Leather Leadership Conference celebrates 25th Anniversary
By Bear Mike
A successful 25th Anniversary Leather Leadership Conference was held March 8-10 in Atlanta, Georgia, with about 250 attendees from across the USA, Canada and Mexico. Next year’s event will be held in Los Angeles, California, at Hilton LAX, March 14-16.
Flash Back Gallery - International Olympus Leather
International Olympus Leather was founded in 1996 by The Leather Journal with its first contest being held at the Landmark Hotel in Metairie, LA where Daddy Flo and Ron Hendon became the first International Olympus Leather titleholders. Since then, the contest has been held in Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta, San Diego and Chicago. Dave Rhodes sold the contest to Vonn Tramel in 2016. Scroll down to see photo from each year.
Pantheon of Leather
The Pantheon of Leather Awards were held at the Double Tree by Hilton Market Square in Dallas, TX during ILSLb ICBB weekend on Thursday night, August 30. The Woman of the Year was Girl Complex and Man of the Year was Rod McCoy (aka Rod Onyx). Christopher Edwards was the emcee. To see a list of all Pantheon of Leather Awards 2018 recipients go to
https://www.theleatherjournal.com/component/k2/item/2039-pantheon-of-leather-2018
The Leather Journal was founded in May, 1987. The Leather community was hungry for news magazine that covered clubs, organizations and events. TLJ has successfully met that need for 34 years. We have adapted to change more than once and when the Internet came about we were there by adding www.TheLeatherJournal.com
