LIL XI Program Supplement Workshop Schedule - NLA

THE NATIONAL LEATHER ASSOCIATION
NLA: INTERNATIONAL
LIVING IN LEATHER XI
ocToBER 4-6 t996
Program Supplement
Workshop Schedules
Faculty Biographies
and other information
Living in Leather Xl
ln the traditions of Academic Freedom NLA does not dictate or censor what
presenters say in workshops, panel discussions and other programs. The
opinions expressed, techniques described, and other information impa¡ted, ate
the opinions of the presenters and not necessarily those of NLA:lnternational, it's
officers, or members
Sessions marked with (N) are recommended for novices but not limited to
novices. All are welcome.
Sessions marked with (A) are recommended for advanced players only.
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October 4 - 6,1996
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1996
WORKSHOP SESSION A: 10:00 - l1:30 am
Beating Ass!: Fremont Room
Presenters: Lolita, Hilton Flax, and Lady Green
From hand to hairbrush to paddle to cane: from a sensual spanking to a caning for punishment,
the ass is a prime target.
A2: (N)SM 101: Marquam Room
Presenters: Jay Wiseman, George Nelson, Molly Devon, and Tamar Kay
Leather/SM/Fetish: what are they, what are they not: An introduction to the vocabulary of SM,
and an overview of the "scene" including the concept of "Safe, Sane and Consensual."
ead Trips: Sellwood Room.
Presenters: Jill Carter, Viola Johnson, J. D. Buchart and David Gillis
Playing with the mind, as opposed to the body (or, often, in conjunction with the body.) Taking
control of a fantasy and making it happen in the mindscape of the bottom, and , even more
difficult, in the mindscape of the Top!
A4: Anatomy of a Whip: St. John's Room
Presenters: Joe Wheeler and Jeanette Heartwood
A history of whips and whipmaking, both cats/floggers and single tailed, and pointers on judging
the quality of a whip, and selecting the right whip for the job you want to do.
A5: Leather, Rubber, Latex Care: Broadway Room
Presenters: David Hoffenbacker, and MisTrish Armstrong
The care and feeding of leather, rubber and latex clothing and toys. lt's an important investment
.
You need to know how to care for it.
A6: NLA:l Cochairs Roundtable: Ross lsland Room
Presenters: NLA:l Cochairs: KT Chase and Mark Frasier.
Nl-A:l is YOUR organization. Meet the Co-chairs and register your comments and questions.
A1:
LUNGH: 1l:30 - 1:30:
Fetish Topic Tables: Get your box lunch & join the fetish discussion group of your choice:
Catheters & sounds
Body Modification Uniforms Rubber/latex
Underwear Cross Dressing Dog/Pony Training
Fighting for it
Body Hair / Shaving
Hanging/strangulation High Heels lnfantilism
Torture / Heavy Pain
Cigais (outside) Enemas Piss
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Author/Artist: 12:00 - 2:00 PM: Main Lobby:
Check the posted schedules for which authors/artists will be available at which times to
autograph their books, and to answer your questrons.
Meet the
Leather Art Side Show: The Glassics: 1:00 - 5:30 PM: Second Floor Lounge
Organized by Tony DeBlase and Keith Mingus
A view of classic Leather/SM/Fetish art from Ancrent Greece through Tom of Finland,
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WORKSHOP SESSION B: l:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Fremont Room
Presenters: Holly Horack, Sandy Jarecke, and Queerscout
The pleasure of that fullfeeling! getting a fist rnto it, male and female, anal and vaginal.
(N) Dungeon Etiquette for all lnvolved: Marquam Room
Presenters: Mike Geinzer, Scotl Smith, George Nelson, and Lolita
An overview of proper dungeon behavior for the player; and of the role of the DungeonMaster/
Mistress and his/her assistants.
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Fantasy Wear: Dressing for lT!:
Sellwood Room
Presenters: Jan Hall, Phil Swenson, and Andy Mangels
The role of dress (costume) in fulfilling a fantasy. Police, military, medical, dominatrix, riding
gear, athletic gear, firemen, teacher, Victorian governess, 3 prece suit? Costumes and uniforms
help set a specífic scene, but how are they used, and how do you find the clothing and gear?
What turns YOU on. Please participate by attending dressed in the costume of your choice, and
tell us why it is important to you.
83:
:/Preserving Our Past: St John's Room
85:
Presenters: Tom Koppes, Rob Bienvenu, Robert Ridinger, and Viola Johnson
The Kinsey lnstitue, The Leather Archives & Museum and similar collections, their projects and
what you can do to help insure that our past is preserved.
SM and the Law: Broadway Room
Presenters: Glen Slate, Spencer Bergstedt, Trevor Jacques, Bill Majors and Mary Dante
Operation Spanner, the "Houghton" case, and every day considerations of living with our
lifestyles.
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SM: Ross lsland Room
Presenters: Susie Shepard, KT Chase, and LR Smithline
SM without drugs including alcohol, and recognition that use does not necessarily constitute
Glean and Sober
aDuse.
WORKSHOP SESSION
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G: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Bondage: Fremont Room
Presenters: Dean Walradt, and Lolita
(N) Basic
An intro to bondage, basic safety; safe use of handcuffs and other steel restraint; a buyer's guide
to leather restraints; and an introduction to the use of ropes and other strands.
C2:
(N)
Networking:
Marquam Room
Presenters: Jeff Henness, Philip Miller, and Molly Devon
Finding others with similar interests: The personal ads, bars, clubs, professionals, and
whatever it takes.
(N) Different Strokes: Sellwood Room
Presenters: Bob Walter and Ann Justi
Unconventional toys: Playing without toys, "Pervertables". What can you do with what is already
available, from your hands to our shoe laces and the contents of a kitchen drawer. natural toys:
nettles, birtches, rose thorns etc. all focusing mainly on tactile stimulation of the skin's nerve
C3:
endings.
C4: Flogger Workshop:
C5:
C6:
Bridges Ballroom
Facilitators: Scott Smith, Jo Arnone Jeanette Heartwood, Rene Pothetes and Gail Masters.
Bring your flogger, (and, if possible, a willing target,-{hough this is not required) and come to a
practice work session where our staff of flogging experts will help you improve your technique:
swing, accuracy, precision, whatever. There is always something new to learnl (Willing targets
also welcomed..) Jeanette Heartwood will also have a variety of floggers available for those who
don't have their own, or for those who would like to try different weights and lengths.
