Michigan kink events, places, vendors, and education

Arcadia Collective Detroit

Troy, MI

Arcadia Collective operates The Mothership - a Detroit-area LGBTQ+ community hub with a stocked BDSM dungeon, rope education (Michigan Happy Knots), Deviations Detroit play parties, drag and charity events, and sober house rules.

Oblige

Detroit, MI

Oblige is a 7,000 sq ft rope, kink, and art space in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction - classes, rope jams, Performance & Play parties, munches, and equipped dungeon areas with community-forward programming.

Flogging Farmers

Online · tables at local events

We’re Flogging Farmers, makers of handcrafted birch floggers and impact toys built to feel as good in your hand as they do in play. Every piece is made with an eye for balance, durability, and a beautiful finish, because we believe a well-made toy!

EF Leather

Online · tables at local events

EF Leather specializes in high-quality impact toys including floggers, kangaroo-handled whips, nylon whips, galley whips, cat o’ nine tails, and leather goods. They describe a focus on precision, craftsmanship, and authenticity, with offerings that include vending, demonstrations, and educational classes..

Kinky Elf Toys

Online · tables at local events

Kinky Elf Toys describes themselves as a designer, builder, and manufacturer of BDSM toys, implements, and furniture - ranging from sensual to more intense styles. They note expanding from paddles into a wider range of implements and dungeon furniture..

Seattle Polyamory Protections: What the New Law Does and Does Not Do

Resources · 7 min read

Seattle’s new civil-rights ordinance protects consensual multi-partner relationships from discrimination. Here is what it covers, when it takes effect, and what it does not change.

Cuckold scenes differ from threesomes

Beginner · 9 min read

A February 2014 column explains why a cuckold fantasy is not a typical threesome, and the practical difference is who agrees to what.