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NLA-I began giving out their awards in 1987 at Living in Leather II. From 1987 through 1989 the NLA-I awards were called the "Leather Man and Leather Woman" of the year awards. In 1990 the Leather Man and Leather Woman of the year awards were renamed to "Lifetime Achievement."
2010
Lifetime Achievement Award-Jim Richards (Lifetime Member) Man of the Year-Daddy Mikey (Atlanta) Women of the Year-Lillith Grey (Dallas) President’s Award- Houston Misfits/For Brotherhood and Appreciation
Vice President’s Award- Ms. Susan Wales. Exective Director of MAsT International. Brotherhood and Appreciation.
Chapter Of The Year- Northern Nevada Chapter
Pauline Reage Novel Award: Claire Thompson, "SubmissionTimes Two" Cynthia Slater Non-Fiction Article Award: Gloria Brame, "Transformation and Transcendence in BDSM" Anthology Award: Cecilia Tan and Sarah Desautels, "Like aThorn" John Preston Short Fiction Award: Keiran Wyn DeWhurst, "The Last Mistress of the Chatelaine" Geoff Mains Nonfiction Book Award: David Stein and David Schachter, "Ask the Man Who Owns Him"
2009 Lifetime Achievement Award-Lady Caro (Philadelphia) Man of the Year-Mr. David Henery (Dallas) Women of the Year-Ms Toys (Oklahoma) President’s Award- Merlyn (Edmonton Canada) Vice President’s Award- NLA-I Dallas Fresh Leather Chapter Of The Year- NLA- Houston Pauline Reage Novel Award: Anneke Jacob, As She's Told Cynthia Slater Non-Fiction Article Award: Jack Fritscher, "Spill a Drop for Lost Brothers: the Legendary Larry Townsend" Anthology Award: Alison Tyler, Hurts So Good: Unrestrained Erotica John Preston Short Fiction Award: Jeff Mann, "Kidnapping Chris" Geoff Mains Nonfiction Book Award: Jack Fritscher, Gay San Francisco: Eyewitness Drummer
2008 Lifetime Achievement Award-boy TJ McKinsey (Oklahoma)
Man of the Year-David Templeton (Oklahoma) Women of the Year-Ms Boots (Dallas) President’s Award- boy jay (Independent) Vice President’s Award- Vivienne Kramer Chapter Of The Year-Dallas NLA- Geoff Mains Book Award- Lee "Bridgett" Harrington NLA- Cynthia Slater Article Award- Jack Rinella
2007 Lifetime Achievement Award-Hardy Haberman (Dallas) Man of the Year-Xander/ Sir Dallas (Dallas) Women of the Year-seraphina (Independent) President’s Award- Jimmie Tucker (Dallas) Vice President’s Award- Angel (Independent)
2006 Lifetime Achievement Award-Race Bannon Man of the Year-Rafe (Columbus) Women of the Year-Kate Redmon (Columbus) President’s Award- seraphina (Independent) Vice President’s Award- Michelle (Oklahoma City)
2005 Lifetime Achievement Award - Sallee Huber
Man Of The Year Award-Owen Eckert
Woman Of The Year Award-TJ McKinsey
Chapter Of The Year-Columbus
2004 Lifetime Achievement- Cecilia Tan (NELA) Man of the Year- Owen Eckert (Columbus) Woman of the Year- boy joey (Independent) Chapter of the Year- Oklahoma City Outstanding Achievement- Master Blaster (Independent)
2001
Lifetime Achievement Award -Jan Hall Man Of The Year Award -Dean Walradt Woman Of The Year Award- Cecilia Tan Chapter Of The Year- Dallas
2000
Lifetime Achievement Award- Gayle Rubin
Man Of The Year Award (Tie)- Spencer Bergstedt & Mark Frazier
Woman Of The Year Award (Tie)- Ms Twisted & Lady Victoria (Knight)
Chapter Of The Year- New Orleans
1999
Bill "The Hun" Schmeling Christine Baker Hardy Haberman
1998Joseph Bean Jill Carter
1997George Cameron Lolita
1996Bob Flanagan AKA Supermasochist Jo Arnone
1995Larry Townsend. Activist, writer, editor and publisher. Author of The Leatherman's Handbook in 1972, the FIRST publication to deal with SM activities on a real life, non-fictional, basis; as well as author of many stories and novels. And he is the editor/publisher of a series of SM publications that have provided opening venues to many SM writers.
Viola Johnson. Organizer, activist and educator, she is one of the best known and most widely respected BOTTOMS in North America.
1994John Preston. Writer/pornographer. The author of Mr. Benson and many other erotic and SM explicit stories went on to become one of the best known, and most widely respected, gay male writers in America. But he was always proud to be a pornographer. John died of AIDS related infections a few months before the award was presented.
1993Nan Borrows. "Mastress" Nan is one of the best known and most widely respected female dominants in North America. She was pansexual long before the term was coined, and has been one of the most important activists and educators in the heterosexual SM community for many years.
Fakir Musafar. A lifelong advocate of body modification in it's most extreme, and of spiritual rituals of transcendental pain, such as those exhibited in the video Dances Sacred and Profane and discussed in Research volume #12, Modern Primitives.
1992Dorothy Hajdys. Mrs. Hajdys' first exposure to alternative sexualities came when her son, Alan Shindler, a sailor in the US Navy, was murdered by a fellow sailor because he was gay. She immediately became a gay rights activist and marched in the 1993 March on Washington. "Sometimes a lifetime can be experienced in one year."
Pat Bond. founder of The Eulenspiegel Society, 1971, in New York City. This was the first SM positive organization in the world and it welcomed persons of both sexes and all orientations.
1991No female award was given this year.
Steve Maidhof. Founding Daddy of the National Leather Association. Gayle Rubin and Tony DeBlase presented this award to him, in his hospital bed, shortly before he died of AIDS related infections.
1990Jan Lyon. A founding member of NLA and one who has served it continuously in many capacities including as Ms NLA and as female Co-Chair. Chuck Renslow. Leather business man and activist. Co-founder of Kris studios in 1950, Chicago's famous leather bar, the Gold Coast in 1960, and the International Mr. Leather contest in 1979. In 1992, the originator of The Leather Archives & Museum.
1989Pat Califia. SM writer and activist. Longtime writer of The Advocate's Sexpert advice column and many other sex- and SM-positive articles and books. A co-founder of Samois. Geoff Mains. Author of Urban Aboriginals and other important volumes on gay male SM sexuality. This was the first posthumous award.
Cynthia Slater. founder of The Society Of Janus in Berkeley CA--an SM positive organization open to all sexes and orientations. The second oldest such organization in the world.
1988Alan Selby. Leather maker, businessman and activist. A founder of, and tireless fundraiser for, the San Francisco AIDS Emergency Fund. The "Mayor of Folsom St."
Gayle Rubin. SM activist, writer, sociologist, historian, archivist and educator. A founder of Samois, the first female SM organization in the world, and of The Outcasts.
1987Anthony F. DeBlase, a.k.a. Fledermaus. SM writer, editor, and educator. Originator of Dungeon Master and also publisher of Drummer, Mach and other titles. In 1989 originator of the Leather Pride flag.
Susie Bright. Feminist and lesbian sex positive activist, author, editor, and publisher.
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