The Leather Contest Guide. Este artículo no está disponible.The Leather Contest Guide

Currently, the leather contest is the only semi-systematic way we all have with which to identify and encourage local, regional, national, and international leather community leadership. This contest method is perhaps not the ideal way to choose our leadership, but it is "state-of-the-art" for now. Given this, it is important that contest be conducted with style, dignity and intelligence. And, of course, they should be a good time.Our community deserves the best of the best. If we don't do a good job with our contest system, we are cheating ourselves, and the time for doing that must come to an end. Our community has had second class status in the eyes of many people for far too long; that, too, must change.

Guy Baldwin won the titles of International Mr. Leather 1989 and Mr. National Leather Association 1989. These titles, along with Mr. Baldwin's position as a long time and respected member of the leather community, make him uniquely qualified to address this subject. He is a psychotherapist-educator and a sought after speaker nationwide.