Jack's e-Learning Courses

Negotiating a BDSM Relationship

We kinksters rely on negotiations to help create a relationship, whether that be a single scene or one that will last what we hope is a lifetime. Join Jack Rinella as he leads us through the sometimes murky waters of getting what we want with another person.

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Jack Rinella

For more than 17 years Jack Rinella has been writing LeatherViews, a weekly column about his favorite topic: kinky sex. The acclaimed author of eight books, including the best-seller, The Master's Manual, is a freelance writer and college instructor. A sought-after lecturer, Jack has presented seminars on BDSM history, techniques, and relationships across the country including the Leather Leadership Conference, Black Rose, Bash at the Beach, Beat Me in St. Louis, TES, Headspace in Bloomington, IN, Kinky Kollege, and the Arizona Power Exchange.

 He has been active in the Leather scene since 1983, is a founding member of MAsT-Chicago, an associate member of the Chicago Hellfire Club, and serves as a director on the board of the Leather Leadership Conference. He has written extensively about our lifestyle as a weekly columnist for Gay Chicago Magazine. His writing has also appeared in Drummer,  The (San Francisco) Sentinel, and Philadelphia Gay News, and is available online at his website at http://www.LeatherViews.com and through his free weekly newsletter which can be subscribed to on his website.

In his mundane life, Jack has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and master’s degree in business administration. He has been teaching adult learners at a private four year college since 1992, where he is a part-time instructor teaching interactive arts, media, and computing. In that role he has developed curriculum, actively participated on the college council, and contributed his expertise at numerous faculty meetings.

Born in Albany, New York, of Italian-American parents, he's been a high school and college teacher, a drug rehabilitation counselor, a cook, a computer salesman, a Catholic seminarian, a Pentecostal minister, an advertising copy writer, a graphic designer, and has done stints at printing, publishing, telemarketing, head-hunting, and computer consulting.

He lives on the north side of Chicago with his partner of thirteen years, Patrick, where he passes the time writing, cruising, and falling in love whenever he can. You can contact Jack at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it