Steve Maidhof
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Steve Maidhof was a BDSM
activist and the founder of National Leather Association International
. President of NLA from 1986 to 1988, Maidhof founded NLA after his unsuccessful candidacy
in the International Mr. Leather Contest, and gained attention from Patrick Califia
, who later became the keynote speaker at the association's foundation. His organization soon expanded across the country and became a leading force of BDSM advocacy
.
Maidhof died in 1991 of AIDS
.
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...
activist and the founder of National Leather Association International
National Leather Association International
National Leather Association:International is a contemporary BDSM organization based in the United States. NLA-I is a pansexual organization with chapters all over the United States and Canada. It is an association of leather peoples with a common philosophy...
. President of NLA from 1986 to 1988, Maidhof founded NLA after his unsuccessful candidacy
Candidacy
Candidacy is a rite which takes place during Roman Catholic seminary formation, by which the Church recognizes the seminarian as worthy of being ordained...
in the International Mr. Leather Contest, and gained attention from Patrick Califia
Patrick Califia
Patrick Califia , born 1954 near Corpus Christi, Texas is a writer of nonfiction essays about sexuality and of erotic fiction and poetry. Califia is a bisexual trans man.-Biography:...
, who later became the keynote speaker at the association's foundation. His organization soon expanded across the country and became a leading force of BDSM advocacy
Advocacy
Advocacy is a political process by an individual or a large group which normally aims to influence public-policy and resource allocation decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions; it may be motivated from moral, ethical or faith principles or simply to protect an...
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Maidhof died in 1991 of AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
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