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 educator 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 Represented

Arab or Middle Eastern, Asian, Ashkenazi Jewish, Black, Irish, Lebanese, Person of Color, Russian, White, White-presenting

Geographical Locations Represented

Canada, Holland, Ireland, Netherlands, United States of America, Western Europe

Other Locational Identities Represented

Immigration Identities Represented

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

Linguistic Identities Represented

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

Gender, Sex, Sexuality & Relationship Identities Represented

Agender, AMAB, asexual/aromantic, bi- or ambi- sexual/amorous, cisgender man, cisgender woman, committed lifetime partnership (without legal marriage), demisexual/demiromantic, exploring/ curious/ questioning (sexuality), gay, genderqueer/ genderfluid/ gender expansive, Heterosexual/straight, intersex, lesbian, man, married by choice, monogamous, non-binary, non-monogamous, pan-interacting asexual/aromantic, pan/poly sexual/romantic, queer, relationship anarchist, single not by choice, transfeminine, transgender, transmasculine, other gender identity, other sexuality

Familial & Caregiving Identities Represented

Caregiver not by choice, former caregiver, legal caregiver, never been a caregiver, non-primary caregiver, other caregiver, raised by another family member (aunt, grandfather, sibling, etc), raised by a person/people with an addiction/mental health/ability challenge, raised by a single parent, raised by divorced parents, raised by more than 2 parents, raised by non-blood family members, raised in a standard/nuclear family

Areas of Ability/Disability Represented

1 or more people reported a disability/condition with a severe impact in the following areas:

1 or more people reported a disability/condition with a minimal impact in the following areas:

1 or more people identify as disabled

1 or more people identify as neurodivergent

1 or more people identify as D/deaf or hard of hearing

35-55 years, 1 or more people is an Elder in their community

Faiths Represented

1 or more people reported a spiritual belief in the following faiths:

1 or more people reported a religious belief in the following faiths:

1 or more people reported a tangential connection to the following faiths:

Financial & Educational Disadvantages Represented

currently unemployed (not by choice), in the process of completing a Master's degree, income doesn't consistently meet financial needs, income falls at or below the minimum wage, income is at or below the poverty line, income is low but enough for me, receives social services/welfare/public assistance/social benefits

Major Life Disruptions Represented

currently live in unstable housing, current/previous homelessness/unhoused, current/previous incarceration (including probation and parole), current/previous political/social unrest, have had my housing removed twice, have never been unhoused, other, survivor of abuse/assault, survivor of epidemic/pandemic (and consider it traumatic), survivor of other traumatic situation

Kink-Specific Marginalized Identities & Interests Represented

Identities:

age player, hypnotist, little, middle, pet, slave

Interests:

AB/DL, blood play, breathplay, CNC, edge play, objectification, orgasm denial, psychological sadomasochism, TPE

Sex Work Identities Represented

currently/previously a sex worker (by choice), partner of a current/previous sex worker

Other Identities

current/former addiction challenge (in recovery), current/former STI/STD, misdiagnosed, person of size, plural