Body Modification: St. John's Room
Presenters: Mike Geinzer, Dragon, and Zea,
Piercings, tattoos, cuttings, brandings, scarifications and other permanent body modifications.
Distinguishing between SM and Domestic Violence: Ross lsland Room
Presenters: Jan Hall, Jim Richards, and Dr. Ned Farley
How to educate the powers that be to recognize safe, sane consensual SM as distinct from
domestic violence. AND how to recognize, and react to, real domestic violence when it does
occur within an SM relationship.
OPENING GEREMONIES: 7:00 -9:30
Play
Party:
11:00 PM - 3:00
AM
PM
Bridges Ballroom (No Host Bar)
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WORKSHOP SESSION D: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Male Genitorture: Fremont Room
Presenters: Amanda Wildefyre, with Richard Wolfe and slut diane
A presentation of bizarre techniques and gadgetry, with an emphasis on combining cock and ball
bondage and torment. We will also discuss the psychological elements of CBT and advanced
clinical penile insertion techniques. Richard will share his experiences of scrotal inflation,
intratesticular piercing and permanent modification of the male genitals.
(N)Topping: Marquam Room
Presenters: Donna Shrout, Joseph Bean, Cain Berlinger, and Mr. Kevin Craft
What is it? How do you do it? How do you learn to do it? And what do you get out of it?
(N) Protocols: The role of clubs in our history and at present: Selwood Room
Presenters: Mike Geinzer, Jeff Henness, George Cameron, and Robert Ridinger.
What can you get out of being a member of a leather/SM/fetish club or organization and what is
expected from you as a member.
Human Sculpturez A Performance Artwork: Bridges Ballroom
Presenters: Gerry Whitbeck & Company
Human Sculpture is an exercise in human endurance. For creator Gerry Whitbeck, the puppeteer
who guides his "flyers"" like marionettes in bondage, the piece is an exhlbition of control. The
tension builds throughout the performance while the audience is bathed in a gut-wrenching but
strangely harmonic and rhythmic soundtrack of industrial noise and tribal drumming. ln the
show's finale Gerry doubles as a performer who is tangibly in control even while he is pierced
with 8-gauge fishing hooks and suspended above the stage.
NOTE: this pefformance will extend into the lunch period and reach it's climax during lunch.
Pony Harness: St. John's Room
Presented by : Dana Ventura and Brían Ewing
The design and construction of genuine horse tacK customrzed lor tne numan Dooy. A unlque
form of bondage and for a unique head trip.
Chapter Chairs Council: Ross lsland Room
The lnaugural meeting of this new Nl-A:l Council
PM: Bridges Ballroom
Please enter quietly, the Human Sculpture pertormance
BOX LUNCH: 11:30 AItl - 12: 30
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is still going on!
:t ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETI/NG 12: 30 - 1 :30 PM Bridges Ballroom
ALL NLA members, should attend and participate!
PM:
Main Lobby:
Author/Artist: 12=30 - 2:30
Check the posted schedules for which authors/artists will be available at which times to
autograph their books, and to answer your questions.
Meet the
Leather Art Side show: The Contemporaries: 1:00 - 5:30 PM 2nd Floor Lounge.
Organized by Janet Ryan and Keith Mingus
A view of modern Leather/SM/Fetish art from a wide range of artists. Many are currently offering
their art to patrons. This is a self titled exhibit which will repeat.
E1:
WORKSHOP SESSION E:2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Female Genitorture: Fremont Room
Presenters: MísTrish Armstrong
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(N) Bottoming:
Marquam Room
Presenters: Michael Marks, Mary Dante, Neil "kneel" Thompson, Michelle Harris, and Paris Sea.
What is it,? Why do it? What are the expectations and the rewards? And How do you get
someone to do it to you right?
neak Preview: SIGK: The life and death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasocårsú Selwood Room
A feature length movie on the ljfe of Bob Flanagan, one of this year's NLA Lifetime
Achievement award winners. lntroduced bv his oartner Sherre Rose.
SM & Massage St. John's Room
Presenters: Jim Carlson & Paul Tucker
Massage has two roles in the SM scene: First, EVERY bottom should know the techniques to
bring pleasurable relief to a Top's sore body, usually overworked in bring pleasure to the
bottom!. Second: A deep tissue massage can combine the very best of pain and pleasure as a
scene in itselfl This will be a HANDS ON workshop, limited to 32 participants who will work on
each other in pairs. So grab a partner and come early, or be ready to pair off with another
attendee, Observers will be allowed if space permits, at the discretion of the presenters.
SM Quests: Objectives and self evaluation: Broadway Room
Presenter: Michael Decker
Real conversations about motivation. What are we "questing" for in our scenes? How well does
SM meet our needs? How do we measure up? What are the pressures and where do they come
from? ls it all right to experience danger, love, recklessness, remorse, fear, satisfaction, joy and
guilt, in our SM?
Dealing With
Ross lsland Room
Presenter: George Cameron
A facilitated discussion on strategies for dealing with the loss of lovers and friends and to work
through their deaths to create a positive emotional environment.
Loss:
WORKSHOP SESSION F: 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Electrical Play: Fremont Room
Presenters: Dean Walradt, Don Woods and John Benazidas
Electrical play from sensual stimulation to outright agony including relaxacisors and related
devices, stock prods and stun guns, violet wands, and hand crank generators.
F2: (N) SM Relationships: Marquam Room
Presenters: KT Chase, Susie Shepard; Don Bastian, Bill Costomiris & Larry McKinney,
Livíng the relatíonship for a few hours, or a lifetime: Slave Master/Mistress; Daddy-boy; or
whatever you may wish it to be.
F3 / Creating Sacred Pain / Blood Rituals:
Selwood Room
Presented by Dragon andZea, with Cleo Dubors.
We all use efements of ritual in our S/M play, how is sacred ritual space different? We will
discuss this and the dynamics involved, the role of participants, purpose and aspects of
psychological or "spiritual" safety. We wilf explore the development of unique personal rituals,
sharing 12years of experience creating personal S/M and Pagan inspiréd rituals and will share
rare video footage of extremely powerful and very personal pain/blood ritual.
