Mistress Cyan 2019 (Part 1 of 2) - The Fireside Chat Series
Channel: Fireside Chats with Douglas O'Keeffe
Date: 2019-07-12

Mistress Cyan is co-founder of Sanctuary Studios LAX (https://sanctuarylax.com)–
the largest and most prestigious dungeon in Los Angeles.  She is the Founder and Executive Producer of the DomCon conventions (https://www.domcon.com) around the world, has produced Erotic City, and helped saved Los Angeles Leather Coalition (https://lalc.info/) from bankruptcy.

Mistress Cyan was born after her three older siblings had died from miscarriage.  Growing up in the 1960's, most media portrayed being gay or transgendered as mental illness.  These things, along with other social pressures, led her to believe that being the best was the only way to be valued, creating a youth experience of immense pressure that led to striving for conformity.

In this video, Mistress Cyan talks about her journey from being married to a woman and having three children, to her freedom of self acceptance as a transgendered, kinky woman who is a driving force in the worldwide kink community.

Please watch Part 2 of this interview here: https://youtu.be/WMzzEIqldII


Inside Leather History: A Fireside Chat is produced by Douglas O’Keeffe and Mistress Joanne C. Gaddy (the “Producers”).The Chats seek to capture the memories, reflections, and experiences of leaders in the leather and/or LGBTQ communities. With a deep and heartfelt regard for the importance of our history, it is the intent of the Producers to collect, preserve, and appropriately share the stories of our forebears and others who have made significant contributions to the leather and/or LGBTQ communities. This is done through a series of recorded interviews.