Yin Q.
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Yin Q (born 1974)[1] is an American writer, artist, dominatrix, and sex-worker-rights advocate based in New York City. They are a founding member of Kink Out, a queer leather art and activism production group, and a core organizer and former co-director of Red Canary Song, an Asian and migrant sex worker advocacy collective.[1][2] Yin Q is also known for Mercy Mistress, an autobiographical BDSM comedy-drama pilot based on their memoir, which centers a queer Chinese American professional dominatrix.[3]
Early life and education
Yin Q holds a BA in writing from Barnard College and an MFA from The New School.[4]
Career
Dominatrix work and Mercy Mistress
Yin Q has worked as a professional dominatrix and kink educator in New York.[3] Drawing on a memoir about their own experience in the profession, they wrote and produced Mercy Mistress, a BDSM comedy-drama series pilot starring Poppy Liu as "Mistress Yin," a queer, first-generation Chinese American dominatrix. The pilot was directed by Amanda Madden, executive produced by Margaret Cho, and produced by the collective Collective Sex after a crowdfunding campaign that raised $77,000. It screened in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.[3] Daniel K. Isaac also starred in the project.[5]
Writing
Yin Q's writing has appeared in BUST, Apogee Journal (Columbia University), The Point Magazine, the anthology We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival (The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2021), and AfroAsian Encounters (Duke University Press, 2008).[1][4] At the time of a 2020 profile, they were reported to be working on a memoir addressing violence and transformation.[1]
Art and residencies
Yin Q's art practice and programming have appeared at MoMA PS1 (where they were a resident artist in 2020), the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, Performance Space New York, Abrons Arts Center, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.[1][4] In spring 2023, they served as Brown University's American Studies department Asian American Artist-in-Residence, organizing public programming on kink, consent, and digital sexuality, including workshops on rope bondage/shibari and a screening of the documentary Fly In Power.[6]
Activism
Kink Out
Yin Q is the founder of Kink Out, a production group behind queer, BIPOC-centered leather art and activism events.[2][6]
Red Canary Song
Red Canary Song is a grassroots coalition advocating for the rights of Asian and migrant massage and sex workers, founded in November 2018 following the death of Flushing, Queens massage worker Yang Song during a police raid.[7] As of 2021, Yin Q directed the organization alongside Esther Kao.[8][9] Yin Q also produced Fly In Power, a Red Canary Song documentary, and a related YouTube short, Yang Song, Fly in Power.[1]
Body of Workers
In 2021, Yin Q was named a finalist for The David Prize, a Brooklyn-based award, for Body of Workers, a proposed online platform for sex workers to share art, stories, and media.[2]
Selected works
- Mercy Mistress (2018), series pilot, writer/subject[3]
- Fly In Power, documentary, producer (Red Canary Song)[1]
- Contribution, We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival, The Feminist Press at CUNY (2021)[1]
- Contribution, AfroAsian Encounters, Duke University Press (2008)[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Yin Q". The Funambulist Magazine. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Yin Q". The David Prize. 2021. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Love Michael, Michael (2018-06-26). "Queer Dominatrix Yin Q Is Shattering Asian Stereotypes". PAPER Magazine. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Feminist to Know: Yin Q". Uterish. 2022-04-30. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- ↑ "Yin Q". IMDb. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jagwani, Aalia (2023-02-23). "How Yin Q is 'digging deeper' into kink, consent, community". The Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- ↑ Barry, Dan; Singer, Jeffrey (2018-10-11). "The Case of Jane Doe Ponytail". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- ↑ "How activists are mobilizing on Instagram to fight anti-Asian racism after Atlanta". Yahoo News. 2021-03-19. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- ↑ Solis, Marie (2021-04-23). "Are police the biggest threat to massage parlor workers' safety?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
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