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About Me
To Love and Play means to connect, love, explore and play with one another as your authentic selves.
Orion Verse (He/Him)
My name is Orion Verse, and I am a kink, sex and sexuality educator based out of the East Coast, USA. I have been in the kink/BDSM scene since 2016 and have found my passion in continuously learning, growing, playing, and teaching. I believe strongly in engaging with and helping build up my community.
I have been teaching since 2018, and community organizing since 2022. I have taught in local community groups, at kink and sexuality conventions as well as one-on-one. In my local community I currently help co-organize TNG, host Depravity, a queer oriented dungeon, as well as organize a kink and sexuality outreach group called Fuck Around And Find Out.
I am Queer and Transgender, these aspects of my identity influence my perspective and it is important to me to be able to have a voice for and create space for the queer community.
In my relationships I am a polyamorous Switch with several partners who I adore. I love engaging with a large variety of play with others whether that be exploring interpersonal connection or finding the limits of one another. I have a particular love of rope, edgeplay, impact, and designing scenes that are hyper specific to the individual I am with.
In my personal life, I spend time in my local kink community, attending regional burns, hiking in nature, creating art (Photography, painting, illustration, installation pieces) and traveling.
Educator Bio & Current Class List
OrionVerse is a Trans/Queer kink and sexuality educator who has been in the scene since 2016. He has a passion for community building, organization, and education both in his home community on the East Coast and beyond. He loves engaging with edgeplay and takes an approach that focuses on risk mitigation and exploring the nuances of play and authentic connection.
Intro To The Kink Community
Are you new to the kink scene, and unsure about what to expect with munches, sloshes, parties and more? Are you trying to learn the social in and outs? Not really sure where to start? This class is for you.
BDSM Terms – Titles, Words, and Phrases
What is Figging? ABDL? Is there a difference between a Dom and a Top? This class will go over titles words and phrases you may run into when exploring the world of kink, what they mean and the contexts you may see them in. Questions and audience participation strongly encouraged.
Creating Your Risk Profile Workshop
A risk profile is a set of guidelines that outline what risks you may or may not be willing to take when playing. Some risks are obvious, but what about the more nuanced possibilities? What considerations should you have around the potential for accidents? How can we mitigate these risks? This workshop helps guide people through potential risks to a wide variety of play, creating your own risk profile, forming a more nuanced perspective of things to consider when creating their risk profile and effectively negotiating.
What Kind Of Scene Is It Anyway?
What is the goal in your scene, to hurt? To endure? To please? What type of experience are you trying to invoke and how do you and your partner want to feel? This class will go over different motivations, play styles, feelings you may be aiming for, and ways you can accomplish them in a variety of play.
The Wonderful World Of Sex Toys
This class goes over everything you’ve ever wanted to know about sex toys and more. We will be reviewing all the different types of sex toys available from the trusty magic wand to tentacle grinding pads, as well as the materials they are commonly made in and how that can interact with your body. By the end of this class you may find yourself with a new shopping list and the confidence to step out of your comfort zone.
Discipline – Funishments & Punishments
What do you think of when you think of discipline? Spanking? Standing in a corner? Writing lines? In kink dynamics it can mean so much more than that depending on what is punishment and what is a funishment from person to person. In this class we will talk about all the different types of discipline and punishments that can be utilized within the context of a scene or dynamic.
Queer Bodies and Negotiating Intro + Discussion
When you are Queer or Trans, nothing can make you completely lose space in a scene faster than having your gender identity or body engaged with in a way that feels disrespectful or gross, even if you know the person has no bad intentions and is perhaps just misinformed.
This educational focuses heavily on negotiations as a queer person or when playing with queer people, how to talk about consent around bodies, touch, negotiating words being used, and how to help someone feel validated and comfortable within a scene as well as how to proceed if a mistake is made
Co-Presenter Ally Brinken
Fear and Mind Fucks
Have you ever wanted to really mess with your partners head in a scene? Inspire fear, or make a situation out to be more scary and dangerous than it actually is? Join us as we go over ways to inspire fear and create disorienting or terrifying mind fucks in a scene
Co-Presenter Ally Brinken
Substance and Play
We all hear on repeat, don’t mix substances with play because it is dangerous. This class goes over exactly Why it is dangerous, what the risk profile looks like on common substances, and what ways we can mitigate risk and navigate consent if you do choose to mix the two. This is a safety, information, and risk mitigation oriented class. This class does Not condone or encourage the mixture of intoxication and play but rather evaluates the potential risks and dangers.
ChemicalPlay
What do ginger, soap, mint and peppers all have in common? The capacity to use these and more to illicit anything from a gentle sensual experience to a whole new realm of torture. Join me as I go over the different substances you can use, where you can use them and the safety considerations to keep in mind when starting out your chemical filled adventure.
When To Stop When There’s No Red?
We all know when someone call’s their safe word, yellow, or red it’s time to pull back, slow down and change gears. But what about when everything is feeling amazing? How do you identify when a scene has gone too far if someone doesn’t call it? How intense is too intense if a masochist has seemingly no limit? This class will address how to navigate when to pull back and wind down a scene, how to identify when things have gone too far, presented from both the Top and Bottoms perspective.
Testimonials
“Having the opportunity learn from someone as knowledgeable as Orion is an experience in itself.”
I have had the pleasure of attending several of Orion’s educationals. I appreciate the level of attention he gives to each subject. You can tell he has spent a great amount of time researching and developing each presentation. His openness and honesty around his personal experience, and the fact that he encourages others to share their knowledge and experiences lends to him as an educator and presenter. Having the opportunity learn from someone as knowledgeable as Orion is an experience in itself. Every time I have taken something away that I can apply to myself and that I can share with others. I look forward to attending many more of his presentations in the future and encourage others to take advantage of the opportunities to attend as well.
— T.M.H
“One of the classes was worth going to for the handout alone.”
“His classes are thorough and well researched. He has very good visual aids and handouts. One of the classes was worth going to for the handout alone. The handout was very detailed, well designed, and easy to use as a reference.!”
— Q.C
“OrionVerse cultivates a welcoming space for people from different walks of life, where shame and stigma are left at the door”
OrionVerse cultivates a welcoming space for people from different walks of life, where shame and stigma are left at the door, so participants are comfortable and self assured while engaging in the learning experience. He actively includes content geared towards LGBTQIA+ experiences throughout his courses, which gave me immediate confidence he was the right presenter for our group. Orion encourages serious consideration of safety and health while giving the facts needed to make informed decisions, and simultaneously emboldens people to determine their own risk tolerance. Orion utilizes clear language and covers a wide range of information- from basics to specific niche knowledge- so everyone walks away learning something new. The presentations and documents are beautifully formatted and packed with comprehensive material that’s easy to digest. I can’t recommend him highly enough.
— C.F