We are passionate, kinky individuals who deeply believe that when everybody celebrates and expresses their full sexual selves from a place of wholeness, we are building toward a world that is much more whole (and exciting!) for everybody. We know from experience that, since there are not a lot of models for talking about sex (especially not in talking about things that go beyond the strictly vanilla), it can be really difficult to make connections with like-minded people. With so many recent technological advances, we think it is silly that a better platform for learning and connecting doesn’t exist yet, so we feel we have a mandate to create one. Through this app and beyond this app, we are passionate about being an active part of the wider culture shifts we would like to see.
Luke Krafka
CEO
Luke Krafka (BM '07, MM '09 in Cello Performance at the Boston
Conservatory and Certificate at Aaron Copland School of Music '15), has given both chamber and solo
recitals in Boston, New York City and Western Europe. Mr. Krafka has attended numerous music festivals
around the world including the Heifetz International Music Festival, Meadowmount School of Music, Salem
New Music Festival and the Casalmaggiore International Music Festival in Italy. Along with a very active
orchestral, chamber and teaching career, Mr. Krafka is the founder and artistic/director of the Halcyon
Chamber Series, a classical chamber series featuring some of the top performers in NYC with a focus on
bringing performances to spaces and audiences that would never have the opportunity. He is also starting
the Halcyon Project, a mission to bring newly commissioned works together with collaborations outside
the norm to create new ways to communicate with all types of audiences.
Having performed all over the world, one of the most important things to him is self-expression and
having the freedom to do so. Whether we are talking about music, art, or sex, having the freedom to be
who you want, with whomever you wish, with no stigma attached is something that has always been a focal
point of his to fight for, and that is why he joined together with this amazing team to bring this
platform to anyone who wants that opportunity.
Orion S. Johnstone
Content Director
Orion S. Johnstone is a transgender faggot witch, a kinky and Queer-as-fuck/care-centered community
minister, writer, theater director, composer, sex educator, muckraker and lover, living with chronic
illness. First and foremost, they dance with the question: “who and how might we be together most
bravely in light of our collective liberation?”
Their sex and
relationships coaching practice includes both individual and group offerings and has been open for
over a decade now. As a thought leader in the realm of sexuality from a place of wholeness, they have
allied with TORCH, the Pop-Up Museum of Queer History, and the Planned Parenthood Activist Council, and
interviews with them have been featured in publications from the Advocate to HuffPo to Playboy.
They were a founding member of Alt*Div: a new alternative divinity school for soulful community
builders, with an emphasis on Queering as a spiritual practice, and they studied Justice Ministries at
Auburn Seminary. Their acclaimed, highly collaborative theater work is rooted in ritual and direct
action as an extension of their ministry.
They are fired up about KinkedIn itself and also about the wider culture shifts that KinkedIn is an
active part of!
Alice Q. Wong
CTO
Alice, our technical co-founder, is obsessive about using technology to
deconstruct pre-existing barriers in communities in order to bring people together. She dreams that one
day, no one will ever feel alone, shameful, or weird for their unique tastes, preferences, and
kinks.
Previously, Alice worked as a Mobile Software Engineer at JW Player, and as a Full-stack Engineer at
Peloton Cycle, Bytemark, and Northrop Grumman. She now brings her design experience, development skills,
and nuanced insights from online dating platforms to the KinkedIn team to help support and build our
community and promote exploration of self and sexuality.
Alice supports platforms that connect people together based on their shared values, interests, and
quirks, because she believes that finding safe spaces for one’s self-expression and solidarity in a
community are fundamental to our happiness.
Every week Alice challenges herself to learn from people whose life experiences and background are very
different from hers, so she’s excited to discover how her perspective will continue to expand as she
develops the infrastructure to support and nurture the KinkedIn community.
Alice spends her free time learning music theory to improve her composition skills, and she’ll never
turn down a deep dive into LGBTQ issues, education reform, and neuroscience.
