BDSM/Kink Courses and Tutorials
The Duchy: Free content rich course and individual tutorials on shibari/rope bondage
Crash-Restraint: Free online course in shibari/rope bondage
Shibari Study: Paid online course on all forms of Shibari including suspension and artistic ropework. Has a correlating app. $17.90 per month after free trial.
Morgan Thorne’s YouTube Channel: Free vast library of video tutorials on all things BDSM / Kink related including playlists for BDSM 101 & 102, flogging skills, safety, CBT, so much good stuff
Ruby Ryder’s Pegging Paradise- Free webinars on all things pegging. They are scheduled so peek the events page for dates
TASHRA (The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance): Offers low cost webinars / Demos on BDSM skills and communication
Kink Academy: Paid comprehensive library of kink-centered sex-ed videos including adjacent skills like dirty talk. $149 per year/ $79 per month/ $20 per month. They also have a selection of free videos
Oh Yes Please: offers less hetero-centric/ cis-centric kink education that is playful and undogmatic. The content here is, in my opinion, some of the best out there. Paid by course, offers bundles
Communication Aids around Consent, Wants/Needs, Yes/No/Maybe’s
https://www.maketimeforthetalk.com/
https://www.bextalkssex.com/yes-no-maybe/
Various and Sundry
Obedience App: A BDSM habit tracker that allows you to privately message, set required habits and punishments based on preformance of required tasks, allows you to create earnable rewards for your submissive and has an area where you can put overall agreed upon rules, limits, ideas and notes.
STI Testing
The South Carolina Department of Health (DHEC) offers one of the more robust STI testing panels at their Richland County main office and the Lexington County main office (Lexington is my preferred location despite its distance from me and the fact that it’s in Lexington. They have their testing system sorted out).
Local(ish) Events
PUSH Durham- The Ultimate Fetish Party is the queerest, most gender-diverse kink event I have attended. They offer kinky workshops during the day and throw a big party in the evening. They won’t yuck your yum (that includes you, age players, as it fucking should) and they have a fantastic group of vendors. They have 2 events every year, one in the spring and one in the fall.
Sex Down South- A four-day conference that serves as a safe space in the Southeast for people to explore sex and sexuality. During the day SDS offers a wide range of workshops taught by some of the best sex educators in the country (my favorites from last year were Fisting 101 and How to Give an Epic BJ *to all dicks, organic and vegan dicks alike). Each evening offers a playful and enjoyable hedonistic event, including the Kink Olympics and The Big Bang! And the dungeon is open at all times outside of when it is in use for the Kink Olymics. SDS is intentionally inclusive and so diverse. They kill it when it comes to attendance and centering of pervs of color.