I know what you’re thinking — Las Vegas, the city of Sin — the Devil’s playground, a place where adults 21 and over can indulge in any vice, wherever they want. Open alcohol containers, cigarettes indoors, topless pool clubs… BUT publicly consuming the cannabis you purchased legally? ILLEGAL…ish.
I’ve never had a very good grasp on love. As a queer, kinky, and neurodivergent individual from a dysfunctional family, my ideas of love - what it means, how it is shown, who it is given to - have always seemed to drift from what I was taught love should be by the people and structures around me.
The Las Vegas Puppy Coalition, also known as the LVPC, is a local kink group created by Pup Muttley. They specifically focus on pet-play and are constantly building community in the Las Vegas Valley. I am a part of the LVPC and pet-play community. Some of you might know me as “Las Vegas Pup 2023” of Proud & Kinky.
When I was about 6 years old, my dad bought our first camera. Back in the 1980’s, before smartphones and digital cameras, it was all film. For the younger kinksters out there, you literally had to go to the store, buy a roll of film, carefully put the film inside the camera, then bring the finished roll to a film developing store.
Kink has varied interests. For starters, bondage or impact play are common kinks in BDSM, but what if I told you about a kinky community that many haven’t heard of or thought to explore? This fetish includes bondage, discipline, punishment, and even humiliation.
As the excitement mounted for the big day, it was as nice as ever to travel to Las Vegas for the incredible Las Vegas PRIDE 2023 event. On the backs of a great event last year, the Faustian Society and Sanctuary Studios were more than excited to show our wares and get down to some real BDSM Business in the Dungeon Erotica.
Little did I know that when the curvaceous vixen Lady Coquine (aka PROUD & Kinky magazine editor, Jennifer) randomly followed me on Instagram, it would lead me onto one of the greatest adventures of my life thus far.
Wishing all the kinksters in Las Vegas and beyond a Happy 2024! Looking back on 2023, PROUD & Kinky was able to accomplish some major goals. We dipped our toes into sponsoring Leather Titles for Las Vegas, and I think it has been a success to have community leaders step into these roles.
Photography of the 2023 PROUD & Kinky Event at the Las Vegas PRIDE Festival by Angie Ortaliza.
Photography of the 2023 PROUD & Kinky Event at the Las Vegas PRIDE Festival by Richard P. Crews, Payton Harris, and Tiffany Salerno.
