Time Line 2000

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Time Line 2000
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Publication of:

"Sweet Submission" by Lia Anderssen
"Come Hither: A Commonsense Guide to Kinky Sex" by Gloria G. Brame
"The Sharp Edge of Love": Extreme Sex! Mythic Romance! Primal Intensity! by Galen
"The 43rd Mistress": A sensual Odyssey by Grant Andrews
"Personal Recollections of the Use of the Rod" by Margaret Anson
"The Slave of Lidir" by Aran Ashe
"No Mercy" by Pat Califia
"Emmanuelle, Bianca and Venus in Furs" by Guido Crepax and Gunter Krenn
"Justine" and "the Story of O" by Guido Crepax and Gunter Krenn
"Shameful Acts" by Hamlin Gage
"Philosophy in the Boudoir" by Marquis de Sade
"When the Master Speaks" by Josephine Scott
"The Mystified Magistrate" and Other Tales by Richard Seaver, translator
"Whipped Women" by Jean de Villiot
"Sex Sadists", David Jacobs, ed.
"Brought to Heel" by Arabella Knight
"Night in the Afternoon" and Other Erotica, Caroline Lamarche, Howard Curtis, translator
"Rough Stuff: Tales of Gay Men, Sex, and Power". Simon Sheppard, M. Christian, ed
"The Hounds of Hell and Other SM Stories" by Larry Townsend
"Jay Wiseman's Erotic Bondage Handbook" by Jay Wiseman
"The Art of Sensual Female Dominance": A Guide for Women by Claudia Varrin, Cynthia Lechan
"The Mistress Manual: The Good Girl's Guide to Female Dominance" by Lorelei
12 January
The ban on lesbians and gay men serving in the United Kingdom Armed Forces is lifted.
Feb.
Mark Frazier announces the beginning of his SM Video Project. The documentary film, eventually titled "Out of the Darkness"- The Reality of SM, premiered in February 2001.
Feb. 1
The city attorney of San Diego drops all charges against the remaining five plaintiffs in the Club X play party raid.
Feb. 17
The Leather Archives opens its doors in the new building on Greenview Avenue, Chicago
March 7
Same-sex marriage in the United States: California voters approve Proposition 22, a preemptive proposition stating that California will not recognize same-sex marriages, even if the marriages took place in states that permitted them.
Mar. 31-Apr. 2
The fourth Leather Leadership Conference is held in Washington, D.C.
May
Mike Taylor, Mr. Heartland Leather 2000, is named IML 2000. First runner-up is Scott Bloom, Mr. Pistons Leather, sponsored by Pistons LLC, Long Beach, California. Second runner up is Bob "Puppy" Pedder, Mr. Boston Leather 2000, sponsored by CRC Associates, Boston.
21 June
The Scottish Parliament repeals Section 28, the law that banned local authorities from "promoting homosexuality". It is the first part of the United Kingdom to do so.
July 1
Vermont civil unions law goes into effect, granting most state-level marriage rights to registered same-sex couples.
Jul. 8
Two police officers in Attleboro, Massachusetts, break into a warehouse looking for stolen guitars, interrupting a private play party. The resulting arrests and publicity quickly become known as the "Paddleboro case," one of the recent court cases involving SM.
Jul. 21-23
Atons of Minneapolis host Gopher XIV, The Legend of Paul Bunyan
Sep. 29-Oct. 1
The first Great Lakes Leather Conference is held in Louisville, Kentucky.
Oct. 13-15
The Tom of Finland Foundation hosts its sixth Erotic Art Weekend in Los Angeles
Dec. 12
NLA Florida presents a proposed pledge of allegiance to the Leather Pride flag at its holiday party in Fort Lauderdale. The pledge reads: "I pledge allegiance to the Leather Pride flag, and the union of Leather people for which it stands, with safety, sanity and consent for all."
December
The age of consent in the United Kingdom is equalized at 16 in all cases (previously it had been 18 for sex between males and 16 for sex between males and females). The equalization took place after a long struggle, in which the Labour Party eventually invoked the Parliament Act due to repeated House of Lords opposition.
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