When asked about the level of support received from the school, clubs, or students in general at USC, they Kinky Trojans told Campus Reform that they think вЂњsupport for the club picked up when we had our biggest rope tying event last semester, before it was just smaller munches that were less publicized. They knew that USC lacked a space for kinky students and decided to create their own.вЂќ The Kinky Trojans told Campus Reform that вЂњthe club was created by the two founders who bonded over their interests in BDSM. She is not the only USC student who felt that her cravings for alternative sex were unaccepted. Hannah declined to share her last name because she has not yet exposed to her family her involvement with BDSM for fear that they would not be accepting. ItвЂ™s something that normal people do and like.вЂќ

Cherys Fair, one of the clubвЂ™s founders, told the Daily Trojan that, вЂњf someone finds out that you and thinks, вЂYou donвЂ™t look like the kind of person that would do thatвЂ™ - thatвЂ™s the point. Hannah, an executive board member of the Kinky Trojans, told the Daily Trojan that one of the goals of the BDSM club at USC is to overcome stereotypes associated with the lifestyle. However, the fact remains that UCLA is the first *public* university to recognize and offer resources to an open kink/bdsm/leather student organization,вЂќ the group said when contacted by Campus Reform.ДЄpproximately ten students currently attend the Kinky TrojansвЂ™s вЂњmunchвЂќ discussions regularly. вЂњWe are very impressed by other university kink groups, and we had a wonderful relationship with the kink group at Columbia University.

Kinky Bruins, University of California Los AngelesвЂ™s kink group, claims to be the first kink group recognized by a public university. There are other kink groups within California, as well. While many universities already have BDSM-related student groups at their campuses, USC is among the growing number of schools-such as Harvard University and Mount Holyoke College-to recognize the alternative sex groups as official under their student governments. The group disassociated from QuASA this academic year in order to focus on its individual mission and become official as a separate group within the schoolвЂ™s student government. Events discussing polyamory, dungeons, and bondage equipment were hosted as well. As an organization under QuASA, the group hosted a BDSM 101 panel attended by about 80 students.

The Daily Trojan reports that the Kinky Trojans first developed in association with the Queer and Ally Student Assembly at USC, otherwise known as QuASA, because of a shared interest in вЂњalternative sexuality.вЂќ QuASA is a branch of USCвЂ™s Undergraduate Student Government consisting of several вЂњqueerвЂќ student groups of students exploring their sexuality. For example we've had a BDSM 101 panel and a rope tying class in the past,вЂќ the Kinky Trojans told Campus Reform We hold munches (discussions about kink held over food) twice a month and also hold various types of programming related to BDSM. вЂњOur club offers a safe space for students at USC to come together in a welcoming environment to discuss and learn about BDSM topics. Support for the Trojans Munch Club, or the Kinky Trojans as they are called on Facebook, picked up soon after the BDSM-inspired film Fifty Shades of Grey broke the international record for the highest-gross R-rated release.

USC students have started a club to raise awareness about a methods of alternative sex, particularly BDSM (bondage, dominance, sadism, and masochism). Students at the University of Southern California (USC) could soon be tied up, but not in their studies.

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