Time Line 1989

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Books Published

• "Gentle Warriors" by Geoff Mains.
• "Macho Sluts" by Pat Califia.
• "The Language of Sadomasochism, A Glossary and Linguistic Analysis" by Thomas E Murray and Thomas R. Murrell.

Clubs and groups formed

Formation of Affirmation Leathermen; Boston Unified Leather Legion (BULL); Brotherhood of Pain, Houston; Knights on Iron MC, San Diego; Leather United, Chicago; Menamore LLC, Wilmington NC; Mike's Men, Boston; Omaha Players Club; Oregon Activists of SM (ORGASM); Rangers, Inc., Cleveland; Sacramento Leather Association; Seattle Men in Leather; Silver Dolphins LLC, Corpus Christi; Trash, Vancouver BC; and Trusted Servants, SF.

California Motor Club of San Francisco disbands after 26 years. [LJ 93]

The German SM-group AfreieSMuenchen is formed in Munich. By 1995 it will have 50 members about 30% of them women. [wd]

Janus:LA disassociates from Janus:SF and reorganizes as Threshold

Obituaries

Bob Damron, bar owner and creator of the gay bar guide; Fred Halsted, porn star, film producer, writer, and magazine publisher; Sashie Hyatt, spouse of Judy Tallwing McCarthy and leatherdyke from Hell! the organizer of many lesbian SM organizations, and the driving force behind many leather dyke titleholders; Geoff Mains, author of Urban Aboriginals and Gentile Warriors. [LJ 93]

1989

Stormy Leather opens at 1158 Howard in San Francisco. This is probably the first leather shop owned by and operated primarily for, women.

1989

Fantasy '98, organized by Dustin Logan, brings a great many titleholders to Omaha Nebraska for a weekend of interaction that inspires the term "sash bash" and raises over $9,000 for local charities.

1989, Feb.

The Leather Journal names Alan Selby man of the year and names Shan Carr and Judy Tallwing McCarthy jointly Women of the year.

1989, March

Trash, a woman-to-woman SM organization is founded in Vancouver BC. Disbands in 1990.

1989, March 9

Robert Mapplethorpe dies of AIDS in New York City.

1989, March

Susie Shepherd of Portland, OR, is named the third International Ms Leather at the contest in San Francisco.

1989, May 8

Fred Halsted, an erotic film actor, director, producer, as well as leather writer and magazine publisher, commits suicide in Los Angeles.

1989, May

NLA: Seattle holds May Day Conference, Guy Baldwin and Jan Lyon are selected Mr. and Ms NLA.

1989, May 28

Tony DeBlase presents his design for a Leather Pride Flag to the audience at International Mr. Leather, the first time the flag is presented to the public.

1989, May 28

Guy Baldwin of Los Angeles becomes the 11th International Mr. Leather at the contest at the Vic Theatre in Chicago.

1989, June

The Leather Pride Flag is carried by the leather contingent in the Portland OR pride parade, it's the first appearance at such an event. (A week preceding pride parades in San Francisco and New York City, where it is also flown).

1989, June

The Corcoran Gallery in Washington DC, cancels a scheduled Robert Mapplethorpe exhibit because of pressure by anti-gay Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) and others.

1989, June

20th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, GMSMA organizes a massive leather contingent for the New York City parade.

1989, June 20

Death of bar owner, and guidebook publisher, Bob Dameron. Among the Los Angeles and San Francisco bars he owned are the Hideaway, FeBe's, and the SF Eagle. But he was also the originator of the bar guide that helped us all find what we were looking for wherever we were.

1989, June 30

Laser artist Rockne Krebs projects the photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe on the exterior walls of the Corcoran Gallery in Washington DC. The exhibit of Mapplethorpe's work, scheduled to open on this day, had been canceled due to political pressure from Jesse Helms and other conservative members of Congress. [TOL]

1989, July 26

US Senate passes the NEA funding bill with the "Helms Amendment" This is probably the first time SM is mentioned in a US law.

1989, Sept.

Brian Dawson of Los Angeles becomes the tenth Mr. Drummer and Dieter Edwards is named the first Drummerboy of the year at the contest in San Francisco.

1989, Sept.

Chicago Hellfire Club holds Inferno 19 in Douglas MI. Fred "Ollie" Stewart receives the Caligula Award. Jim Ward is named the first recipient of the J Paul Eaton award.

1989, Oct. 1

Axel and Eigil Axgil, a male couple, become the first to marry under Denmark's Same-Sex Marriage registry. [TOL]

1989, Oct. 7-9

NLA's Living in Leather IV conference is held in Portland, OR. Geoff Mains and Cynthia Slater receive the NLA Lifetime Achievement Awards. Dr. Nan Borrows gives the keynote address.

1989, Oct. 17

The Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay area virtually destroying the buildings containing the Drummer offices, the Lone Star Saloon, and many other leather-oriented businesses, as well as the homes of many leather people. (63 deaths and 3,757 injuries, Magnitude 6.9)

1989, Oct 24

Cynthia Slater (one of the founders of the Society of Janus) dies in San Franciso of AIDS

1989, Nov. 4

NLA: Los Angeles sponsors Bondage as Art show at Leonardogavici Art Gallery. Bondage-themed paintings, drawings, collage, photography, and inanimate sculpture are augmented by living bondage sculptures created by numerous artists from around the country. Huge crowds attend, including LAPD and Fire Departments who close down the show due to overcrowding of the facility.

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