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Judges

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Linda "Bootpig" Hall

With nearly ten years in service being slave-identified, the label "pig" most suits her range of fun from formal service to outlandish bottoming to topping and willingness to try new stuff! Open and forward, willing to share her experiences both good and bad, she teaches for the opportunity to learn from those she interacts with. Serving a year as Ms. Olympus Leather (2003), and as a president of the Phoenix boys of Leather, she is now content with editing her e-zine Simply Service, teaching at events throughout the country including Tribal Fire, Great Lakes Leather, TESfest, and Folsom Fringe, building a poly family, and having a life that is both adventurous and cozy


Henry James

Henry James is International Community Bootblack 2006, and has the title of Southwest Bootblack 2006. He believes that bootblacking is a tradition, and a means to honor the old ways while living the new ones. Henry is a member of the Lone Wolves Leather family and the primary bootblack for the Venture-N bar in Tucson, AZ. He is also an active advocate for transgender understanding and incorporating Buddhist philosophies into the Leather lifestyle.
Believing that every person has a little bootblack in them, Henry wants to give them a chance to bring it to the surface and enjoy working with boots and leather. His dream is to create an army of bootblacks and to increase the greater Leather community's understanding of bootblacking.

Vick Germany

lives in San Francisco (SF) and has been a part of the leather community for over twelve years. She (yes, the pronoun is correct, but do not call her "ma'am.") joined the women's SM group the Outcasts, which became 'The Exiles' and has been a continuous member. In 2002, Vick won the SF Dyke Daddy contest. A few of the highlights from her title year include: organizing the first ever 'dykemobile' in the SF LGBT Pride Parade, which received TV airtime; judging the 20th Annual SF Leather Daddy's contest; raising fetish fashion funds at Ms. World Leather 2002 (and 2003); being the first Dyke Daddy to help raise the leather flag over the Castro; becoming a member of Mama's Family (Mama's SF Dyke Daddy); organizing the ‘Revels of Venus' event for leather women where over 300 women partied and dined off two human buffet tables; and, producing the 2003 SF Dyke Boy/Grrl contest. Her charity was the Women's Cancer Resource Center in honor of all of the women she has known who had cancer (including her mom).
After stepping aside, Vick has remained active in the SF Bay Area leather community. She's been a board member of the Inter-Club Fund (ICF), the ICF's ‘Woman of the Year' three times, and a Leather Pride Contingent Co-Grand Marshal. Vick's been on the organizing committees for Leather-Levi Weekend and Leather Leadership Conference 12. She's judged several contests: Mr. Hayes Valley, Mr. SF Leather, SF Daddy/boy, Northern California Sir/boy, Mr. and Ms. Alameda County Leather, IMsL and IML. While not a leather organization per se (although she wears her leathers), Vick was President of the San Francisco Dykes on Bikes® Women's Motorcycle Contingent for 5 years and is currently a Board Member.
Vick identifies as a butch, top, and Daddy. She is polyamorous. Vick enjoys her time in a bootblack's chair.

Tallymasters

Andrew 'Bootdog' Johnson, International Mr. Bootblack 2008 and Tim Starkey, Mr. Boston Leather 2009.

IMsL

Sarah Humble, Head Judge (American Leatherwoman 1994)

Sarah Humble was the 1994 American Leatherwoman. She has won three Pantheon of Leather Awards including Woman of the Year in 1996, Reader's Choice Award in 1997 and Business of the Year (Play House Studios in Baltimore) with Glenda Rider in 1998. She has judged a ton of contests and loves to judge ImsL each year! She wrote the Leather Link column in the Baltimore Gay Paper for 5 years and has traveled the leather circuit since the early 90's. She was also a co-founder of FIST (Females Investigating Sexual Terrain) in Baltimore/Washington DC.
She and her girl Leigha Fleming live quietly in a suburb of Denver (come visit!) with their Cocker Spaniel (Dumont) and Boston Terrier (Buddy).

Lauren Ide (International Ms Leather 2007)

is a slave-identified queer-poly-switch and has most recently served the Leather community as International Ms. Leather 2007. Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, she now calls the desert around Phoenix, AZ her home. She has been an active participant in the Leather and BDSM communities in Western New York, Denver, CO, and Phoenix, AZ. She is a member of APEX, MAsT-Phoenix, The Arizona Amazons, an honorary member of FIST-Baltimore, affiliated with Club-X, San Diego, is a member of Mama's Family (Mama's Rainbow Turtle) and in 2008 she was nominated for Pantheon of Leather Woman of the Year.
Lauren has become known for her Leather heart, her grace and compassion under pressure, and for her humility in service. She is on the path of the mystic, the healer and the shaman, archetypes that she expresses daily in her practice as a professional medical massage therapist and Reiki master/teacher. She is always seeking others who walk similar paths because there are no coincidences, and there is always something new to learn from the Universe.

