Age Verification

Summary

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What is age verification?
Why do you have to be age-verified to participate in Kink Between the Lines (KBtL)?
How old do you need to be to register for or to attend KBtL?
How do I become age verified?
Is age verification the same as registration?

What is age verification?

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Age verification is the process of verifying someone’s age to determine if they are old enough to attend our event. Age verification is the equivalent of showing your ID to someone before entering a bar, nightclub, or in-person adult conference or event. We just happen to do it online since our conference is online!

Why do you have to be age-verified to attend?

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Kink Between the Lines strives to provide a platform that intentionally holds space for the centering of marginalized perspectives in relation to the kink and BDSM community. As such, the conference will feature education, discussions, and socials that contain adult content and would not be appropriate for underage individuals/minors.

How old do you need to be?

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To attend KBtL, you must be at least 18 years of age at the start of the conference. This is because 18 is considered the legal age of majority in the country that KBtL’s business entity is located.
If you are under 18 when you register but will be 18 before the start of the conference, you are permitted to register but cannot complete age-verification until after your 18th birthday. This may cause a delay in access to the event, depending on when your birthday falls and when thereafter you start the age verification process.

How do I become age verified?

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There are several different options for age verification. Regardless of which option you choose, the first step is to join discord and open an age verification ticket. You can find these options in the #age-verification channel, where you can select any of the labeled buttons to open the respective type of ticket. The options for age verification are detailed below.

Age-Verification Options

I will show my ID and send 2 photos.
- A member of the age-verification staff will provide you with an object, and you must submit 2 photos - 1 a close-up of your ID and the object that you were given, and 1 with you holding your ID and the object.
- The complete instructions in the image below will be visible when you select this option for age verification:
![The complete instructions for age verification with a photo ID:

Hi @professor kitty, Registrar! Thanks for opening an age verification ticket. This channel can only be seen by age verification staff members and is used to make sure you are 18 years of age or older so that you can fully participate in the server. To complete age verification, you must provide two photos. Both of these photos must include the object specified by @Age Verification staff. Do not post any photos until you have been told what object to include. Please provide a photo of a non-expired government-issued ID. The ID must have a date of birth and a photo of you. You can black out all other info on the ID for privacy if you wish. It must include the specified object. For the second photo please take a selfie of yourself holding the ID card and the same object from the first picture. You can upload both pictures here and after we have reviewed them, they will be deleted for your privacy. Please keep in mind that if you do not respond to this message in 72 hours, we'll close the ticket to keep our queues tidy, but you can always open another one. Need an accommodation because of a disability? Just ask! We can definitely do that.](attachment:df7d9d73-870f-4642-aa04-0a9eced970f1:photo_id_option.png)
I’m in another verified 18+ server with a KBtL staff member who can verify this.
- A pop-up asking you to indicate which server you are in and which KBtL staff member is also in that server will appear. Please fill-in the requested information and then a member of our age verification staff will confirm this with the staff member.
I’ve attended another 18+ event and would like KBtL staff to attempt to verify this with the event organizers and/or a KBtL staff member who was at the event.
- A pop-up asking you to indicate which event you attended and who the event organizers are or which KBtL staff member you interacted with at the event. Please fill-in the requested information and then a member of our age verification staff will reach out to the event organizers to attempt to get confirmation of your attendance. If we are unable to confirm your attendance, you will need to open a new age-verification ticket and select a different verification method.
I know a staff member personally.
- A pop-up asking you to indicate which member of staff you know personally. Please fill-in the requested information and then a member of our age verification staff will confirm with the staff member that they know you. To view KBtL’s current list of staff, please check out the staff page on the website (linked).