CARAS Conference: Leather-Kink Research and Clinical Knowledge (C2C)-East 2025

Announcing the C2C-East 2025 Conference Program

Cleveland, Ohio, Friday-Sunday, April 18-20, 2025

Integrated into the CLAW 25 event

CARAS is excited to share the program schedule and session information for the C2C East 2025 conference, summarized in the C2C-East 2025 Program Summary. The current Program Summary can be downloaded at:

https://caras-researchlink.org/c2c_east_2025_program

C2C-East 2025 session topics include: Consent and safeword use in BDSM communities; "Lessons Learned" in conducting research in a kink-leather community; Therapeutic BDSM; "No Kink Please, We're Good Gays!"; How BDSM is used in court proceedings; Kink identity development over the lifespan; Current research on Pup communities and play; Self and community care in a stressful political environment; and community-engaged research being conducted at CLAW.

Psychologists and other healthcare professionals may earn Continuing Education (CE) credits. Please refer to the C2C-East 2025 Continuing Education Supplement for additional information:

https://caras-researchlink.org/c2c_east_2025_ce-info

C2C Conference Registration

C2C conference educators and volunteers should contact CARAS via email at c2c@carasresearch.org to coordinate their registration for the C2C and CLAW conference.

Others should register via the CLAW registration form that can be accessed on the main CLAW webpage: https://clawinfo.org . Please note that hotel reservations are separate from the CLAW event registration.

C2C Conference Volunteers

CARAS subscribers may volunteer for 6 hours of C2C support and receive a complimentary registration for CLAW+C2C. Please contact c2c@carasresearch.org if you are interested in volunteering to support the conference.

Continuing Education (CE) Credit

CARAS is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CARAS maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

C2C Contact information and links:

The current program for the C2C East-2025 Conference can be downloaded here: https://caras-researchlink.org/c2c_east_2025_program

To subscribe to CARAS, please visit: https://carasresearch.org/subscribe

We suggest that you join the CARAS Announcements Listserv, and/or follow CARAS on X (Twitter) for updates regarding the C2C.

For information about the CLAW 25 event, please visit: https://clawinfo.org

For current information regarding the C2C (this page), please visit https://carasresearch.org/c2c-east

For questions regarding the C2C, please email c2c@carasresearch.org 

For information about the CARAS Education Program, please visit https://caras-researchlink.org/education