F4: (A) Asphyxiophilia: Breath/Blood control: St Johns Room
Presenters: Michael Decker & Melissa Morrow
Reslricling air to the lungs and/or blood f low to the brain can be both very erotic and very
dangerous. Have you ever held your breath to rntensrfy an orgasm? They will discuss the turnon
and the controversy; covering the inherent risks and how to reduce them. Demo's of several
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techniques.
F5:
Origins of the Modern SM/fetish sÇle Broadway Room
Presenter: Rob Bienvenu
Styles and images of the modern leather/fetish community have their roots in early 20th Century
erotica. This slide presentation will use European and North American photos from the Kinsey
collection of 1910 - 1960 erotic photography to present the historical development of the genre.
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F6: f, place for us in the 21st century
F7:
Ross lsland Room
Viola Johnson, Jill Carter, Spencer Bergstedt and Jim Richards will lead a round table discussion
on where we go from here. What will the "Golden Yea/' leather men and women find life like?
This is a planning session for workshops at LIL Xll and the research needecj before then.
12 Step Meeting: Hawthorn Room
DINNER lS
SERVED:
7:00
PM
Bridges
Ballroom
AWARDS CEREMONY & SHOW: 8:30 - 10:00
Play
Party:
11:00 PM - 3:00
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PM
(No Host bar with table service).
Bridges Ballroom
Bridges Ballroom
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, I996
Leather Art Side show: Repeat: 11:30 AM - 5:30 PM 2nd Floor Lounge.
Organized by Janet Ryan, Tony DeBlase & Keith Mingus
Art Slide presentations from Friday and Saturday afternoons are repeated.
WORKSHOP SESSION G: 11:30 am - 1:00 PM
G'1: Sharps!: Fremont Room
G2:
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G5:
G6:
Presenters: Donna Shrout, and Wendy Price
Knives, scalpels, razors, needles, and other items that can draw blood! Mind games involving
near cutting as well as safe practices and techniques for play piercings, cuttings, and other
activities that really do draw quantities of blood.
(N) Playing With Someone New To
Marquam Room.
Presented by Cleo Dubois
Cleo will cover communication skills, negotiation focus of the scene, establishing trust, defining
language, and will include a demonstration with a volunteer Cleo has never played with. This is
your chance to watch a scene occur from initial meeting of strangers through to, at least the start
of, an SM encounter.
You:
Role:
(N) Assuming A
Sellwood Room
Presenters: Viola Johnson, J. D. Buchert, David Gillis, and Dragon
Getting into role playing: infant, child or adult? is race, gender, orientation important? ls the role
based on historical fact (e.9. a Nazi scene) or is it pure fantasy (e.9. you are abducted by an
alien space ship. What does it take to make it feel right? AND Puppy or attack dog? Purring
tabby cat or wild leopard? A circus pony or a draft horse, or a wild mustang. Aardvark to zebu,
microbe to great blue whale. How do you get into, and stay into non-human role playing, from
both the Top and bottom's perspectives.
(A) Rope that
Bridges Ballroom
Presenters: Edward Taylor, Nicolle Green and Denise Pedro.
Rope Bondage as torture. Demonstrations of techniques and discussion of considerations for
inducing prolonged, escalating discomfort using rope and relatively simple tackle.
(N) Mentoring: St. Johns Room
Presenters: Jo Arnone, Philip Miller, and Molly Devon
Being a mentor, or finding one: Guiding a bottom through the introductions, being a junior Top,
teaching a Top from the bottom.
Who's Who in Leather: Broadway Room
A Roundtable discussion presided over by: Trevor Jacques & Tony DeBlase.
Help define the guidelines for selecting the 500 men and women who have made the most
important contributions to leather/SM/fetish lifestyles since the beginning of this century.
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WORKSHOP SESSION H: 1:30 am - 3:00 PM
Fremont Room
Presented by Linn Clark, Jean Ray and Jo Wolf
Are you intrigued by medical procedures and equipment; have you ever wanted to catheterize a
cock, suture skin, or stick needles in willing flesh? Then this workshop is for you. Join these two
Nasty Nurses as they demonstrate on their "patients" the safe way to play with medical
equipment, the difference between clean and sterile technique, and when each is appropriate.
(N) Gender and Orientation: ...Marquam Room
Moderator: Bill Costomiris
Guests: Spencer Bergstedt, LR Smithline, Phil Swenson, and Queerscout.
eanings of male, female, heterosexual, homosexual,
ther communities.
H1: Medical Mayhem:
H2:
r, and Neil "kneel" Thompson
rol we have. lt's always available and adds power and
drama to any scene. From silence and seduction to verbal abuse, we use our voices to give play
energy in almost every context.
H4: (A) Technical Suspension: Bridges Ballroom
Presenters: Scott Smith , Rene Pothetes and Gail Masters
The application of technical climbing equipment to suspension; including: equipment choice,
application and maintenance. Significant emphasis will be placed on determining local forces
resulting from specific applications.
SM Entrepreneurship:
St. John's Room
Presenters: Bill "The Hun" Schmeling, Hilton Flax, Jeanette Heartwood & Trevor Jacques
How to earn a living at your SM related craft. Advertising, customer relations, scheduling your
time, keeping records, and otheJ important aspects of making it pay.
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Mummification: Fremont Room
Presenters: Amanda Wildefyre, with slave larry and slut diane
Tired of Saran Wrap, duct tape and plaster? This workshop will address a variety of alternative
mummification techniques, including the joys and dangers of long-term bondage and sensory
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The Need to be Taken: Marquam Room
Presenters: Edward Taylor, Denise Pedro, and Jo Arnone
Fighting for itl Consensual Kidnapping; Rape. The headspace and the practicalities.
SM and Spirituality: Selwood Room
Presenters: Phillip Miller, Carol Queen, Robert Morgan, Ann Justi and Larry McKinney
The Spiritual dimensions of SM, when pain and humiliation transcend everyday life.
(A) Single Tail Whip Workshop: Bridges Ballroom
Facilitators: Joe Wheeler, Don Bastian, Phil Swenson, and Mr. Kevin Craft
Bring your single tail whip and get some expert advice on using it. or just come and observe the
lessons that will be going on. Volunteers wishing to be targets must provide adequate head and
kidney protection.
