sex worker, person of size, plural, precariously housed, sex worker (by choice, not by choice), Tourette Syndrome