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This article is from the Fetish Fashion
FAQ, by Per Goetterup pg@login.dknet.dk with numerous
contributions by others.
4. People Behind The Fetish Fashions: Advocacy Groups.
These are organizations or groups of equal minded people who work
actively to communicate our interest and way of living to the rest of
the society, fighting for it in court or on the battlefield of the
media if nessesary.
National Leather Association.
knewt@world.std.com writes:
They promote the "leather lifestyle", which includes DFP
and some BDSM. It is the only sort of U.S. Nationwide
advocacy group, so it is important for people in the US
to know about it.
Jeffrey Hurwit <jhurwit@netcom.com> writes:
NATIONAL LEATHER ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
o To establish and maintain a national/worldwide
communication, information, education, and support
network for sisters and brothers of the
Leather/SM/Fetish community.
o To promote with power and pride the right of all
adults to engage in Safe, Sane, and Consensual
sexual expression.
o To increase communication and understanding among
women and men in Leather/SM/Fetish.
o To facilitate political activism, visibility, and
education in order to destroy stereotypes,
misconceptions, and media misrepresentation about
the Leather/SM/Fetish family in the community at
large.
o To provide, through our publications, educational
material, and "LIVING IN LEATHER" conferences, a
forum for the sharing of knowledge, viewpoints, and
practices of a diverse network of women and men.
o To build, strengthen, and defend individuals,
organizations, publications, and businesses within
our community, especially against threats to their
freedom of expression, freedom of the press, right
to free association, and right to equal protection
under the law.
o To develop outreach to women, people of color,
transgenderals, the deaf, the physically
challenged, and other minorities who have
traditionally been discriminated against or poorly
represented in the Leather/SM/Fetish community.
o To facilitate fund raising for deserving projects,
clubs, organizations, defense funds, and/or
charities which have given direct service to the
Leather/SM/Fetish community. To fight for
decriminalization of all sexual acts between
consenting adults.
o To preserve a record of our history, traditions,
and culture.
They publish a periodic newsletter (I don't know how
frequently) called FIRST LINK. As of the date of this
brochure, which is dated November 1990, their mailing
address is:
P.O. Box 17463
Seattle, Washington, 98107
USA.
Tel: (206) 789-8990.
Annual membership dues are $25.00 US, or $30.00 US
outside of North America.
SMil
SMil
Sorgenfrigade 8b, 2.
DK-2200 Copenhagen N.
Denmark
Phone: (+45) 3181 0550
They are an organization for BDSM and fetish oriented people in
Denmark. They provide counselling, club facilities in four major
danish cities (Copenhagen, Aalborg, Aarhus and Odense) which are
open 1-3 days a week, parties (both theme-oriented and more
regular social gatherings) and both an internal newspaper and an
external magazine (called SMil-bladet).
(myself, with additional information by Heikko Levanto)
AXIS
Monty <Monty@random.demon.co.uk> writes:
AXIS,
P.O. Box 27,
Stalybridge,
Cheshire SK15 2ED
AXIS provides a newsletter 10 times a year of around 30
- 40 pages which contains advice, reviews, stories and
anonymous personals. Subscription is 45 pounds sterling
for a year.
The stated aims of the society are "To assist our
members to fulfill their dreams and fantasies through
contact with others or merey by reading about the
subject dealt with by other enthusiastic members."
Further information about AXIS can gained by sending a
SAE to the above address.
ESENCIA S/M
Mariano Baselga <MBASELGA@vm1.sdi.uam.es> writes:
This is a small spanish language magazine, made by
interested contributors, which is sold and distributed
only on an individual subscription basis and has no
profit interests, its main aim being to serve as a
discussion forum and information interchange between
Spanish alternative sex amateurs. The magazine is:
ESENCIA S/M
Ediciones PLG
Apartado 7.053
28080 Madrid (Spain)
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