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Getting Published: Broadway Room
Presenters: Joseph Bean, Bill Majors, Andy Mangels, Cain Berlinger, Mary Dante, and Lady
Green
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Writers, editors and publishers are on hand to advise authors, artists and photographers on the
best way to submit material to be published in the leading titles in the leather/SM/fetish press.
Organizing an Event: Ross lsland Room
Presenters: Dean Walradt, KT Chase, Jeff Rose, and Victoria Gayton,
Planning and pulling off a major event like Living ln Leather and similar productions.
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Livins In Leather XI
THE FACULTY OF LIVING IN LEATHER XI
"MisTrish" Armstrong alarmed her mother when, at age 5, she tied her sock monkey and teddy be€r to the fence and whipped them
with braided willo¡¡ brarrches. ln 1981 she joined Nsiv York's naruly formed LAM and knerru she'd found home. MisTrish gratefully counts
among her mentors Mistress Nan, Anne Pierce, Viola and Mistress Mir She hes in\€nted seræral female genitoture toys and features a
Black and Decker socket wrench in her workshop. Leather, Rubber, Latex care; Female Genitorture'
Jo Arnone is a recipient of '1996 Nl-A Lifetime Achierement Award. See bio in main program. Flogger Workshop; Mentoring; The
Need to be Taken.
Don Bastian is a member of the NLA:l Executire Council. He is founder of C.L.U.B. Calgary (Co,vboy Leather Uniform Buddies), was
Mr Nl-A: lnternational 1995 and Mr. Northwest Drummer 1991 He is a columnist for Clue and lntemational Leatherman magazines. He
is currently working on a book regarding his SM lifestyle. S/lt Rerafionships; Single Tail Whip Workshop'
Joseph W. Bean, author of Leathersex: A guide and Leathersex Q&4, has been writing and editing material about radical sex and SM
for more than a decade, and writing for publication in mainstreâm, special interest and gay media for more than 30 years He is currently
managing editor at Brush Creek Media, publisher of eight gay erotic magazines, including lntemational Leaherman, Mach, Powerplay,
and Bunkhouse. Topping; Getting Published.
John Benazides: Electrical Play
Spencer Bergstedt is a member of the Nl-A:l Executire Council and the former President of NLA: Seattle. He is a practicing attorney in
Seattle and hãs a history of activism in the gayllesbian/bisexual/trangender commun¡ty. Spencer is a transitioning FTM who began
eploring gender roles at a rrery early age. SlIf E the Law; A Place for us in the 21st Century; Gender and Orientetion.
Cain Berlinger is the founding sec. of NLA: Atlanta. lnnumerable short stories published in USA and Europe Former Owner Cuckoos
Nest in AmJterdam Creator of 'Hannibal Re/ America's first Black sex action hero. Certified MassagdHypno Therapist in NYC
Doctorate in Alternatire Health Care as well as an ordained lnterfaith Minister. Topping, Getting Published.
Rob Bíenvenu is completing his Ph. D. in sociology at lndiana Uni\€rs¡ty His dissertation addresses the history of SM in the twentieth
century United States Preserving our Past; Origins of the Modern SÚ/fetish style
J. D. Buchert was lntemational Mr. Fantasy 1995. He has been inrohæd in the leather community for at least 3 years. Head Trips;
Assuming a Role.
George Cameron has been actire in the leather community for orrer 25 years. During that time, he helped in many fund-raisers for AIDS'
judged many contests, including lntemational Mr. Leather. He is a co founder of VASM (Vancour,er Activists in SM) and is also currently
ã mem¡er of Chicago Hellfire Club, M.A.S.T, Nl-A and VASM. He currently heads The Colors Prc{ect for the Leather Archives &
Museum This is an atternpt to gather basic data and artifacts for erery leather/levi/Sl\¡llfetish club or organization that has erer existed.
Protocols; Dealing wifâ Loss.
Jim Carlson has been a mernber of the Portland SlWleather cornmunity for the past 7 years A Chiropractor by training and a public
servant by profession, he cornbines these skills in a unique hands-on workshop
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Jill Carter has been involred in the scene for many years, in many parts of the country and in groups with diverse gender and orientat¡on
memberships. She is also the current lnternational Ms Leather. Head Trips; A Place for us in the 21st CenturyKT Chase steps do,vn this week as the female cochair of Nl-A:|. See bio in the main program. NLA Cochair's Roundteble; Clean &
Soöer Sif,' SM Relationsä i ps; Organizing an Event.
Linn Clark is a kinky, masochistic, little RN, whoenjoys an occasional Sadistic romp With or'er 15 years of nursing experience, she is
noru teaching nursing and has a reputation for epec{ing her students' best efforts. This is one lady who doesn't flinch at the sight of
bloú.
Medical Mayhem.
Bill Costomiris was a founding member of the Tarheel Lather Club and a driving force in the 1990 Beat Jessie campaign. He recei\€d
the Leather Joumal's Man of tñe year anard at the first Pantheon of Leather in 1991 . He has been a member of the NLA Executl\ê
Council for sereral years and was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Leather Archircs and Museum, and as Recording
Secretary of that body. Fisting; S¡lt Rerafionsttips; Gender and Orientation.
"Mr. Kevin" Craft cornes frorn Los Angeles, CA and has been involred in SM for 11 years. He is an Associete member of The'15
Association in San Francisco and the Orãnge Coast Leather Assembly in Orange County CA. He frequently do€s workshops on SM and
related tçics, including three years as a pr6enter at the OCI-A Sampler rn Palm Springs. Topping; Single Tail Whip Workshop'
Mary Dante is actirely inrolræd in political organizing and fund raising in her nati\e Canada. She traræled extensi\€ly during her year as
Ms ÑLA:l 1995 and did considerable work educating the general public about the lore and strength inherent in the leather/Sfi,1/fetish
lifestyle. With her husband Robert, she publishes Le Boudoir Noir mæazrne S,lt ¿ Úre Law; Bottoming; Getting Published.
