"Once a slave, always a slave"

Master Taino’s Leather Family goes beyond the Master and His slaves.

The Immediate Family includes ten former slaves, trainees and boys of Master Taino.  The lives and hearts of these slaves were transformed by their service to the Master and they all earned the privilege to stay in the Master's family.   Master Taino takes special pride in making a difference in the lives of these slaves and helping them to move on.

Currently the Immediate Family includes slave neil, from Chicago;  slaves rene and Sir Paul from Washington, DC, ken and ricky from Northern Virginia,  slave jody from San Francisco, chris, from New York City, slave mike, from Maryland, slave mike 2, from Michigan and slave eduardo from Europe.  

slave neil is a 43 year-old slave who was Master Taino's personal slave for two years.   he has grown under the guidance of Master Taino during this time and has become a very special slave.  

They both participated in the International Master/slave Contest 2003 in Dallas, Texas.

In November 2003, during a very emotional private ceremony, slave neil was uncollared after both Master and slave agreed to end the two-year relationship.  

Master Taino remained as Guardian Master of slave neil until he was able to find a new Master.

slave neil is now happily owned by Master Vince of Chicago, Illinois and relocated to the Windy City on April 2005.

 To read more about slave neil, go to his page by clicking here.

After three months serving Master Taino on a part-time basis, slave rene received his first collar as a slave-in-training on September 18, 2003.   A month later, slave rene signed his first contract as the Master's slave.

slave rene is a long-time resident of Washington, DC and still resides in the city's diverse Adams Morgan neighborhood. he and his partner also have a getaway house in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.  slave rene attended Master Taino's Training Weekend and shortly after requested to be considered to serve the Master.

slave rene is a member of the DC Boys of Leather, the Washington DC Chapter of Masters and slaves Together (MAsT), and SigMa.   

slave rene was uncollared by mutual agreement in order to allow him to spend more time with his life partner.

you can visit slave rene's page by clicking here.

Paul is a 35 year-old African American from Washington, DC.  He met Master Taino in February 2004 at the last beginners party held at the old SigMa Dungeon.  He was a complete novice then and Master Taino reached out to him and gave him his very first experience in BDSM.

A couple of months later, they ran into each other again at the DC Eagle and this time  Paul decided to follow his heart and began visiting the Master and His Family.

In July 2004, Paul received his boy training collar and continued his journey under Master Taino's guidance.  As part of his educational journey, Paul has attended the Master/slave Conference (Washington, DC) in July 2004, the slave Training Weekend in mid-August 2004 and Together In Leather (Charlotte, NC) in late October.

Master Taino is very fond of Paul who is very sweet and shy, and also possesses a great heart.  After almost a year under Master's guidance, Paul and Master Taino agreed that his journey was taking him beyond being submissive. Paul stays close to the Master, who continues mentoring him. 

Paul has grown in his journey as a dominant and at the same time developing his BDSM skills.  During this period he has being mentored by both Master Taino and Master Tallen.  He often assists Master Taino at the Training Academy and at the demos at Club SALO. In 2005, he collared boy jose, the International Leatherboy 2002 and a member of Master Taino's Extended Family.  Sir Paul continues his journey learning and growing at a fast pace.

slave jody is a 43 year-old from Kansas, America's Heartland.  A "farm boy" turned "cowboy" as he has lived most of his adult life in Houston, Texas. After few months in Ohio, slave jody arrived to Master's home on March 21, 2005. 

slave jody attended a slave Training Weekend of the Master's Academy in April 2005 and staffed the Master/slave Conference 2005.

After a four-month period as slave-in-training, slave jody and Master Taino agreed that he was not ready to sign a contract and become a fully owned slave.

slave jody stays close to the Family and to the Master and still offers his service to Him.

After spending 2006 in Kansas City, Missouri, slave jody relocated to San Francisco in  January 2007.  Master Taino assisted him to find a place to live and introduced him to a network of Masters and slaves in the City by the Bay. 

To see slave jody's page go to: slave jody

slave eduardo is a 42 year-old European slave who was able to come to terms with his slave heart when his path crossed the Master's. 

Master Taino met slave eduardo at the New York City's Eagle Bar in May 2004.    

he visited the Master in early August 2004 and requested to be accepted as slave-in-training.  While owned, he visited several times a year.  After his demanding career did not allow him to continue traveling, he joined the Immediate Family

To see slave eduardo's page, go to:  slave eduardo

slave chris served Master Taino since summer 2002 until late April 2003, when a family situation forced him to return to New York City. 

After sharing slave neil's apartment for a few months, slave chris now has his own apartment in the lower East side of Manhattan.

Currently he is seeking a Master in New York City.  To see his page click here.

ken and ricky are partners and served Master Taino for a full year.  When ken's house became vacant, they realized it was time to return to their house while staying close to Master Taino and the "family". 

They completed their service to Master Taino on May 4, 2003 but they remain close to the Master, both physically (they live ten miles away) and in their hearts.

Recently, his relationship changed to ricky becoming the dominant in their partnership and slave ken becoming the submissive.

 To learn more about boy ken, click here. 

To learn more about boy ricky, click here.

slave mike served Master Taino as a part-time slave during one full year.  After being released, slave mike continues to be part of Master Taino's Leather Family, and has played an important role as member of the faculty and staff of Master's Training Academy, and the Organizing Committee for the Master/slave conference.

You can click here  or on the link above to learn more about slave mike and read his letters to Master Taino when he was in service.

slave mike has been the proud slave and property of Master John since 2001.

slave mike 2 served Master Taino during six months as a part-time slave.  Master Taino took him on his first baby steps in the lifestyle. 

In mid 2001, slave mike 2 relocated from Michigan to Fort Lauderdale and remained a member of Master Taino's Leather Family. he is currently under the guardianship of Master Taino who still oversees his best interests.  

slave mike lived in Fort Lauderdale for several years and in the Fall 2006 moved back to his native Detroit, Michigan.

he was brought to the family by slave tommy and both developed a special bond until tommy's death.  You can click here  or on the link above to learn more about slave mike.