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.

Dark Angel: LA Leather Pride Week

We have the full schedule with full description of each of the events - with links for your convenience. Just scroll all the way down to see what is in store for you during LA Leather Pride. THis is becoming one of those weeks where Leatherfolk from all over the world should visit.

International Master/slave winners

Master Rook and slave rook left South Plains LeatherFest in Dallas, TX with the International Master/slave 2000 title in hand. Three Master/slave teams vied for the coveted titles. South Plains holds more than a contest. The weekend includes over 50 workshops, classes and demos, dungeon parties, a keynote Sunday brunch, a large Leather market and several socials.

This was a huge year for South Plains Leatherfest as the Master/slave Contest celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Rick Storer from the Leather Archives and Museum was on hand for the unveiling and ribbon cutting ceremony of the new Master/slave Contest Exhibit.

Here we have Sir Cougar holding the door as the past title holders enter just after the ribbon cutting.

Master Dan and slave Melissa were chosen to be International Master and slave 2012 during South Plains Leatherfest and International Master/slave Weekend at the Park Inn Hotel in Dallas, TX the weekend of March 9-11. Master Dan and slave Melissa represented the Southeast Master/slave Region.

The other Master and slave contestant pairs were Master Griffin and slave ann from the Northeast, Daniel and Pink from the Northwest, Sir Charles and slave jacki from the Great Lakes, and Sir Mystic and Marika from the Southwest.

Highlights included workshops and education with two seminar tracks ; one on Master/slave relationships and one on advanced SM techniques. Among the presenters were Master Skip and slave Rick, Master Jim and slave marsha, Liza and slave jody, Lady Hilary, Raven Kaldera and Joshua Tenpenny, Mark Frazier, Hardy Haberman, Phoenix, and Utah Rox.

Emcee Karen “Ultra Domme” Crecelius kept things alive. The newly-added South Plains Cruise was held on Friday night and recalled bar gatherings of the past and featured hot Leather bar music, bootblacks, trick cards, and entertainment by drag queen Aurora Briar, Lillith Grey of the Glory Hole Girls, and drag king Sir Cougar.

The new South Plains Cafe offered lunch on Saturday with a portion of the ticket price supported the travel fund. The Sunday Brunch was highlighted by keynote speaker Phillip Wolf (aka Boymeat), one of the four founders of The Next Generation. Also featured was the presentation of the first, and perhaps last, Vanna White Tiara award to Master Malik.

South Plains offered on-site play parties with 5,000 square feet in the hotel both Friday and Saturday nights, featuring men's, women's, and pansexual spaces. Of course, there was a vendor mart.

In 2012 South Plains had to move from the last weekend in February to the second weekend in March; the same weekend as Discipline Corps, a men's BDSM club in Dallas, Esprit de Corps Weekend. Rather than competing, the organizers of both events found ways to work together so that both events benefited.