Tony DeBlase is the creator of DungeonMaster, The Sandmutopia Guardian and the Leather Pr¡de Flæ. He is a former Publisher/Editor
oÍ Drummer and other magazines and author of many articles including erotic fiction under the pen name Fledermaus. He has been a
member of NLA since LIL I and has presented, and/or helped organize, programs for ewry LIL as well as for many other e\,ents and
organizations around the world. This year he steps dovn after ser.en years on the NLA's Execut¡\e Council, but will remain actiw in the
organization. He is a founding member of the Leather Archiræs and Museum and senes as vic+pres¡dent of it's board of directors. He is
currently working on e history of the men's leather cornmunity to be published by Daedalus and on Whob Who in Leather in conjunct¡on
with Trevor Jacques. Who's Who ¡n Leether,
Michael Decker was one of the fer¡¿, if not the only, heterosexual male at LIL 1 and he has been an acti\€ participant in LIL ever since He
currently runs SKIN: the Seattle Kink lnformation Network.: SM Quests; Asphyxiophilia.
Molly Devon is a writer, illustrator, publisher, and whi¡target, coauthored Screw the Roses, Send Me lhe Thoms, her most recent
project was illustrating Dhampir, Chitd of the Btood, by Vi Johnson. Her involr,ement in the leather community has given her the
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opportunity to take her wise-ass tendencies from der,oted amateur to full time professional. She will rereal hoiv long she has been k¡ck¡ng
around the leather scene only under ext reme torture (hint). SM 101; Networking; Mentoring.
Dragon and his MistressZeaareQueer identified, SM, P4an Visual Artists from Santa Barbara. They har,e been acti\€ in both the S.F
andêouthern California scene for a number of years and are well knoiv for their contro\ersial, outrâgeous and bloody rrtuals. ln addition to
their private play, they har,e been performing SM, Sex and Blood rituals at r¡arious locations including the R¡ta Dean Gallery, Hangar 18'
the ientre Stæe Theatre and the Naked Gallery. ln 1995 they presented at Leâtherfest. Dragon currently has a one-man shor of his
paintings at thsNaked Gallery in SF.: Body Modification; Creating Sacred Pain/Blood Rituals; Assuming a Role.
Gleo Dubois began eploring the SM frontiers in the San Francisco leather communþ in the early 1980's. She sees her works as a
Dominatrix and S¡¡ fantasy educator as a rølid path to intimacy between partners to create what she calls Sensual Magic Cleo is a
sought after speaker for súch established educational organizations as the Society of Janus, QSM, the Outcasts and Living in Leather
Corferences. She was a presenter at LIL lll - Vl and Vlll in her private life Cleo likes to play on both side s of the whip Creating Sacred
Pain / Blood Rituals; Playing with someone new to you.
Brian Ewing is a nair/ydisco\Êred bottorn and masochist, recently transplanted to Seattle from Oklahoma Ci$ (after bottorning to the
bornb from two and a half blocks away). Pony Hamess
Dr, Ned Farley of Antioch Unilersity in Seattle presented at the National Gay and Lesbian Health conference this summer on working
with perpetrators of sem+sex dornestic violence. SM & Domestic Violence'
Hilton Flax is a board mernber of The Eulenspiegel Society for 12 years; o,vner of Purple Passion; representdi\€ to Leather Pride Night;
member of lntemational Leather Celebration steering cornmittee; interest in caning @an as a teenæer in an English school. Eeating
Ass,' SM Êntrepreneurship.
Mark Frazier is just ending his first year as male ccchair of N[A: lnternational. He has been an activist and educator in the leather
cornmunity for twålre years, a member of NLA for sev€n years and was Co0hair cf NLA Dallas for four years. He also sened stints as
Mr. Nl-A: I and as Mr. Gulf Coast Drummer. NLA:I Cochair's Roundtable'
Victoria Gayton is currently chairs the Atlanta Chapter of Nl-A, and also senæd on the Steering Cornm¡ttee for Atlanta Wornen of
Leather and was on the Execut¡\,€ Cornmittee for Atlanta Leaherfest, 1996, She enjoys speaking, educating and counseling bcÉh within
and outside of the leather community, and ¡s also acti\,e in SM discussions øt the lntemet. Organizing an Event'
Mike Geinzer has been a mernber of Nlá since LIL Vlll and President of the Houston Chæter since 1994 He is a serious practitioner of
the SM arts, with speciel fondness for flogs, paddles, clcdhespins, and r¡erbal abuse. Mike hofles h¡s telents uæn his slaleboy "kneel"'
and thæe willing to submit to him. He is a charter member of the newty formed Houston SfiÀLeather club, The Bayou City Leãther
Alliance, and is àssociated with numerous other clubs and organizations. He was named "Associate of the Year'' in 1995 by the Texas
Riders of Houston and continues to conduct, in association with NLq:Houston, a lecture aimed at vanilla audiences entitled "SeX Lies'
and Duct Tape. "He has presented at Austin's Texæ Leather Pride and at Dallæ' Beyond Vanilla. He continues to add to his extensiw
collection ø tattoæ, body piercings, stories of cluFlife, and Old Guard traditions. Mike is also serving as Dungeon Chair for LIL Xl
D u n geo n Eti q u êtte ; Bo d y M od ifi cati o n ; P roto co I s.
David Gillis is JD Buchert's partner. They ahve been involved in the Leather /SM community for over three years and are
active in fundraising. Head Trips; Assuming a Role.
Nicolle Green is a bcttomy switch who has lived in Portland for the last 14 years. She enjoys bondage, suspension and sting, but es an
accomplished equestrian, she also wields a wicked crop Rope that Hurts'
prctect
Jan Hall is a nernber of the NLA E¡<ecutiræ Council and has senred many terms on this body She is a politicel activist working to
the rights of leath€r/S¡rUfetish people worldwide and is the prime morer beñind Nl-A's Dornest¡c Violence programs' Fantasy Wear; SM
& Domestic Violence.
Michelle Harris canre out into the BDSM scene a scant 3 years æo when she disco/ered Lone Star PEP, soon thereafter she started
The Leáher Ræe Society, wirich no¡v has 60+ members scattered oær a 4 state area. She continued to branch out , becorning actiue
with Nl-A:Dallas and their Beyond Vanilla conference. Noriv she is also the editor of The Link, the Nl-A:l nqrr¡sletter, and is webmistress of
nla-i.com, the N[A:l web page. Bottoming.
Janette Heartwood is founder of Heartwood Whips of Passion in Laguna Beach, CA. She has been making and enjoying whips for the
past six years and has compiled a 6E pæe "whip loræ/s dream" catalog. Janette is particularly interested in holv different kinds of
materials'can be fashioned to produce ranges of sensation. Janette first displayed her whips at LIL V in Portland. The encouragement
and suggestions she receiræd inere empo,rærø her to continue her journery of whip making. Anatomy of a Whip; Floggü Wortshop;
SM Entrepreneurship.
