DAYTIME EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER 15, 2025

 

1:00:1:50 PM in the Ground Floor Dungeon: Ties for the Bedroom, with Tbone

 

Tbone has been active in PUSH since the early days, and he is bringing back one of our most popular classes. Are you new to rope? Or looking for some different ties to spice up the bedroom? Tbone is ready to advise you on some safe ties. This is an active participation class, so be sure to bring some rope with you (or be prepared to purchase some from the vendors).

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1:00-2:45 PM in the Basement (Club ERA): Exploring Attraction, with Marti Evans

 

Exploring Attraction takes an in-depth look at the types of attraction we experience, their roots, and their intersections, with the goal of finding more clarity in our relationships, so that we can experience them more fully and honestly. Marti Evans (they/them) is a non-binary parent, athlete and artist. With a varied history in kink education and performance, nude modeling and photography, animation, bellydance, martial arts, team sports, weightlifting, acting, singing, and contortion, they’ve lived many lives and have seen many things. They are currently working to move into a career as an intimacy coordinator, while doing art and animation on the side.

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2:00-2:50 PM in the Ground Floor Dungeon: Active Bottoming for Every Body, with EmJ

 

Active Bottoming for Every Body is focused on teaching the top and bottom to work together in rope to achieve different shapes. From the floor to the air, you'll learn how to work together regardless of the shape or size of either the top or bottom to achieve your goals in rope. EmJ is a queer Enby rope switch and self-suspender. As a sadomasochist EmJ relishes in the extremes on both sides of the slash. 

 

 

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3:00-3:50 PM in the Ground Floor Dungeon: Impact Play, with Bryan and feather

 

This class is always a crowd favorite, with lots of demonstrations and interaction! Bryan and feather are two of the most experienced impact players in the PUSH family, with Bryan in particular engaging in impact play in public and private ever since the Raleigh scene of the 1990s. In this class, in addition to multiple demonstrations involving a variety of impact toys (and body parts), Bryan and feather will give everybody a refresher on how to safely negotiate impact play.

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3:00-3:50 PM in the Basement (Club ERA): Forum on Kink, Trans, and Queer Politics: Where do We Go from Here?

 

The Forum on Kink and Queer Politics builds on the discussion that we put together on kinky and queer politics at the last PUSH. This time we will have a series of panelists talking about what to do now, thinking collectively with the audience about developing activism beyond just being reactive. Certainly we need to respond to attacks on the queer and transgender communities, immigrants, and so many others. Still, to do so, we need to think about how to be political in these dangerous times, how to keep ourselves from despair and resignation, how to channel our anger and confront the attacks while keeping ourselves safe and celebrating who we are and what we do.

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4:00-4:50 PM in the Ground Floor Dungeon: Queer Bodies and Negotiation, with Orion Verse and Ally Brinken

 

When you are Queer or Trans, nothing can make you completely lose space in a scene faster than having your gender identity or body engaged with in a way that feels disrespectful or gross, even if you know the person has no bad intentions and is perhaps just misinformed. This educational focuses heavily on negotiations as a queer person or when playing with queer people, how to talk about consent around bodies, touch, negotiating words being used, and how to help someone feel validated and comfortable within a scene, as well as how to proceed if a mistake is made. OrionVerse is a Trans/Queer kink and sexuality educator who has been in the scene since 2016. He has a passion for community building, organization, and education both in his home community on the East Coast and beyond. He loves engaging with edgeplay and takes an approach that focuses on risk mitigation and exploring the nuances of play and authentic connection.

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4:00-4:50 PM in the Basement (Club ERA): BIPOC Kinkster Discussion Group, with John Blaze and CallMeJenny

 

This panel invites BIPOC kinksters to come together in a supportive and affirming space for connection and meaningful discussion. Together, we’ll explore what it means to navigate a largely white kink community as BIPOC individuals, how we feel about showing up as our full selves in spaces, share what events are happening on a regular basis, and what resources are helping us learn, grow, and take care of ourselves. We can also delve into what makes a space or partner feel truly safe, especially in these challenging times. We want to hear the ups, the downs, and we want to open the door for community.

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5:00-5:50 PM in the Ground Floor Dungeon: Fem-led Dynamics, with Eve and Rayne

 

Fem-led Dynamics is a fun and interactive discussion about various aspects of FLR with techniques that can be used in your own dynamics. Topics will include, but are not limited to:

-Keyholding and Chastity

-Living with protocols: Fantasy vs Reality

-Domination Styles vs submissive desires

-Evolution of Long-term Dynamics

Eve and Rayne are a team of Professional Wanderers that travel regularly and attend events as educators, presenters, performers, consultants and enjoy spreading their own unique brand of weirdness to everyone they meet! Some of their passions include Fem Led Dynamics, Human Animal Roleplay, Heavy Bondage (of all sorts), Orgasm Control and Sexy Clothes & Boots. They have loved representing and serving the community as the Scissortail '23, Midwest '23, and International '24 Power Exchange Title Holders and look forward to what kinky adventures still await.

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5:00-5:50 PM in the Basement (Club ERA): Drag Queen Sex Therapy (for entertainment purposes only!), with Zalika Parsons

Ever had a burning question about sex you were too shy to ask out loud? Send it to Your Emotional Support Drag Queen through the Emotional Drag Queen Support Hotline and let’s talk about it—openly, honestly, and with a little glitter on top. While I’m not a licensed professional (if Dr. Phil can do it, why can’t I?), this workshop is all about normalizing conversations around sex, pleasure, and communication. Because you should never be too afraid to bring up what you want in the bedroom. Remember: communication is key, baby!

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5:30-7:00 PM in the Ground Floor Dungeon Lounge Area: Littles Drawing Time

 

Look for the colorful sign and bring your stuffies at 5:15 (Coloring books and crayons will be provided)!

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6:00-6:50 PM in the Ground Floor Dungeon: Unleashing Access and Gender Play: Pet Play, Power, and Inclusion, with Veruca Sal and Puppy Violet

 

Unleashing Access and Gender Play is a class about how pet play can open up new ways to explore gender, identity, and relationships to power in ways that feel affirming, playful, and accessible. We’ll talk about how pet play can create space for people to express themselves outside of traditional gender roles and experience different forms of care and control. This class aims to center accessibility for all— exploring ways to adapt play, communication, and gear so that everyone, regardless of mobility, energy, or sensory needs, can participate fully. Veruca Sal (He/Him/Sir) is a Venezolana, Gender Queer, AuDHDer and Owner and Handler with a deep affection for pet play who really wants to pet that dawg. Veruca is also a sex educator whose focus is on creating emotionally safe and connective kink, redefining what good sex can be by tossing out cis/het/ableist pleasure markers, and expanding access to gender pleasure for trans/gender-expansive folks by making gender pervertible. Puppy Violet (any pronouns) is Vera's neurotypical service animal, a pup with access needs and the goodest girl.

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Please note that PUSH is working to become more accessible. We will be streaming the downstairs classes upstairs for those who are not able to make it downstairs. This will take place in the room that is usually the little’s play space. We are grateful for tech savvy staff at The Fruit for helping us with this request. The stream will be private to protect everyone’s identity, and chat features will be available to ask questions to the downstairs presenters. In order to accommodate this, the little’s coloring time will take place in the main dungeon lounge space. The littles play space will be open sometime between 7 and 8, and will remain open until 2AM. We appreciate our littles patience so we can accommodate for this important event!