Dear Reader,

I have been a BDSM practitioner for over twenty years. I offer group and private classes, public speaking engagements, and personal  BDSM/KINK ritual work. For more information, please read the Offerings page.

As a long time Sex Worker Rights activist, my work has been recognized by Spike Lee in his tribute to Jackie Robinson as one of the current Impact Activists. I am a co-Director of Red Canary Song, a grassroots organization that advocates for protective policy and provides resources to the migrant massage parlor workers of Flushing, Queens NY.

As Founder and Creative Director of Kink Out, I've helped bring sex worker and kink positive art and education to museums such as NY Performance Space, The Whitney Museum, Leslie Lohman and have been named Artist in Residence at MoMA PS1 for Winter 2019/20.

My writing work has always been intertwined with my sadomasochism proclivities. I hold a BA from Barnard with a focus on writing--(My Senior thesis was on the Erotic Taboo)-- and an MFA from The New School. My writing can be found in various anthologies, online sites, and magazines. The list is on my Links page.

I am currently working on a memoir of violence and magic, as well as a screenplay about race and desire. In 2017, I wrote and produced a web series called Mercy Mistress. Mercy Mistress, based on my experiences as a queer, Asian American dominatrix, won the best web series at Asian American International Film Festival 2019, directed by Amanda Madden and starring Poppy Liu as "Mistress Yin." Watch the pilot on my Links Page.
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My website is a collection of personal essays and fleeting thoughts, some polished and published, others rough, raw, and exposed only to the eyes that seek them here.  The content is infused with Bondage, Books, Taboo and Transgression, Sadomasochism, Mendlesohn's Concerto in E Minor, Reclamation and Healing, Sex Work Activism, Gender Bending, Steamed Dumplings, Nebulae and Black holes, MotherPotence, Cycling, and Oceanic Life. 
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Thank you for stopping in to peruse these stray thoughts.
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With tender, leather heart,
​Yin Q
She/Her/They/Them
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"Without pathologizing trauma, Q. believes that for many, kink can be a healing experience, regardless of identity."
-HUFFINGTON POST
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"Queer Dominatrix Yin Q Is Shattering Asian Stereotypes"
-PAPER MAGAZINE

"Tattoo & Kink Artists Letting Freak Flags Fly for Sex Worker Rights"
-Daily Beast

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