CHICAGO — The Board of Directors of Leather Archives & Museum (LA&M) has named Christina Court as Interim Executive Director following the departure of Rick Storer. The Board of Directors of the LA&M have also established a search committee to fill the position. Christina Court has served on the Board of Directors since December 2014 and has held…
CHICAGO — The Leather Archives & Museum on Saturday at International Mr. Leather announced they had received $40,000 from Centaurs MC of Washington, DC. Half of the amount was provided as an operating grant and the other half was provided to establish the Centaur MC Endowment Fund. The gift helps support current projects at the…
CHICAGO — Kirin Wachter-Grene has been named the 2017-2018 Visiting Scholar at the Leather Archives & Museum. Kirin is a full time Lecturer at New York University and holds a PhD in English from the University of Washington. Her research centers around African American literature (particularly the work of Samuel R. Delany), black feminism, black…
CHICAGO — A new documentary about the Leather Archives & Museum won the Best Documentary Short award at the recent Cinekink 2017 film festival in New York City, NY. While the film will continue to screen at festivals throughout the year, the LA&M is making screening copies available to Leather / kink / BDSM /…
