Who We Are

We are honored to have been chosen as Northwest Master and slave in 2023.

Marilyn is a fierce femme top, in the leather community since 1986. She won the 2016 Jim Remer Award from the San Francisco Bay Area Leather Alliance for her community volunteer work. Rio is a butch leatherdyke, in the community since 2006. She serves as Secretary of the San Francisco Bay Area Leather Alliance, and was Ms. San Francisco Sober Leather 2016. After being play partners in an D/s dynamic for years, their relationship underwent a transformative change after their first trip together, and their M/s journey began.

Marilyn was a charter member of the Exiles, where she and Rio served as officers for many years. They are also very active in MAsT San Francisco, where Marilyn is the Director. Rio was on the Planning Committee for the Northwest Leather Celebration for four years, managing the silent auction. She has used her skills in this area to organize raffles and auctions for several organizations in the Bay Area. Marilyn has twice been a mentor in the Queer Sphere Mentoring Program, and frequently mentors informally. Separately and together they have presented at many venues, including Black Rose, Southwest Master/slave Contest, International Ms Leather/Ms Bootblack, Leather Leadership Conference, Northwest Leather Celebration, Southeast Leatherfest, The Group In Fresno, Queer Leather Association of Sacramento, and many more.

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Marilyn works in the computer industry, is active at her synagogue, and has two adult gender-variant children. Rio is retired from working in the book industry, and is a published author and an award-winning painter. 

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They believe that authority-based relationships are exciting, and deeply fulfilling for both people, and are passionate about sharing what they learn with others. The principles which guide them are Respect, Trust, Passion, and Transparency. They have developed several classes and workshops to help others learn about the Master/slave dynamic, and techniques to improve their M/s relationships.