About the author

Victoria Darling

<p>Victoria Darling is a writer, educator, and community organizer who has helped butches and femmes feel validated and empowered to live their truest selves for more than 25 years. She began presenting butch/femme sexuality classes and advanced training courses such as <em>Cocksucking for Dykes</em> and <em>Butch/Femme D/s</em> in the late 90s, founded the Femme Posse, Butch/Femme Salons, and the Butch/Femme Barter List, and conceptualized and led the first-ever Butch Appreciation Day in 2002 in San Francisco. She also started and manages the first-ever stonebutch/stonefemme-focused Facebook group called &ldquo;Stone for Stone (Butch/Femme)&rdquo;. Victoria is single and for the last five years has traveled full-time across 49 of the 50 United States with her rescue dog, Jo, as well as to Cuba, Mexico, and Europe as a solo traveler.</p>