Building a Safe & Respectful Leather Community for Everyone
Bears LA is proud to make this Transitivity & Gender Inclusion Training available to our community as part of our ongoing commitment to education, accountability, and inclusion.
Our leather and bear communities are strongest when everyone, especially trans, femme, and nonbinary bears, can show up fully as themselves, without fear of being misunderstood, excluded, or disrespected. This training is one step in the continued work of ensuring our spaces reflect the values we claim: respect, consent, dignity, and care for one another.
This recorded training is offered as a learning resource for members, titleholders, leaders, volunteers, and anyone who participates in or helps shape our community spaces.
What This Training Covers
This session provides thoughtful, practical guidance on transgender and nonbinary inclusion within leather, kink, and bear spaces, including:
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Understanding gender diversity and terminology in real-world community contexts
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Common scenarios that arise in leather and social spaces and how to navigate them respectfully
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How language, assumptions, and traditions can unintentionally exclude trans and nonbinary people
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Tools for accountability, allyship, and harm reduction
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Ways organizations and individuals can better align values with everyday actions
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The goal is not perfection. It’s progress, awareness, and shared responsibility.
Who This Training Is For
This training is intended for:
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Bears, leathermen, leatherwomen, and kink community members
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Trans, nonbinary, femme, and gender-expansive bears
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Event producers, volunteers, board members, and titleholders
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Anyone who wants to help make the Los Angeles leather community safer, more welcoming, and more informed
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You do not need prior experience or knowledge to benefit from this training.
Only a willingness to listen, learn, and grow.
From The Community
“As a trans person navigating the leather community, I feel heard. I feel hopeful.”
Feedback from participants was overwhelmingly positive, affirming the importance of continuing education like this as part of our shared culture.
Why This Is Essential
Inclusion is not a trend, a checkbox, or a moment.
It’s an ongoing practice. Offering this training publicly is a statement of values and a commitment to action. It acknowledges that our community includes people of many genders and expressions, and that safety and respect must extend to everyone.
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By engaging with this training, we affirm that trans, femme, and nonbinary bears belong here, not as an exception, but as an integral part of our community.