Live Presentation · Tuesday April 28, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET
Unveiling
Desires.
A community-generated, nine-year descriptive analysis of BIPOC kink and fetish preferences across 256 categories. Final data review, presented live on Zoom.
Date
Tue, April 28
Time
8:00 — 10:00 PM ET
Format
Live on Zoom
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Counting down
The Scope
1,261
submissions
Collected through BIPOC kink-positive community spaces, 2015 through April 2024.
256
categories
Compared to 55 categories in the closest prior fantasy study (Joyal et al., 2015).
9
years
Long enough to track shifting endorsement, hardening boundaries, and changing language.
A statement
BIPOC kink communities have produced knowledge all along. The research literature largely did not center it. This dataset is what it looks like when it does.
— From the research team
Featuring the Paper Authors
N. Jasmine Johnson
MSW, MA, LCSW · Jet Setting Jasmine
M. Hasan Salaam
King Noire
Dr. Nicole O. Crawford
C-MPH, LCSW · Literature Review
Kiana Cummings
Methodology & Analysis
Dr. Tanya Bass
Discussion & Facilitation
Dr. Marla R. Stewart
Limitations & Implications
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Cite as
Johnson, N. J. (Jet Setting Jasmine), Salaam, M. H. (King Noire), Crawford, N. O., Cummings, K., Bass, T., Stewart, M. R., et al. (2026). Unveiling desires: BIPOC kink & fetish preferences across 256 categories, 2015–2024. Unpublished manuscript.
Affiliations
North Carolina Central University · Blue Pearl Therapy · Royal Fetish Films