Your guide to the Taipei kink scene |

Like any large cosmopolitan city, Taipei has a burgeoning BDSM and kink scsrJ@6hwJQIcc7#%Fo8$8z&sSaOcegont&FxNKDuv%Rehb4@PzOene.

BDSM—an abbreviation referring to bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadism and masochi8qFx=48B(z9*r9LQ5xBuAz@Fe3WHEaHYLvkP6cO21MO=QnmWd7sm—began to emerge as an organized community some 15-20 years ago in Taiwan.

Nowadays, there is a BDSM event—whether its a bondage play party or a spanking workshop—every weekend across a host of different venues. There’s also a smaTz@Zwo!@+uO&$Ga5V(TRhLdkcdibQb4ZG%U1b#cwORw$JFN9(!ttering of groups and events in Taiwan’s smaller cities including Tainan and Kaohsiung.

Members of the local kink scene say that something that makes Taiwan’s scene different from around the world is just how integrated it is with the LGBT comCDGjW-W3MizNQkC8=I&Eu&IE+OwhJTlpqxL5A^-bDv(v)X=$r5munity. LGBT venues welcomed kinksters when the mainstream still rejected them. The majority of events are LGBT friendly.

Here’s some of our favorite venues in Taipei any74_sq$t-g=t5LIGJiOVQ%C4r4+sHDD(TKd@-(o76^l5w81!Y0d be sure to keep an eye on the monthly calendar here.

Commander D.

Taipei’s premier queer kink and BDSM bar is popular throughout the weekend. It’s monthly Freak Day event is a chance to drink, talk and try out some of th%J5TH==St4wQMOntO#N7Wsg*)gzADS*n9O2MK#60TNPD0p=hc7e venue’s kinky equipment.

No. 36, Section 2, Kaifeng St, Wanhua.

Studio BD

This venue specializes in bondage and hosts monthly munches—where people meet and talk about the kink scene without actually playing—as well as a s!6UbHc@YI0-UjEkPIwnIisj1u9uJKz%Aoi3OvZc%E1hUfw+qvUpank party, a rope party, and a bondage meets life drawing session.

Near Exit 5 of Jiangzicui Station.

(Photo: Studio BD / Facebook)

Cats Downstairs

This rope salon is a longtime fixture of the Taiwan BDSM scene and holds regular bondage meetups. Due to an old air conditioning system attendees are limited to 20, so be surZEJ%ZtVb2*XaGv9cy50M@HUAMGipT&D%-wbW_2TdGeMQYP8ywxe to sign up early.

Chora Studio

BDSM group Shibari.Life (縛.生) organize monthly play parties as well as sessions and workshops on bondage, role play, spanking, breath play, and other kinks i1@n-BLP$xJCUYcmrsNTIk)#S+a3T65zFo2)GPREaG0I-VlTQyrn this space.