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SouthEast LeatherFest, Ms. SouthEast LeatherFest, SouthEast LeatherFest boy, Southeast Bootblack, Southeast Person of Leather, and SouthEast Master/slave, and in the past it was the home of the International Master and slave contest until 2001 and a number of titles. For all titles produced at SELF historically, please see:
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SELF added classes to this model. It began as a 2.5 day event with a bar crawl Friday evening and classes hosted on Saturday. Since 1995 has been one of the largest sex education and BDSM education events in the southeast region of the United States openly supporting underground kink, fetish, BDSM,
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events in the area. While there had been events in the region for gay men, this was the first event to have all communities present. SELF is a charitable event that has donated approximately $ 290,000+ to charities and scholarships over the years. Some of these charities are the Leather Archives
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SouthEast LeatherFest (SELF) holds classes given by nationally known educators from across the country, holds a multiple spokesperson contests, and has various other activities for that promote community and pride. SELF is held in June in Atlanta. SELF spokesperson titles are referred to as Mr.
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Lady Catherine G. has worked in various capacities on the event since the 90's and produced SELF since 2004. She has led the organization to expand its educational and social offerings. SELF, as of 2023, offers 200+ educational and social opportunities over four days. SELF is attended by 850+
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SELF has been nominated for "Pantheon of Leather Large Event of the Year" in (2005 - 2007) which means that this event has stood out from the other 100 events though independent peer review to be noted as one of five events that has been providing outstanding community service.
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SELF started mini-grant program in 2007 which is a new program to invest regional money into local groups by funding speakers and educators to be brought to local communities that might not be able to afford it otherwise. This program was closed in 2011.
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In 2014, SELF was the first leather contest in the country where a portion of each title contest was digital voting by the weekend participants. This continues to this day.
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1995. It was concepted as a BDSM, Master/slave event to welcome all sections of the SM communities, highlighting on the
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communities. They worked together which had not previously happened at BDSM and
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Catherine Gross on KinkyCast.com for SouthEast LeatherFest Special Edition
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Interview with Producer Catherine Gross SELF 2014 Leatherati.com reporting
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This event for the first time in Atlanta history brought together the
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with regional and smaller related events held throughout the year.
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sex-positive, Master/slave, and Dominant/submission communities.
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https://secure.seleatherfest.com/contests/titleholder-history
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International Master/slave -- Mistress Suzan and slave Ziggy
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International Master/slave -- Khiki Cavannarro and Samantha
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International Master/slave -- Master Jim and slave Marshal
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International Master/slave -- Master Scott and Slavette
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SouthEast Master/slave -- Master IceDog and slave Ravyn
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SouthEast Master/slave -- Master Aaron and slave jennie
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SouthEast Master/slave -- Master Bella and slave Rooks
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SouthEast Master/slave -- Master Varii and slave neill
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SouthEast Master/slave -- Master Varii and slave neill
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SouthEast Master/slave -- Master Blue and slave Sheri
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Ms Leather Pride -- Victoria Gayton (Ameritus Award)
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International Master/slave -- Steve Sampson and Kirk
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SouthEast Master/slave -- Master Tom and slave Linda
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SouthEast LeatherFest (SELF) was started in 1995 by
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Article on the ground breaking changes at SELF 2014
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