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Houston Resources
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Greater Houston Area Web Guides
- Travis ("Just" Travis) maintains houstonbdsm.net, a site dedicated to the Houston BDSM community with pages dedicated to all the groups there including Houston NLA, Eros, The Bound Collective, Autumn's Seasons, Texas Latex Party, FIST, Gulf Coast Power Exchange Group, and -- of course -- Houston PEP.
URL: http://www.houstonbdsm.net - Houston Scene Calendar: This would be a great service but there were bo events listed when I checked in May 2008.
URL: http://www.houbdsmcalender.unodir.org/
Houston Area Groups
- Club FEM (Females Enslaving Males) is a Female Dominant only group based in the Houston area but with members around the world. Anyone is welcome to attend functions -- couples and singles -- but the majority of the group tends to consists of couples. Anyone professing a philosophy of servitude to the Woman is welcome. Membership is gained by meeting with members locally or a phone call for those living further away.
Snail Mail: Gene Smith P.O. Box 631 Friendswood, TX 77549
Email: GENEO921@aol.com (Be sure to put the letter "o" after gene and not a zero)
URL: http://www.ClubFEM.com/ - EROS, or the Erotic Rose Society: "one of several pansexual bdsm organizations serving the the Houston bdsm community, ... was born from the desire to learn, enjoy and share our unquenchable thirst for BDSM... to create an extended family dedicated to education and erotic play. And though our emphasis will always be on safe, sane and consensual play, our blinding ambition is to just have a hell of a lot of fun!" They have weekly classes on Saturday. "Up to a hundred people are there, dressed casually, for a warm atmosphere including discussions, demonstrations and so on."
URL: http://www.houston-eros.com/ - FIST or Females In Search of Trouble is an all woman's BDSM group.
Email fisthouston@hotmail.com
URL: http://fisthouston.homestead.com/ - Houston Leather Boys: A group that provides "education, encouragement and fellowship to self-identified boys, bois, slaves, and subs, without regard to gender, race, creed, or national origin." Founded March 01, 2005
URL: http://www.houstonleatherboys.net/ - Houston PEP is "the largest pansexual BDSM support and social group in Houston, Texas." Houston PEP organizes several regular events like parties, a reading circle, submissive only socials, dom/domme only socials, and seminars. For information email webmaster@hpep.org
URL: http://www.hpep.org/
Yahoo! eGroup for Announcements: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hpep-announcements/ - Masters And slaves Together - Houston (MAsT - H) is a pansexual Houston based chapter of MAsT that provides social, support and educational
group for those in or wishing to explore consensual and responsible Master/slave relationships. It is an opportunity and forum for like-minded individuals to come together for discussion of issues that concern Masters and slaves, to share ideas and gain knowledge of the Master/slave lifestyle. Not only are all orientations accepted, they are wanted and sought out. There will not be
S&M technique classes or play parties.
Email: BartonofLC@aol.com
Yahoo! eGroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MAST-H/
URL: http://www.mast.net/ - The Misfits: a social, not for profit, levi/leather club located in Houston, Texas established the club in 1992 in an effort to create a group that has fun, as well as raises funds for other charitable organizations in the community. It embraces the sexuality, power, and masculinity of leather without necessarily being a BDSM club -- even if some members are into BDSM. Members do not follow traditional leather protocol, but respect leather traditions. The club sponsors an annual fundraiser every year -- The Misfits Ball -- which is a uniform/leather/fetish-themed party.
URL: http://www.misfitshouston.org/ - National Leather Association: Houston (NLA) is a chapter of the International pansexual educational organization.
URL: http://www.nlahoustontx.org/
Snail Mail: NLA Houston, P.O. Box 66504, Houston, Tx 77266 - The OD_SinglesMingle: The OD Singles Mingle is a group for individuals in the "Greater Houston" area. It is a chance for members to form friendships and relationships with like-minded people and to create a support group for singles in a lifestyle that can make them feel excluded.
Yahoo! eGroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OD_SinglesMingle/ - SCANDAL (Serious Creative Artists Needing Diversion and Life): A discussion group based in the Houston, TX area, for writers and artists of all muses, including fiction, nonfiction, art, photography, visual arts, drama, music, dance and more. Meetings will be held at area cafes, bookstores, libraries and members homes. Also planned: outings to clubs, local and cultural events.
URL: http://www.vanilla-not.com/scandal/ Yahoo! eGroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCANDAL/ - The Serpentarium FemDom Parties: This branch of the Serpentarium tree is for those 21+ in the Houston kink community who want to party in a Femdom to submissive [of any gender] dynamic environment.