Skeeter (of Mr. S Leather)

Skeeter is honored to be participating in IMsL 2009. She remembers the early days when she worked as stage hand, performer and choreographer, and is delighted to see it back in the San Francisco!
Skeeter has been involved in the leather community for many years enjoying the position of title holder (San Francisco Dyke Daddy 1993...whew, long time ago!), judge/Mc of many contests around Northern CA, leather maker/production manager at Mr. S Leather company and member of one of the most amazing leather families in the world (YAY for the Bay!).

slave Alia Al'Barakah

known also by her adopted spiritual name of Alia Al'Barakah, brings the unique magic, mysticism, and erotic culture of the Middle East to her BDSM lifestyle.
A practicing Shi'ite and Sufi Muslim, slave Alia actively promotes self-awareness and spiritual development within the leather and Muslim communities, volunteering her presentation skills, time, and organizational / management skills on special events committees and at venues where SM, spirituality, and relationships are the focus.
She has served as a Producer and Chief Financial Officer of the Southwest Leather Conference for the past seven years, and has previously served the community as the Co-Chairperson of the Leather Leadership Conference IX held in Phoenix in 2005, and as the Outreach Chair for Arizona Power EXchange (APEX). slave Alia is also a member of the Faculty of the APEX Academy – Butchmanns Experience.
She has presented workshops, served as M.C., and delivered keynote speeches on various topics in leather and spirituality at numerous events and organizations over the years, including Rio Grande Leather, Folsom Fringe, the Master / slave Conference, Great Lakes Leather Alliance, People of Leather Among You – Los Angeles, the Lair - Los Angeles, the Northwest Master / slave Contest Weekend, the Leather Leadership Conference, Glendale Community College, Arizona Power EXchange, and the Southwest Leather Conference.
slave Alia is the widow of Sir Robin Niven, a beloved member of the Southwest leather community who passed away on March 25th, 2007. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California. slave Alia is an emerging activist in the Muslim community, championing the causes of religious tolerance and education, the modernisation of Islam, and women's rights in Islam.
slave Alia, a het female slave, has been in service to Master Skip - a gay leatherman - since November 19th of 2003 as part of her on-going spiritual and slave development

Darryl Flick

Darryl was born and raised on the East Coast, and this is where he became actively involved in the Leather/SM community. At that time, Richmond, Virginia was home and Darryl embraced his love of the South as Mr. Southeast Leather from 1993 to 1995 before producing the contest for the next two years. During that time he also developed the “Southeast Titleholders conference” a.k.a Sashfest, and the Bal de Sade. Both events were extremely popular and some would even say a part of local lore.
Over the years Darryl has been involved with various community organizations and events throughout the US, Canada and Berlin. Among these was the challenge of being named the first Executive Director of Folsom Street Events, producers of both the Up Your Alley and Folsom Street Fairs. Through his work around the country, Darryl has been nominated twice for Pantheon Man of the Year and has received both the 1997 Southeast Regional Pantheon and the 2005 Northern California Pantheon.
While presently residing in San Francisco, he has helped Produce IMsL 2006 & 2007, been Master of Ceremonies for SouthEast LeatherFest since 2006 and stays involved with various Leather and non-Leather community events.

Van Darkholme

BoundGods.comis the director of the hardcore bondage-sex site BoundGods.com, produced by Kink.com as part of their KinkMen.com division. Launched in August 2008, Bound Gods features hard bondage and intense SM with muscular men. Darkholme also directs side projects available at KinkOnDemand.com, including edge play series 30 Minutes of Torment and male-male wrestling series Naked Combat. Before coming to KinkMen.com, Darkholme released about a dozen films from his own company, Muscle Bound Productions; those releases are now available online at KinkOnDemand.com. Darkholme has worked as a performer for the likes of Titan Media, Can-Am Studios, and other gay bondage studios. A book of Darkholme's bondage photography, Male Bondage, appeared in 2006 from German publisher Bruno Gmünder.

Andrea Zanin, a.k.a. Sex Geek

pretty much writes, reads and talks about sex all the time unless she's eating, sleeping or having it. Formerly of Montreal and now based in Toronto, she is an organizer, educator and writer within the queer, polyamory and leather/BDSM communities, as well as being an active trans ally. She co-organizes the Canadian leatherdyke and trans conference An Unholy Harvest, and she frequently lectures for universities, sex shops, community groups and conferences in Canada and internationally. Andrea writes for the Montreal Mirror, the Toronto Xtra!, and Outlooks Magazine, as well as obsessively blogging at http://sexgeek.wordpress.com. Her judging credits include the Great Lakes Leather Alliance Bootblacking Contest (2008) and Mr. Leather Toronto (2010).

Tallymasters

Joe Gallagher, International Mr. Leather 1996 and Ms. Margaret Anderson aka KitNboots – Executive Producer of smOdyssey's NWLC 2009 and the 4th Annual Northwest Master/slave Contest.

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