Mara

A long time ago at a Leather bar far far away, a precocious young Mara jumped on a subway to try to find the kind of men they lusted after on the well worn pages of their stolen copy of Drummer magazine.

Today Mara (they/them) identifies as an opportunistically omnivorous queer, gender expansive, Slave (with a capital S). They are the current SouthEast Person of Leather and was honored to serve the Leather community as International Ms Olympus Leather 1998.

Their passion for service and lifetime of being on the right side of the slash has guided their education efforts to design and present classes from and for s-types.

Mara’s guiding principles make them a fierce advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts that help create spaces for Leather people who don’t fit outdated norms, and smashing through gatekeepers when necessary.