Activist Past winners
I Lifetime Achievement Award
Our list of all Lifetime winners.
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2000
Lifetime Achievement Award - Gayle Rubin (Activist, Author, Historian)
2001
Lifetime Achievement Award - Jan Hall (Activist, Lifetime Member, Former President)
2002
Lifetime Achievement Award - Mark Frazier (Lifetime Member, Mr NLA, Former President)
2003
Lifetime Achievement - bob jacob harris
2004
Lifetime Achievement - Cecilia Tan (NELA Board Officer, Activsit, NELA = New England Leather Alliance)
2005
Lifetime Achievement Award - Sallee Huber (Former Co-Chair, Activist)
2006
Lifetime Achievement Award - Race Bannon (Activist, Author, of SF Community)
2007
Lifetime Achievement Award - Hardy Haberman (Author, Activist, of Dallas)
2008
Lifetime Achievement Award - boy TJ McKinsey (Activist, Oklahoma)
2009
Lifetime Achievement Award - Lady Caro (Author, Activist, Philadelphia)
2010
Lifetime Achievement Award - Jim Richards (Activist, Lifetime Member)
2011
Lifetime Achievement Award - Laura Antoniou (Author, Activist)
2012
Lifetime Achievement Award - Dave Rhodes (Owner of the Leather Journal)
2013
Lifetime Achievement Award - Being rolled into 2014
2014
Lifetime Achievement Award - Patrick Mulcahey (Author, Activist, CA Community)
2015
Lifetime Achievement Award - Rick Storer (Curator of the LA&M)
2016
Lifetime Achievement Award - Sandy "Mama" Reinhardt (Activist, Organizer, CA Community)
2017
Lifetime Achievement Award - Robert Miller (Founder of CLAW = Cleveland Leather Alliance Week)
2018
Lifetime Achievement Award – Ms Suzan Whalen’s (CEO and President of MAsT-I = Masters and Slaves Together International)
2019 - NAME CHANGE TO LIL AWARDS
Awards will be pushed to 2020 to ensure all award nominations and selections take place at the same time.
2020
Lifetime Achievement Award – Dr. Jack Fritscher (A fromer editor of Drummer Magazine, Writer, Photographer, Historian and Activist)
I Jan Lyon Award
Our list of all Regional winners, and our past women of the year winners which was this awards original designation.
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1987
Susie Bright - Feminist and lesbian sex-positive activist, author, editor, and publisher.
1988
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.
1989
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.
1990
Jan 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.
1991
No Female was selected
1992
Dorothy 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."
1993
Nan 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 prominent activists and educators in the heterosexual SM community for many years.
1994
No Female was selected
1995
Viola Johnson - Organizer, activist, and educator, she is one of the best known and most widely respected bottoms in North America.
1996
Jo Arnone
1997
Lolita
1998
Jill Carter
1999
Christine Baker
2000 (two winners)
Woman of The Year Award (Co-winner) - Ms Twisted (Oklahoma)
Woman of The Year Award (Co-Winner) - Lady Victoria Knight (Texas)
2001
Woman Of The Year Award - Cecilia Tan (New England)
2002
Woman Of The Year Award - Ann Brown (Dallas)
2003
Woman of the Year - boy joey (Independent and DVP Chair)
2004
Woman of the Year - boy joey (Independent and DVP Chair)
2005
Woman Of The Year Award - TJ McKinsey (Oklahoma City)
2006
Women of the Year - Kate Redmon (Columbus)
2007
Women of the Year - seraphina (Independent)
2008
Women of the Year - Ms Boots (Dallas)
2009
Women of the Year - Ms Toys (Oklahoma)
2010
Women of the Year - Lillith Grey (Dallas)
2011
Women of the Year - Master Ces (Independent)
2012 (Award no longer gender focused, renamed to Jan Lyon)
Jan Lyon Award - boy Mark (Houston)
2013
Rolled into 2014
2014
Jan Lyon Award - Goldie (Orlando)
2015
Jan Lyon Award - Jodi Bingham (Utah)
2016
Jan Lyon Award - VicSir (Oklahoma City)
2017
Jan Lyon Award - Les Adair (Reno)
2018
Jan Lyon Award - Lady Jeanna (Secretary and LIL Committee)
2019 - NAME CHANGE TO LIL AWARDS
Jan Lyon Award - Will be pushed to 2020 to ensure all award nominations and selections take place at the same time.
2020
Jan Lyon Award - Lady Jeanna
I President and Vice Awards
These awards were given, but not always tracked prior to 2005, they were not always plaques either. The 2005 winners were given NLA Spurs for their boots. Moving forward all recieved a plaque. Each President can determine their own award style.
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2004
Outstanding Achievement - Master Blaster (Independent)
2006
President’s Award - seraphina (Independent)
Vice President’s Award - Michelle (Oklahoma City)
2007
President’s Award - Jimmie Tucker (Dallas)
Vice President’s Award - Angel (Independent)
2008
President’s Award - boy jay (Independent)
Vice President’s Award - Vivienne Kramer
2009
President’s Award - Merlyn (Edmonton Canada)
Vice President’s Award - NLA-I Dallas Fresh Leather
2010
President’s Award - Houston Misfits - For Brotherhood and Appreciation
Vice President’s Award - Ms. Susan Walens - Exective Director of MAsT International - For Brotherhood and Appreciation
2011
President’s Award - Vince Andrews
Vice President’s Award - Ricci J Levy
2012
President’s Award - Steve Vakesh (NLA-Independent, Chair of the Writing and Awards Committee)
Vice President’s Award - bratty kitten (NLA-Atlanta)
2013 Rolled into 2014
2014
President’s Award - Jan Hall (Lifetime Member)
Vice President’s Award - Voodoo Leatherworks
2015
President’s Award - Vince Andrews (Lifetime Member)
Vice President’s Award - Sister's Of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc.
