Leather community powerhouse Tyesha Best joins Lee on the show to talk about her journey as a strong black woman in America and kink. From the political act of out loud sexual deviance in the face of gay assimilation to the vulnerability of transformation after abuse, Tyesha pulls no punches as the two of them discuss embracing authenticity and compassion alike.

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Full Episode Notes: https://www.passionandsoul.com/blog/audio/leather-sex-and-personal-power-with-tyesha-best-ps107

Contact Tyesha Best: Fetlife: https://fetlife.com/users/66332 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tyeshabest Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/tyeoshun 

Resources and Information Discussed: ONYX Pearls Southeast – http://onyxpearlssoutheast.com International Ms. Leather (IMsL) – https://imslbb.org Beat Me in St. Louis – http://beatmeinstl.com Leather Leadership Conference (LLC) – http://www.leatherleadership.org Goddess Lakshimi – http://passionandsoul.com/audio/079-lakshimi/ International Mr. Leather (IML) – http://www.imrl.com Midori – http://www.fhp-inc.com Catherine Gross – http://foryourlifecoach.com Cleaveland Leather Awareness Weekend (CLAW) – https://www.clawinfo.org/ Boymeat (Phillip Wolf) – https://fetlife.com/users/1443 Inspirational Post about embracing greatness, by Tyesha – https://www.facebook.com/tyeshabest/posts/10105711312321360 HRC apologizes for censoring undocumented trans activist at Marriage Rights protest – https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/02/human-rights-campaign-apologizes_n_2994939.html Staggering number of trans people already killed in 2017 – https://www.hrc.org/resources/violence-against-the-transgender-community-in-2017 Goddess Sadie Hawkins – http://sensuoussovereignties.com Fair Energetic Exchange (FEE) – http://passionandsoul.com/soul/lincs-keynote/ Kona – http://nubianimp.com Leather Sex rant, by Tyesha – https://www.facebook.com/tyeshabest/posts/10105536394208660 9 Ways That White People Can Do To Support The Fight Against Racism – https://www.buzzfeed.com/ramosaline/fight-racism?utm_term=.xhQ5eKKNJ#.ado4mwwV9 “But I’m Not Racist! Tools for Well Meaning Whites,” by Kathy Obear – https://www.amazon.com/But-Im-NOT-Racist-Well-Meaning-ebook/dp/B01NCWVXEY/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=pass-20 Wicked Grounds, San Francisco – http://www.wickedgrounds.com/ 

Photos by John Crooms and Tyesha Best

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