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Leather Archives and Museum

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

The LA&M 2012 Membership Drive is On! This year we need to raise enough to:

Digitize film and photography collections
Create a new traveling exhibition
Assemble new exhibits in Chicago
Maintain the 10,000 square feet of leather history owned by the community
Make additional archival collections available to scholars

To become a new member, or to renew your membership, simply click this link!

The LA&M Out On The Road
The Leather Archives & Museum will be traveling all over the country in the coming months, from San Francisco to here in our back yard. We hope to see many of you at these great upcoming events!

Meet WLHP Project Historian
Dr. Alex Warner
International Ms. Leather
March 29 – April 1, 2012
San Francisco, CA

Sinsations In Leather
March 30 – April 1, 2012
Illinois

Leather Leadership Conference
April 13 – 15, 2012
Nashville, TN

Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend
April 26 – 29, 2012
Cleveland, OH

Women’s History Month at the LA&MSince March 1, 2012, The Leather Archives & Museum has been pleased to recognize Women’s History Month by choosing one artifact a day highlighting the contributions of women to the leather community on our Facebook page. Please stop by and take a look at some of the great memories stored here at the LA&M!

Free Thursday Hours Prove A Sucess The Leather Archives & Museum’s recent offering of free admission hours on Thursdays have proven to be a great success. Already there is a noticeable rise in the number of visitors taking advantage of this opportunity, and the LA&M is grateful to the clubs and organizations that make this offer possible.

Free Admission is available every Thursday from 3:00 to 7:00 PM. Below are the links to the latest clubs and organizations helping us offer the museum to an even larger audience.

Thursday, March 15
International Ms. Leather

Thursday, March 22
Leather Masked Ball

Thursday, March 29
International Mr. Leather

Thursday, April 5
Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend lamlogo-sm

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Mid-Atlantic LeatherSir, Leatherboy, and Leatherwoman Contest

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

I spent the day watching an amazing group of people compete for the Mid-Atlantic titles. A club sister, was competing for Mid-Atlantic Leatherwoman. She did an outstanding job. Her fantasy became everyone’s fantasy. It was hot, involved cages, fences, heat, and surprises. This was rounded out with a solid speech. Toni took title with a score of 92%. Truly sensational. I made new friends who I hope to see again soon. I saw old friends who I had not seen in a very long time. That alone will leave me smiling for days. I played and laughed.

I met a bootblack who applied with their tongue. I was inspired to be publicly raunchy. To say their was kicking, rocking and some untoward behavior– well, there was. And yes it was good. This is the first person to touch a pair of my boots who I didn’t love in twenty-one years. All I am going to say is– ha, a good choice was made.

My phone died at noon today–ridiculous. What a drag! I would have loved to have tweeted pictures and fun updates.

A few thank you moments are in order. Thanks to the impromptu kneeling bait! You’re the best. I’m so fortunate to have your family’s friendship. Thank you to the beautiful old dog who came to me, sat on my boots, leaned into me and just loved on me sweetly. Thank you to the unique woman who finds it interesting how the universe keeps changing my well planned schedule– I’m going to recall the wall, your words and the totally joyous inappropriate za-za-zoom. Thank you to my dear friend who made sure I was shiny, well fluffed and knew that sheer latex is back in! Thank you to the handsome twosome who watered me, fed me a great contraband hotdog treat and were wonderful company. Thank you to two old friends who made me laugh and gave connection in the best ways. Thank you to the couple who was so straight forward and really kind- you are both inspiring. Ohh…and yes, all good things happen in bathrooms, yes? Enough said.

And to the six of you at the house where I changed tonight– I’m going to replay the Jessica Rabbit comment and how each one of you told me I was beautiful. That was generous, kind and you’ve made my year.

So I had a tremendous amount of fun today, I hope you did too.
I’m sure I have

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Philadelphia Leather Pride sponsors SR attendees

Sunday, March 4th, 2012

Philadelphia Leather Pride (PLP) and Catherine Gross, PCC Present a Scholarship Opportunity:

Scholarship: 1 Full Package to Servant’s Retreat I: ($125 value). This includes all materials, two lunches and attendance for the weekend. This cost does not include lodging or transportation.

Philadelphia Leather Pride (PLP): PLP’s Mission Statement is to celebrate and bring together the Greater Philadelphia, Leather, Kink, BDSM, Pansexual and LGBTQ communities focusing on the support of charitable organizations and to teach, promote and preserve our History. In keeping with our mission statement PLP has turned into more than just one night. We are a year round support organization helping other groups bring education opportunities to our City.
**To learn more about PLP, www.PLPN.org

Servant’s Retreat: Be prepared to explore yourself. Servant’s Retreat I focuses on using tools to be a whole person and bringing the power of everything you are into your service. At Retreat, we will explore in depth who we are, not only as servants/bottoms/slaves/boys/girls, but as people. We will use various psychological theories and models to illuminate how we serve and bottom. The Retreat is not a Service 101 course of study, but rather, it is an intensive, interactive weekend created for people who submit, bottom, and/or serve. It is designed to provide you with tools which may allow you to find your answers while enhancing your service, confidence, and self-esteem.
**To learn more about Servant’s Retreat I, http://www.bdsmclasses.com/sr.php

There will be two packages awarded:
• 1 Package for Servant’s Retreat 1 in Browns Summit, North Carolina, April 20th -22nd, 2012.
• 1 Package for Servant’s Retreat 1 which will take place in the 2nd half of 2012, location to be announced.
**Full schedule for SR I and other classes by Catherine Gross, PCC:
http://www.bdsmclasses.com/eventappearances.php

Scholarship Application: Write a 500-700 word essay describing why you believe SR would be a good experience for you at this time in your life. When emailing, please put PLP Scholarship in the subject line. Please send all emails to Catherine’s assistant, Lyric at asst2MsGross@bdsmclasses.com. Please include your full legal name, a phone number, your primary email address, a secondary email, and the name you would like used in the public announcement of the scholarship award. All information is for the purposes of this award only, and will not be shared.

This is a non-transferable award. To claim your package, please contact Catherine’s assistant, Lyric. A registration code will be provided. Please use code to register.

Scholarship submission deadline: Monday, March 19th

Winners will be announced by phone or email on Tuesday, March 27th

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