2016
President’s Award - Erick Joseph
Vice President’s Award - Mr. Friendly
2017
President’s Award - Anita Jensen
Vice President’s Award - none chosen
2018
President’s Award – Tantus Inc.
Vice President’s Award – Scott Michelle
2019 - NAME CHANGE TO LIL AWARDS
These awards will be pushed to 2020 to ensure all award nominations and selections take place at the same time.President’s Award –
2020
NLA President’s Award – Dale Maddox
NLA Vice President’s Award – Ms Rhonda and Tomo
I Steve Maidhof Award
Our list of all International winners, and our past men of the year winners which was this awards original designation.
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1987
Anthony F. DeBlase, a.k.a. Fledermaus - SM writer, editor, and educator. The originator of Dungeon Master and also the second publisher of Drummer, Mach and other titles in the early 1990s. In 1989, he created the Leather Pride flag.
1988
Alan Selby (Mr S) - Leather maker, businessman, and activist. A founder of, and tireless fundraiser for, the San Francisco AIDS Emergency Fund. The "Mayor of Folsom St."
1989 (two winners)
Pat Califia - SM writer and activist. A 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 significant volumes on gay male SM sexuality. This was the first posthumous award.
1990
Chuck Renslow - Leather businessman 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.
1991
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.
1992
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.
1993
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".
1994
John Preston - Writer/pornographer. The author of Mr. Benson and many other erotic and SM explicit stories. He 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.
1995
Larry 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 an author of many stories and novels. He is the editor/publisher of a series of SM publications that have provided opening venues to many SM writers.
1996
Bob Flanagan AKA Supermasochist
1997
George Cameron
1998
Joseph Bean
1999 (two winners)
Bill "The Hun" Schmeling
Hardy Haberman
2000 (two winners)
Man Of The Year Award (Co-winner) - Spencer Bergstedt
Man Of The Year Award (Co-winner) - Mark Frazier
2001
Man Of The Year Award - Dean Walradt
2002
Man Of The Year Award - Lou Molnar (President NLA Ft. Lauderdale)
2003
Man of the Year (Co-winner) - Steve Johnson
Man of the Year (Co-winner) - Gary Park
2004
Man of the Year - Owen Eckert (Columbus)
2005
Man Of The Year Award - Owen Eckert
2006
Man of the Year - Rafe (Columbus)
2007
Man of the Year - Xander/ Sir Dallas (Dallas)
2008
Man of the Year - David Templeton (Oklahoma)
2009
Man of the Year - Mr. David Henery (Dallas)
2010
Man of the Year - Daddy Mikey (Atlanta)
2011
Man of the Year - Jeffrey Payne
2012
Steve Maidhof Award - Jeffrey Payne (NLA-Dallas)
2013 Rolled into 2014
2014
Steve Maidhof Award - CandiAnne Colucci Shafer (NLA-Independent)
2015
Steve Maidhof Award - Tyesha Nicole Best (NLA-Independent)
Steve Maidhof Award - Rich Hunt (NLA-Independent)
2016
Steve Maidhof Award - Pat Machate (NLA-Independent)
2017
Steve Maidhof Award - Jubi Arriola-Headley (NLA-Independent)
2018
Steve Maidhof Award - Gloria Clough (Treasurer)
2019 - NAME CHANGE TO LIL AWARDS
Steve Maidhof Award - Will be pushed to 2020 to ensure all award nominations and selections take place at the same time.
2020
Steve Maidhof Award - girl alayna
I Chapter of the Year
These awards were given starting in 2000. There were years where no chapter or club was awarded, due to not meeting chapter requirements for the entire year.
2000
Chapter Of The Year - New Orleans
2001
Chapter Of The Year - Dallas
2002
Chapter of the Year – None Selected
2003
Chapter of the Year - Edmonton
2004
Chapter of the Year - Oklahoma City
2005
Chapter Of The Year - Columbus
2006
Chapter of the Year - None Awarded
2007
Chapter of the Year - None Awarded - Merit base requirement began.
2008
Chapter Of The Year - Dallas
2009
Chapter Of The Year - Houston
2010
Chapter Of The Year - Northern Nevada
2011
Chapter Of The Year - NLA-Houston
2012
Chapter Of The Year - NLA-OKC
2013
Chapter Of The Year - No Chapters Were Eligible
2014
Chapter Of The Year - NLA-Utah
2015
Chapter Of The Year - NLA-Dallas
2016
Chapter Of The Year - NLA-OKC
2017
Chapter Of The Year - NLA-NNV (Northern Nevada)
2018
Chapter Of The Year – NLA-Houston
2019 - NAME CHANGE TO LIL AWARDS
Chapter/Club of the year - Will be pushed to 2020 to ensure all award nominations and selections take place at the same time.
2020
Chapter Of The Year – NLA-San Antonio