Source: SG.news.yahoo.com.
UK – “There’s something I find particularly sweet and heartwarming about this role and giving back to a community that’s created safe spaces for people to express themselves without fear of judgment,” the author writes.
It’s 6 a.m. and I can’t feel my feet anymore after being on them for so long. I pull down the bottom of my shorts in the taxi as I head home, covering my thigh harness that’s now visible. The sun is slowly waking up the city; people are jogging on the streets and I’m exhausted, but my heart is as full as it can be.
Almost without exception, this is how I feel after each shift monitoring a play party or dungeon. It’s the same feeling I have after working a mixology shift: satisfaction from knowing my hard work has created something special. I’m physically exhausted, yet filled up on love and connection from strangers, people I’ve worked with, and, in the queer and kink scene, people who often feel like a chosen family.
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