Yahoo! eGroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HVFP/ - Third Friday: a dinner for those seeking to find out more information about the BDSM community in a safe, non threatening environment. Despite condition of the web site the group is extant although the number of attendees was small when I last visited in May 2008.
URL: http://www.thirdfriday.org
Email: tfinfo@ThirdFriday.org. - Whips and Chains Motorcycle Club is a "non-affiliated" club for BDSM people who own bikes, ride bikes, ride "behind," or even want to drive a car, van, or truck as part of the support group. They have rides on every 2nd and 4th Sundays: either a dinner run to a specific location, or just a ride with a general route planned out.
Yahoo! eGroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/whipsandchains
Houston Area Shopping
- Angelita Tickel of "Tickell Fashions," Gothic/Erotic Fashions. "Dare to Be a Goddess." (713) 667-8186
- Black Hawk Leather is a manufacturer and vendor of leather SMBD equipment and clothing with two locations. The primary location is the Fairview store:
Black Hawk Leather
The other location is inside the Ripcord Bar (Houston's #1 Leather Bar):
711 Fairview
Houston, TX 77006
713-LEATHER
Store Hours: Monday thru Saturday 12 noon to 8 pm
Black Hawk Leather (in the Ripcord Bar)
E-mail address: BLKHWKLTHR@aol.com
715 Fairview
Houston, TX 77002
713-520-6224 - Carmen's Secreto Love Boutique: In addition to a full service erotic boutique with eroticwear, shoes and adult novelties, Carmen's Secreto Love Boutique operates a dungeon showroom in the Houston area. It's located at 1367 S. Loop West, exit Fannin, Houston TX. 713.799.1300.
Email: Carmen@CarmensBoutique.com
URL: http://www.CarmensBoutique.com/ - Dare Ware, Exotic Clothing & Lingerie. A great book section.
Snail Mail: 9019 Westheimer, Houston TX 77063
Phone: (713) 953-9393.
URL: http://www.dare-ware.com/
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- Darksyde Leathers: "Take a walk on the Darksyde." High quality handmade floggers from Korwin
Email: darksyed@hotmail.com - Dominatias Floggers: Hand Crafted Floggers in leather and suede. In sizes, 30in, 25in, 20in and 15 in also cats of nine. In Colors red, purple, black, blue and special order colors. You can view these items on Ebay under BDSM or Dominatias for pictures or contact Dominatias1@aol.com
- Eros 1207: A boutique for leather, lace, video, and more. Includes a 1 hour photo lab.
Snail Mail: 1207 Spencer Highway, South Houston, TX 77587
Phone: 713-944-6010
fax: 713-910-1113
Email: eros1207@hotmail.com,
URL: http://www.eros1207.com/
- Leather Forever sell fine leather goods and plan to expand into more fetish items. 711 Fairview, Houton, TX 77006. 713-526-6940.
- Leather OGD Works: John Pg: 713-994-6233 ODGLeather@aol.com
- Paddles by pain: Custom made paddles of unique design and materials.
Snail Mail: P by p, P.O. Box 532, Anahuac, TX 77514 Email: pain@paddlesbypain.com
URL: http://www.paddlesbypain.com/
Night Clubs and Bars
- The Ripcord is Houston's Leather Bar --- but not exclusively so. While it's the home bar for NLA Houston and two other leather groups, other members of Houston's gay community as well as the heterosexual members of NLA Houston are welcome. The decor is proudly leather and the colors, awards, and memorabilia of the local groups are on display but there is no strict dress code. The first Fraiday of the month and Saturday nights are the best nights to see the leather community in force. Located in the Heart of Montrose Houston.
Address: 715 Fairview, Houston, TX 77002
URL: http://www.theripcord.com/
Houston Mailing Lists
- Periodically (3-4 times a month normally) there is an email update of BDSM oriented things happening in Houston, or things that happen elsewhere that would be of interest to those in Houston who are into BDSM/Fetish.
URL: http://www.houstonbdsm.net/email_list.htm - HoustonBDSM: "What started as a small, local group of people has quickly evolved into a wide-ranging, international list of people. We discuss issues and ask questions about the lifestyle here. We try to teach a little and learn a little. We try to share our thoughts and feelings. And we try to encourage people to grow."
Yahoo! eGroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HoustonBDSM/ - TexasAdultPersonals -
"a list for Mature and Consenting Adults living in the Houston and surrounding areas of Texas to post personal ads, and to chat with like-minded adults. Anything goes...as long as you are considerate of others. BDSM, Swinging, Alternative lifestyles. So, tell all you friends of this new List, and let's tailor it to fit our needs. Courtesy can go a long way. So, let's get active and have some fun!"
URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TexasAdultPersonals
