#331 - Guy Baldwin - Hardy Haberman - Race Bannon
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Today’s trio has been on the gay leather scene from practically it’s beginning. What was being gay in the sixties like? Guy Baldwin tells it like it was being 18 and kicked out of his home for being a homosexual. Guy tells how the WW2 veteran community took him in and taught him what a new family could be. Hardy Haberman in Dallas tells of bars that would warn gay patrons that the vice squad was about to raid and men had to find a female dance partner or risk going to jail. Race Bannon tells of Chicago and the famous gay bars that formed the basis of gay community. Race is an activist in San Francisco now and advises the city council on gay rights. Join us for a two hour tour of how human rights were violated and gay rights didn’t even exist. Three legends of the gay community in the United States tell it like it was, then and now. These are recordings from years back and some on the past timely events were edited out. The story that is told is so important that no matter if you are gay or straight, it’s worth a listen to see how we should not allow people to take away our rights.
Guy Baldwin, M.S. (b. 1946) is a Los Angeles-based psychotherapist, author, activist, and educator specializing in issues of particular relevance to the BDSM and leather communities. He maintains that inclusion of non-injurious elements of sadomasochism (bondage, flagellation, domination, submission and others) in a consenting sexuality does not itself indicate or confirm mental illness or psycho-sexual dysfunction.In 1982 Baldwin created a database of professionals who knew about and were not prejudiced against kink and BDSM. It is now managed by the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom as the Kink And Poly Professionals Directory. Baldwin has written three books, as well as numerous articles for such magazines as Drummer, Frontiers, Checkmate, International Leatherman, and The Leather Journal. KinkyCast Episode #66
Hardy Haberman (born July 27, 1950) is an American author, filmmaker, educator, designer living in Dallas, Texas. He is a prominent figure in the leather/fetish/BDSM community, and a frequent speaker at leather events and contests. In the mid-1970s, Haberman become involved in LGBT activism as part of the Dallas Gay Political Caucus (later known as the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance), the city's first LGBT advocacy group. In late 1976, he became interested in the leather subculture. In 1980, Haberman co-produced the first Cedar Springs Carnival, held during Gay Pride Week in Dallas. The Carnival coincided with the Dallas Gay Pride Parade, an event organized by a committee of Oak Lawn merchants and the first in Dallas since 1972. In 1984 Haberman joined the board of the Dallas chapter of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). By the late 1990s, Haberman was a well-known educator in leather circles, teaching classes at events such as Texas Leather Pride in Austin, Spring Iniquity in Houston, Southeast Leatherfest in Atlanta, Kinky Kollege in Chicago, Leathermans Discussion Group in San Francisco, and in many other events in the United States and Canada. In 1999, Haberman and Bill Schmeling received the Steve Maidhof Award for National or International Work from the National Leather Association International. In 2007, the NLAI presented Haberman with a Lifetime Achievement Award. He is currently the Chairperson on the Board of Directors of the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance. Haberman writes a column called Flagging Left for Dallas Voice, a Dallas LGBT newspaper. In January 2014, he became a columnist for Leatherati. In addition to his regular columns he has written for many print and online publications. Haberman is an active member of the Cathedral of Hope Church in Dallas, TX, known for having the largest predominately gay and lesbian congregation in the world. In 2017, Haberman joined the Jeffrey Payne 2018 Texas gubernatorial campaign as media director. KinkyCast episode #101
Race Bannon has been an organizer, writer, educator, speaker and activist in the LGBT, leather/kink, polyamory and HIV/STI prevention realms since 1973. He has authored two books, been published extensively, and has spoken to hundreds of audiences. He created the world's largest kink-friendly psychotherapist and medical referral service and led The DSM Project that yielded beneficial changes in the way psychotherapy views BDSM. Race also founded a groundbreaking alternative sexuality publishing company, was an internet radio sex talk show host, received national and local awards, appeared in numerous documentaries, and currently writes for the Bay Area Reporter. His blog is www.bannon.com KinkyCast Episode #244
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