Black Rose (BDSM organization)

[2] From 1997 through 2012, the organization held hotel-based conventions that included educational sessions, vendor rooms and play parties.

[1][5] McGeorge had made no attempt to conceal his involvement in the BDSM and leather lifestyles; his full name appeared prominently on websites, and he said as much to the Post and other media.

Later, Hua Jiang, spokeswoman for U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, said that being into BDSM was no more likely to be a cross-cultural problem in the Middle East than any number of other issues.

The increased prominence of the internet, and especially the founding of the social networking site Fetlife in 2008, allowed alternative sexuality groups to multiply and flourish.

This diminished Black Rose's central position in the Washington BDSM community, although it remains a significant presence.