PONY CON 2024

An avid horsewoman, Liza had no name for the pony play she experienced at her all-girls summer camps.  From there, Liza jumped into leather in 2002.  Liza lives in Portland with her slave, labradoodle, and bio-horse.  She's a member of Portland Bad Girls, the Exiles and LTHR (Long Term Hierarchical Relationships) discussion group.  She produces the Master slave Retreat and is emeritus producer of the Ms. San Francisco Leather contest.  International Master 2011 (and 2021), Liza teaches extensively on hierarchical relationships, kink and pony play.  She has judged numerous contests (including North American Pony Trainer Contests), and has been honored with MAST International’s 2012 Presenter of the Year (with her slave), San Francisco Bay Area Leather Alliance Woman of the Year 2009, and Spirit of the Bear 2011 from the Bears of San Francisco.  Liza is the proud owner/trainer of the handsome stallion, Ferdinand (her slave, Jody's alter ego.)  

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Ferdinand, a big black Percheron stallion, was sired in April 2011 at Beyond Leather by pony Sweet Cheeks, where Ferd's human alter-ego, Jody, was judging the International Pony Trainer Competition.  His first pony parade was in April 2012 and since he has befriended littles at IMsL and WILL, competed at Equus IPPE for several years running and participated in pony and pet parades across the US.  His dressage debut was at Equus in 2015 to the Overture of 1812, and has since performed several free-style dressage routines, winning a blue ribbon for his performance to the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy in 2018.  Ferd's alter-ego, Jody, is a horsewoman in her own right, having ridden since the age of 10.  Jody has been a leatherwoman for 44 years, serving as International slave 2011 (and 2021).  When not horsing around, Ferd/Jody enjoys teaching, judging, and working on events.

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Pony Tromper (he/him) is a cisqueer, enthusiastic ponyboy and community-oriented educator and kinkster who has been active in the leather and pony play scenes for nearly 28 years.  Tromper is deeply honored to serve as the North American Pony '20-'22 Leather title holder, alongside his Handler Domina Jenn, and assisted by his submissive, Lark.  Tromper enjoys traveling to leather and kink events and enthusing about pony play given the slightest provocation.

Lark (she/her) is a queer, polyamorous, submissive woman who wistfully admired the Leather community for years before finally stepping into it in 2019. She has participated in the Denver scene since 2008, and is a professional historian and teacher. She enjoys asking ‘why’, helping people embrace and experience what makes them happy, and making things out of wool, silk, and (of course) leather.

Fetlife (Tromper): https://fetlife.com/users/533847

Fetlife (Lark): https://fetlife.com/users/316093

Princess is a right side of the slash residing leather doll, pony, babygirl and service oriented thing. As a reaction junkie, sadomasochist, and Aries it is a fiery force within the community, and a connoisseur of things like electricity, ageplay, service and the subtle nuances of melanated physical masochism. It has provided education locally + virtually as a demo bottom, panelist, and presenter - and through it all has remained very much like its name a princess 

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Mxstress is an educational consultant, public speaker, professional dominatrix, and coach with over a decade of facilitation experience. Their work spans disciplines but focuses on the experiences of individuals with historically marginalized or minoritized identities, especially queer, transgender, and gender non-conforming people of color. They use humor, empathy, and honesty to empower all in a shared pursuit of justice, liberation, community, and dismantling systemic oppression.

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Drummer Pony is a transgender, queer, autistic leatherman, sadomasochist, ponyboy and all-around deviant with a flair for the extravagant and bizarre. He has been active in the Colorado leather community for four years and spends much of his time engaging with the Rocky Mountain Pony Herd. He is an avid writer, artist, and gardener with a background in environmental science and justice.

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Pet Emily (she/they) is an irrepressibly-enthusiastic trans/non-binary kinkster who’s been in the DC alt lifestyle scene for over ten non-consecutive years. The collared service slave of her beloved owner Chaotic Kat, Emily is also a filly and a bootblack (among many other things). She’s previously been a panelist for a discussion of Pet Play and Leather hosted by The Manège, presented workshops and skill shares on bootblacking and leather care at Camp Crucible and CrucibleCon, and worked a stand at multiple events in the DC area. Emily also facilitates The Bootblack Lounge, a thriving Discord server for bootblacks of all interest and experience levels. With everything that sparks her curiosity and brings her joy, she’s always eager to share her passion and knowledge with everyone who’s interested. You can follow her on FetLife as Pet_Emily, on the dead bird site as @kinkytatters, and on Instagram as pet.emily.bb.

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Emily (she/her), also known as Poptart, is passionate for pony play and is one of the organizers of the largest and oldest pony events in North America, held annually at Camp Crucible in late May. Emily was recognized as the North American Pony Trainer for 2023, a testament to her dedication and expertise in the community. She has taught pony play classes across the United States, sharing her knowledge and enthusiasm with others. Beyond her role as a groomer, trainer and educator, Emily is the proud owner, key holder and daddy of a princess Percheron named Clover. She’s been active in her local scene for the last fifteen years, representing herself as a married queer poly slut.

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Colin A Bootblack he/him learned to bootblack in 2019 and was 2023 Oregon State Bootblack and 2019 Intergalactic Power Bottom. Colin is a Disabled, fat, black, nelly leather boy (read as big S). Serving you soft butch and hard faggotry! A Mr Sir in mutual consideration to his beefiest service Wüf in training Antifa. He is a resident bootblack at the eagle Portland.

He resides on kalapuyan land in Oregon. In his spare time you can find him in the pits at a house show. Channeling his inner PLUR baby under a mirror ball and chasing daddies for sport. His motto is eat gay ass (in the key of eat pray love) and he flags red left and hunter green right most often…though he flags light blue and dark blue right and beige left for his dog!

Fetlife: https://fetlife.com/Colinflower

A fiery redhead and an energetic, mischievous equine, Pony Girl Ginger is a certified and ribboned stubborn pony. In BDSM for 20 years and pony play for 14 years, Ginger is active in the Leather, M/s, and kink. She runs a free, virtual academy for pony play, The Manège, where she's had the opportunity to facilitate and teach classes to people/ponies all over the world, making pony play more accessible. Ginger has played an active role in Ponies of Washington (PoWA), helping found the yearly pony contest Pony Palooza in WA, is a leather title contest judge for Washington state, and facilitates pet play mixers at conventions with the goal of merging her life of Leather with her passion for ponies. She is the webslave for theLeather Quilt Project and My Leather Life. Ginger is the proudly-owned pony and slave of Master Verris, and devoted to serving both him and her community.

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