Jack McGeorge
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Harvey John "Jack" McGeorge II (September 29, 1949 – August 18, 2009) was a Marine
, a Secret Service
Specialist, and a munitions analyst for the U.N.
Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC), as well as being a frequently recognized regional leader for BDSM
advocacy and education. In 2000, on the strength of his published work and demonstrated expertise, McGeorge was offered the opportunity to defend his knowledge of the weaponization of biological and chemical agents before a panel of the Academic Council of the State Research Institute for Organic Chemistry and Technology in Moscow
, for which he was awarded a honorary doctorate degree
. He was also a founder of Black Rose
, an officer of the Leather Leadership Conference, a Director of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
, and a Chairman of the Community-Academic Consortium for Research on Alternative Sexualities. The Leather Archives and Museum
honored him with the Centurion Award and the Pantheon of Leather named him Man of the Year in 2004.
McGeorge died in August 2009 as a complication of open heart surgery.
at that time.
McGeorge had made no attempt to conceal his involvement in the leather lifestyle; his full name appeared prominently on websites, and he said as much to the Post and other media. He did, however, offer his resignation to Hans Blix
, hoping to preserve the credibility of his organization before the weapons inspections in Iraq. Blix refused to accept McGeorge's resignation.
Later, Hua Jiang, spokeswoman for U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan
, said that being into BDSM was no more likely to be a cross-cultural problem in the Middle East than any number of other issues.
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
, a Secret Service
United States Secret Service
The United States Secret Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The sworn members are divided among the Special Agents and the Uniformed Division. Until March 1, 2003, the Service was part of the United States...
Specialist, and a munitions analyst for the U.N.
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC), as well as being a frequently recognized regional leader for BDSM
BDSM
BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...
advocacy and education. In 2000, on the strength of his published work and demonstrated expertise, McGeorge was offered the opportunity to defend his knowledge of the weaponization of biological and chemical agents before a panel of the Academic Council of the State Research Institute for Organic Chemistry and Technology in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, for which he was awarded a honorary doctorate degree
Honorary degree
An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa is an academic degree for which a university has waived the usual requirements, such as matriculation, residence, study, and the passing of examinations...
. He was also a founder of Black Rose
Black Rose (BDSM organization)
Black Rose is a contemporary BDSM organization based in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in June 1987 as a support group for the BD/SM, TS and other alternative sexuality communities in the Washington, DC area. The Black Rose hosts, among other things, educational classes addressing BDSM...
, an officer of the Leather Leadership Conference, a Director of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is a pro-sexual freedom, advocacy and educational organization founded in 1997 in the United States...
, and a Chairman of the Community-Academic Consortium for Research on Alternative Sexualities. The Leather Archives and Museum
Leather Archives and Museum
The Leather Archives & Museum , based in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, USA, has much information and details on the beginning of the leather subculture and BDSM community...
honored him with the Centurion Award and the Pantheon of Leather named him Man of the Year in 2004.
McGeorge died in August 2009 as a complication of open heart surgery.
Controversy
Over Thanksgiving weekend, 2002, an article in the Washington Post publicly highlighted McGeorge's leadership in the Washington, DC BDSM community in an attempt to discredit the hiring practices of the UN weapons inspection teams active in IraqIraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
at that time.
McGeorge had made no attempt to conceal his involvement in the leather lifestyle; his full name appeared prominently on websites, and he said as much to the Post and other media. He did, however, offer his resignation to Hans Blix
Hans Blix
is a Swedish diplomat and politician for the Liberal People's Party. He was Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs . Blix was also the head of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission from March 2000 to June 2003, when he was succeeded by Dimitris Perrikos...
, hoping to preserve the credibility of his organization before the weapons inspections in Iraq. Blix refused to accept McGeorge's resignation.
Later, Hua Jiang, spokeswoman for U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006...
, said that being into BDSM was no more likely to be a cross-cultural problem in the Middle East than any number of other issues.
External links
- A taste of the whip for Saddam. Salon.com
- No Apologies: The Story Of Jack McGeorge. getunderground
- Pleasure, Pain, and Saddam Hussein. A meditation on recreational violence. Slate.com
- Weathering the Storm of Public Controversy. Leather Leadership Conference Seven Presentation by Jack McGeorge.
- Public Safety Group. http://www.psgcabo.com