Jeff Henness is a Seatfle Leather Dddy and Bear Clan Elder He rs addrcted to h¡s hungry pup (aka Dan), cornputers and community
service. Jeff is a long-teñ1 survi\ior of all too many committees (such as LIL ll and lll), boards (such æ NLA 1987-89) and gro{.rps (as
member, founder oiot¡ica). Cunently, he is one of two Directoæ for the Leãther Pride Prcject and the Publisher ú Leather Prídel' a
bimonthly neu¡sletter serving Washington state and the Pacific Northwest NeWorking; Protocols'
David Hoffenbacker was Mr. ldâho Leather and Mr. NLA: I 1996 Amorìg other talents he makes hand crafted boots! Leather'
Rubber, Latex Carè.
Holly Horack, a.k.a. Puddles, is a self proclaimed Leather Dykette, as well as Piggy Bottom She ¡s affiliated with the Orange Coast
Lathêr Assernbly (OC|-A), Women's Leather Network (WLN), and Præcenium A resident of Southern Califomia she is also a founding
member of Bill W.'s Tribe. As a pushy submissiw she has been inrolred in numerous fund-raisers and pride festir¡als representing the
Leather Cornmunity. Holly enjoys desþning fetish wear in her spare time Fisting.
Trevor Jacques is a physicist, cornputer systems engineer, and BDSM author who mowd from England to Canada in l9E1 With his
ccauthors of On the Safe Edge: A Manual'For SM Play,he designed and continues to delirer a series of SM safety søninars ¡n Toronto.
His cunent prcjects are the recently published Altemate Sources directory and the propæed Who's Who in Lealher rolume. On a very
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windy day, he has trouble deciding between tearing his body to shreds on a windsurfer, or being tied up in lots of leather and then having
his body abused in "that" way S,U & fhe Law; Who's Who in Leather; SM Entrepreneurship'
Sandy Jarecke, alias spanky, is a Leâther Daddy. She devotes her t¡me to being of service in the Leather Community through various
fund-raisers and pride festirels. At present she is a member of Orange Coast Leather Assenrbly (OCI-A); Wornen's Leather Network
(WLN)' and Proscenium. She is also a member of Bill W's Tribe in Southern California. Sandy is a firm belienær thet fist¡ng is a spiritual
erperience. Fisting.
Viola Johnson is a forty something leatherwoman and vampire who has been ecti\€ in the SM scene for o\€r twenty years She is a
member of the Nl-A:l Executiræ Council and of the Leather Archiræs and Museum Board of Directors. She receiwd NLA's Lifetime
Achie\Á-.rnent Award in 1995 and is currently Sash Wido,v to lntemational Ms Leather. Head Trips,' Preseruing our Past; A Place for
us in the 21st Century; Assuming a Role
Ann Just¡ has been playing for orær 15 years, more than 7 of them as a full-time, lifesSe slaræ. Her interests are varies She likes to
play with medical toys and do medical scenes She also likes homemade and unusuaf toys (especially those objects that are used in
other, vanilla ways in eræryday life), as well as natural toys. lntestinal forceps, copper brushes, and birches. She ¡s a slut for abrasion and
unusual sensatio¡s. During the day she is a medical profess¡onal nc¡r,v in the sofhivare ¡ndustry. Ann is a West Coast natiw relocated to
Na,v York's Hudson Valley where'she happily liræs with her Master, Bob, a newly elected director of TES and managing editor of
Prometheus. Different Sfrokes; SM & Spirituality.
Tamar Kay has been in the leather scene for well orer a decade. Her erdic fiction is published in the anthologiæ By Her Subdued and
No Other Tribute, bc/.h edited by Laura Antoniou. Tamar also writes articles on the kinky lifestyle, which appear in lhe Sandmutopian
Guardían and monthly in the Rose City Discussion Club (RCDC) ns¡isletter. SM 101, Assuming a Role.
Tom Koppes is collections menager of The Leather Archires & Museum. Preserving our Pest.
Lady Green, Catherine A Lisã, is coauthor øf The Bottoming Book. She lires in San Francisco and is actiræ as a lecturer. Beating
Ass ; Getting Pu blished.
Lolita has many roles: Little girl, Mo{'n, Princess, Master, PMS Bitch Queen, Spy, Auntie, Sir, and Food. She is a flexible çportunist.
Beating Ass; Dungeon Etiquette; Basic Bondage.
B¡ll Majors has 4l years of eperience in the scene. 20 ye¿rs as the orvner and çerator of B&D Pleasures publications. He has
produced in excess of SOO gAO, S&M, Fetish and Spanking videos Four yeers æo he was accused of "lnterstate TransPortation of
bbscene Materials" and spent six months in a federal jail as part of a plea bargain. Today he cont¡nues to b€ acti\€ in the cornmunity and
has always thought of his involræment as a film maker and publisher as an extension of his teaching career. SM & the Law; Getting
Published.
Andy Mangels, a community activist for the last decade, cofounded the infamous ORGASM club and has been a major force for
tundiaising ln the Oræon cofiimunity. He was a,varded the West Coast Regional Award at Pantheon of Leather V, and has receired the
NLA's Order of Merit. He edits the a¡¡ard-winning Gay Comcs, and his writing and photography har,e appeared in The Leather Joumal,
Drummer, Bear, The Advæae, Frontiers and local neu¡spapers such as Just Out He is the current Vic+Spokesperson of the American
Uniform Association, and he publishes and edits tN UNTFORM The Magazine. Fantasy Wear; Getting Published.
Michael Marks is a columnist for Chaps Neu¡sletter, Portland OR, and Assistant Professor of Politics, Willamette Unirnersity, Salem OR
Bottoming.
Ga¡l
Mesters: Flogger Workshop; Technical Suspension'
Larry McKinney was born in lndiana and raised in rural West Virginia. He has been a¿tare sf leatheriSM interests for years but only
receñtly has had- the opportunity to erplore them. He has leaned quickly and is no'v wicked with a single tail whip (on either end)l SM
Relationships; SM & Spirituality.
phillip Miller, wrier and publisher, claims half authorship of Screw fhe Roses, Send Me The Thorns. He is a dorninant l¡ving at the
picturesque seashore of Ner¡v Jersey. His ideal submissir¡e woman will cornmunicate well and honestly, belia,e that trust is the
cornerstone of a good SM relationshij, and will always be considerate enough to put the tcilet seat back up. Networking; Mentoríng;
SM & Spirituality.
