Welcome to the Baltimore Educational and Social Society

BESS is an educational and social group for consenting adults with shared interests in BDSM. These interests include, among others, Dominance & submission, bondage & discipline, leathersex, fetishism, cross dressing, and roleplay. BESS is multi-sexual. All genders and orientations are welcome to attend.

Our goal is to provide a safe, friendly, and discreet environment for the education and encouragement of adults interested in Safe, Sane, and Consensual expressions of BDSM.

BESS Contributorships, Educational Meetings, Socials, and SIGs are open to anyone, age 19 or older, with a sincere interest in some aspect of BDSM.

BESS is a 504C entity, however we operate on the principles of a not-for-profit organization.
We are NOT a sex or swingers club, although BESS play parties are sex positive.
We are NOT a dating service. We do NOT make referrals.

Questions? Please check either the New to BDSM or Contact Us links.

*** SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ***
  • New Annual Contributorship fee is $30 as of 9/1/19 through 4/30/2020
  • Renewal Contributorship fee for 2020 is $25 from 9/1/2019 through 12/4/2019
  • Annual Board Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday November 20 at 7:30 pm.
    • 2 Board positions and Ombudsperson are open for nominations.
    • Officer openings: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer
    • Qualifications can be found in the By-Laws.
    • Nominations can be sent to
  • BESS Wednesday Education meetings are held at the Baltimore Playhouse - 3010 Washington Blvd, Baltimore, MD.
  • BESS is happy to announce Vendor Discounts for current BESS contributors - check out our vendor page for more information - Vendors
  • BESS is on Social Media! FetLife - http://fetlife.com/groups/280, Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BESS.MD, Meetup - https://www.meetup.com/BESS-MD/, and Twitter -https://twitter.com/BESS_in_MD