Finding a succinct description for 46-year-old Triskelan of Tampa isn’t an easy task. She identifies as a Pagan, gender-fluid bio-female, dominant, pansexual Master who is not at all restricted by labels or gender.
The multiple title-holder has been an active member of the Leather Community for a decade and is a regular host at events, play scene demonstrator and director of several events and organizations.
“There is a very strong spiritual component to leather,” she explains. “There’s an energy exchange that happens and it makes you larger than yourself.”
She adds that while there is a strong sexual component within the Leather Community it does not accurately describe it in its totality.
Triskelan is recently single. She was part of a polyamorous triad with two other women until recently. While she does want a long term relationship at some point, she is happy to work as a demonstrator of different practices within the community. She is, after all, the past Educational Chair for Tampa Bay Leather and Fetish Pride.
While Triskelan is a definite “lifestyler,” she isn’t always behind a podium in leather or sharing her skills with the Leather Community. For 19 years she has worked as a program director for a massage therapy company. She says her place of employment and her family know about her lifestyle, and it doesn’t seem to matter much to them.
“I never really came out,” she says. “I just lived it and didn’t question it. I do want a long term relationship at some point.”
She especially seeks a fluid bound partner or partners.
“That includes blood play,” she explains. “That’s a major exchange of energy. Ritualistic cutting. Needle play. Feeding. It’s a ritualistic culture.”
That does not mean that those unfamiliar with leather should be frightened. In fact, Triskelan encourages those who are curious to ask her questions.
“The internet has a lot of resources, but it can’t answer every question or pass along the experience like a real person,” she says. “Find an organization, join a club and dispel those myths.”
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