Alaska Club Kink (ACK)

Alaska Club Kink describes itself as “a New Comedy Club and Alternative Lifestyle Community Center”. It is a kink community in Anchorage with vetted membership. A free public munch meets Thursday evenings at The Raven Bar, and members can attend weekly movie nights, game nights, rope jams and workshops, plus Friday open mic nights with karaoke. Club events are listed at subSpace, which the club calls its own space, with a social area for games and scene practice when the room is not rented out, and a dungeon it calls the ACK Dungeon. The calendar includes Open Dungeon drop-in nights, monthly themed play parties (the club stresses they are not sex parties), a new member orientation night and hands-on, clothes-on workshops. Dungeon Masters attend parties to see that rules are followed. Joining starts with a free application and a three-to-seven-day vetting that includes a background check against sex-offender registries; vetting can also be done in person at the munch. Vetted members then buy an annual membership. Every attendee must be vetted and hold their own membership, and both partners in a couple are vetted separately. Members agree to treat everyone with respect, to skip photography and video recording at events, and to keep other members' identities private. Attendees must be over 18.