Keith Mingus is fairly na¡ to the scene and is under the tutelage of Jan Hall. He is cunently 27 and an Ohio college student in pursuit of
an Electriúl Engineering degree. Farorite activities: Bondage, Photography, and Literature, particularly erotica and dher books that haw
Aft Slide Show.
Robert Morgan had his first leather shirt custom-made when he was 14. No¡u he's 42. you can do the math. He ís a Physician and sex
educator who specializes ¡n the anatomy and physiology of sex and SM Dirty Talk; SM & Spirituality.
been banned in the past.
Morrow Asphyxiophilia.
George Nelson is one of the founding Daddies of NLA' Among his many achierærnents was nem¡ng the first confererìce "Living
Leathe/' SM 101; Dungeon Et¡quette
Mel¡ssa
in
Denise Pedro is a bisexual, polyamorous bottorn who has been manied for 18 years. She is co-o¡vner of Beyond the Edge Cafe, a kinky
gathering spot in Seattle. Rope fttaf Hurts; The Need to be faken
Rene
Pothetes:
Flogger Workshop; Technical Suspension.
Wendy Price: Typically a bottom and a sub Ms Piice has been topping peaple with his style of knife play for four years' Among her
lor,rely assistants is her pet Doug, Sharpsl
Carol Queen is a sexologist and author who writes from her oøn erçerience and that of her communities. Her mct recent book is Søfch
Hitters: Lesbians Write Gay Male Erotìca and Gay Men Write Lesbian Erotica. She is also the author ú Exhibitionism for the Shy and
the forthcorning Real Live Nude Girls: Chronicles of Sex-Positive Culfure (essays) and The Leather Daddy and the Femme (fiction)
Dirty Talk; SM & Spirituality.
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Queerscout, Mr. Wisconsin Fantasy '96, a formerly homeless, male prositute, is a community organizer and political activist who ¡s
member, his journey into gender play stârted
celebrating his 1 3th year of livrng wíth HlV. A former M A.F.l A member and current
when he became a Radikal Leâther Faerie and has resulted thus far in his being stripped of the title of Mr Wisconsin Leather '95
because he refused to stop wearing the skirts which he competed in and celebrates his existence in. Fisting; Gender and Orientat¡on.
Jean Ray is an SM switch with eight years eperience as an RN. She enjoys injecting her ofln twisted humor into most situations and is
looking forward to sharing both her medical expertise and humor at the workshop Medical Mayhem'
Nll
Jim Richards was founding president of the Disciples of de Sade in 19&4, hæted the Dallas Conference in 1988 and senæd as cochair
of SSCA, and after their mèrger, as cochair of NLA from 198E-1991 He has senæd on the Executirre cornmittee of NLq:Dallas and
recently returned as a membeiof the Executiræ Council of Nl¡A:1. He was the Leather Journal Man of the Year in 1992. SM & Domesfic
Violence; A Place for us in the 21st Century.
Robert Ridinger is a founding member of Trident lnternational Windy City. he is Associate professor, Unirnersity Libraries, Northern
lllinois Unirers'ity, and author of ne ROVOCRTE lndex, 1967-1982: The Hornoserual and Society: An Annotated Bibliography' and a
forthconring history of the gay and lesbian morement in the United States. He is the Historian of the Mid America Conference of clubs
Preseruing our Past; Protocols;
Jeff Rose is Director of LIL Xl see info on him in the mein prograî, Organizing an Event
Sheree Rose and her partner, Bob Flannigan, are recip¡ents of Nl-A's Lifetime Achierement Awards this year See the bio in the main
program Sneak Preview
Janet Ryan is a documentary and erotic portrait photographer who first started correring the leather cornmunity at the '87 March on
Washingion. Her work has been published in The Leather Journal, Drummer, Tough Customers, Btack Leather in Color, Tom of
Fintands's Emerging Erotic Atfists, and the Second Coming: A LeatherDyke Reader, and will soon appear in the lMsL Calendar. She is
committed to shoa/ñg her work in "straight" renues and helping presene a visual legacy of the leather conrmunity. Art Slide Show.
Bill Schmeling is better kno,v to his thousands of fans as the male erotic ertist "The Hun". SM Entrepreneurship
Paris Sea has been a lead¡ng light in the Nl-A: Toronto chapter. Bottoming.
Susie Shepherd was the second lnternational Ms Leáher (1989), She was named ll'te Leather JoumalWoman of the Year 1991 and
receiræd their Readers Choice Award the same year. She was lnternational slare 1992; but her proudest achie\€ment is being life
partner and slare to KT Chase. Clean & Sober,'Sll¡l Relationships.
Donna Shrout is a CherokedLakc,ta, mistress/daddy who enjoys pink pumps, polver tools, dark alleys and brightly lit exam tables The
eternal Ms. Northern California Leather, her greatest fantasy is getting eight hours of undisturbed slæp. Topping; Sharpsl'
Glenn Slate is a Portland attorney in sole practice who likes hanging out with kinky people. SM & the law.
: Mummification
slut diane: Male Genitorture, Mummif¡cation.
slave larry
Scott Smith: Applicable background: (Suspension) lO+yrs in technical rçe work; including: mountainous, swiftwater, sub4uatic,
subterranean and urban. (Flæõing) Significant tirne (unk) involræd with flogger design, production (Generally my own) and application
(Personal) Geer fetish. Dungeon Etiquette; Flogger Workshop; TechnicalSuspenslon..
