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. However, during this time of pandemic, I am only able to meet in the virtual arena.

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 core organizer of Red Canary Song, a grassroots collective that advocates for sex work decriminalization & protective policies 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 was 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 publications, including the recently published We Too anthology (Feminist Press). 

I am currently working on a documentary, Fly in Power, about Asian Massage Workers in the sex industries. I am also working with a team of sex workers and allies in residency at Eyebeam.org on a platform for a future online Sex Workers Musuem. Our initial project is a private art gallery for/by sex working artists, Body of Workers.

​ In 2017, I wrote and produced a web series called Mercy Mistress, based on my experiences as a queer, Asian American dominatrix. MM won the best web series at Asian American International Film Festival 2019, directed by Amanda Madden and starring Poppy Liu as "Mistress Yin." 
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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.   
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With tender, leather heart,
​Yin Q
she/they
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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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