L.R. Smithline, a.k a "Uncle Chuck: leads and promdes the Southern Cal¡fomia Leather/SltilFetish Outreach Program which provides
speakers to college classes and community groups to educate them about our lifestyles. He enjoys playing more than speaking about it
but recognizes thâ there are still many æópte out there who need to kno,v who we are and what u€ do. He has an actiwly involwd in
various leather and genderbent organizations since 1990, and is the cunent president of NLA: LA. Clean & Soôe¡'' Gender &
Orientation
phil Surenson is one of NLA:l's panserual members. Sornetimes kno,v as "Fluffy," dher t¡mes knolvn as "Miss Phyllis," she has
been
tç
for 25 years. She has actirely engaged in
genderbend¡ng his way through the Scene es e bottorn and
people, teaching others horr to flog and whip people, and presenting SM 101 programs to college class
almæt as long as he has been out in the scene. He was a founding member of LA Janus [no,v kno,v as
group in various capacities including Coordinator. She joined NLA in 1986 and is presently the Secrdery of
NLA:|. Fantasy Wear;
Gender and Orientation; Single Tailed Whip Workshop'
Eddio Taylor is toppish switch who hails from San Francisco and non¡ lires rn Seattle, where he hes gi\,en sereral presentations on rope
bondage He has of tae Ueen erploring capture, physical conflict, painful bondage, and other forms of intimate violence. Rope lhat
Hurts; The Need to be Taken.
Ne¡l Thompson, a.k.a. "kneel" is eperiencing LIL for his f¡rst time this year kneel is in-service to his Master, Mike Geinzer and is a
member of Nl-A: Houston, currently in serviceãs "first-lady'', He is a charter member of the narly formed SM-Leather club, They Bayou
City Leather Alliance. As a recent presenter et Texas Leather Pride in Austin and at Beyond Vanilla in Dallas, kneel adds an insightful
perspective to workshçs: that of the submissire slave Bottoming; Dirly Talk
paul Tucker, a Portlend resident, is ân ac{i\ê member of Portland Leather Men, and has been a co,er man on tn lJniform SM E
Alassage.
Dana Ventura is a 90% ¡ep, 10% switch frøn Seattle, most frequently seen flogging and putting bottorns into pony harnesses. A
fire.year reteran of the scene, she also enjoys bondage and the occasional gender-bending. Pony Harness.
Dean Walradt is a member of the Nl-A:l Executire Council, representing the NLA Chapters. He has been actir¡e in the Houston Chapter
Basic Bondage;
for many years and has just relocated to Dallas. He was Director of LIL's lX and X and ass¡stant director at lLl
Vlll.
Electr¡cal Play; Organizing an Event.
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Bob Walter has been the managing editor of Prometheus, the magazine of The Eulenspiegel Society, since December'1994. He oivns
Lion Toys, a ne\iv scene business. He is self-employed as a business and publication consultant specializing in solving business
problems and magazine and nq¡rsletter start-ups He also has a grorving practice doing computer system design and consulting. Bob is a
lifestyle dominant and lires just north of New York City with his slaræ, Ann and four parrots He was recently elected a member of the
Eulenspiegel Society Bo€rd of Directors Different Sfrokes
Joe Wheeler has studied whíp making in many forms, frorn his early days spent at sea working with ropes, and making British sSe
Naval Cats , through to his later dedication to finely crafted, braided Australian style single tail whips. Anatomy of a Whip; Single
Tailed Whip Workshop.
Gerry Whitbeck & Gompany's Human Sculpture is designed and directed by Gerry Whitbeck, Design Support by Jim Anderson, Erica
Kaputska, and Jeremy Kindall. Sound Arrangement by Jeremy Kindall. Piercing by Daivn and M¡tch of OVO Piercing, and by Shane
Hermanson of Fire Bode Flyers are: Jessica, Erica K. Miss Crickett, Ellen E, Leslie, Thea, Rebel, April, Cameron, and Correy Blue. Crs¡r
is: Buddah, Da\€, J¡m A, Erica K, Leslie, Conie, Mike D, Andreriv, Kyle B, and Shirak. For bookings, contact Meggie at (503) 97T2196.
Human Sculpture: A Pertormance Artwork,
Amanda Wildefyre is a lifestyle dominant sadist and bondage enthusiast who delights in bizarre SedSetry and torture techniques. She
has recently published two articles in The Sandmutopia Guardian Mistress Amanda hails from Minneapolis. Male Genitodure;
Mummification.
Jay Wiseman is the author oÍ SM 101: A Beginner's Handbook. He liræs in San Francisco and lectures nationwide on
leather/Sfi,Ufetish lifestyle, with an emphasis on encouraging the use
oaramedic Sìn 1U.
Jo
Wolf:
the
of safe, sane and consensual SM practices. Jay is a former
Medical Mayhem.
Richa¡d WolÍe: Male Genito¡lure.
Don Woods: Electrical PIay.
Zea and her slarre Dragon are Queer ldentified, SM, Pagan Visual Artists from Santa Barbara They hare been actiræ in both the SF a¡d
Southern California scene for a number of years and are vrell knorvn for their controrersial, outrageous and bloody rituals. ln addition to
their private play, they harc been performing SM, sex and Blood rituals at various locations including the Rite Dean Gallery, Hangar 18,
the Centre Stage Theatre and the Naked Gallery in 1995 they presented at Leâtherfest. Body Modification; Creating Sacred Pain /
Blood Rituals.
THANK YOU to the presenters, the "crash test dummies", and the many other volunteers who
helped organize and present this year's class offerings. I particularly want to thank those who
provided very valuable assistance in recruiting presenters and in other aspects of the planning,
including Bill Costomiris, Donna Shrout, Phil Swenson, Dean Walradt and, especially, Lolita.
Tony DeBlase
Meet the Author/Artist
Leather/SM/fetish men and women who have authored and/or compiled books and other publication, of
interest to the community will be available at tables in the Main Lobby of the Conference center to
autograph their work and meet with their fans. Many t¡tles will be available for purchase at the Alamo
Square booth in the vendors area. However, feel free to bring in your own copies of their works for
signings. The tentative schedule of signers is given below Please check the posted listings for changes
and update. lf are a published author, artist, photographer and would like to be included in the signing
schedule contact Mark Friedman at the Alamo Square booth, or Tony DeBlase, probably best found with
a cigar on the smoking deck.
Tentative Schedule
:
Friday 12 Noon - 1:00 PM: Bill Majors; Andy Mangels. Robert Rrdrnger: Duncan Saffir; Bill Schmeling
Friday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM: Cain Bedinger, Tony DeBlase (Fledermaus); Viola Johnson; Tamar Kay
Saturday 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM: Josçh W Bean, Trevor Jacques, Carol Queen
Saturday 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM: Molly Dewn; Lady Green. Phrlhp Miller, Jay Wiseman.
Thank you for attending Living in Leather Xl. Please join us aga¡n next year!
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