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American Brotherhood

Las Vegas, Nevada

When:

Early February

Website:

Title Contest:

American Leather Man, Woman, boy, girl

Title(s):

American: Leatherman (ALM), American Leatherwoman (ALW), American Leatherboy (ALb), American Leatherperson (ALP)

About 

From the Producers:

For over thirty years, American Brotherhood Weekend (ABW) and its titleholders have served the broader LGBTQ kink and fetish community with dedication and enthusiasm through volunteering, fundraising, judging, and more.


The role of the American Leather Family titleholders are special in that they are expected to serve the community during the title year. Each titleholder is to act as an inspirational communicator capable of effectively raising funds, speaking, or volunteering for worthy causes and organizations relevant to the LGBTQ community.


American Brotherhood Weekend (ABW) title families are the only national leather titles emphasizing and celebrating LGBTQ individuals serving proudly and openly in our community. Many former titleholders have taken a public stance on one or more significant issues, such as same-sex legislation, equal rights, civil rights, domestic violence, harassment, hate crimes, public health & safety, community outreach, or as a voice for others with urgent needs.

Opportunities

Title Contest(s)

The contest is open to leather people who are US Citizens, at least 21 years of age, and who self-identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or queer. All titles are open to the transgender community. With strong LGBTQ community ties and a history of involvement within the leather/BDSM community.

Must participate in all officially scheduled ABW events during the contest weekend.


The contestant is expected to provide at least one basket of items to be auctioned during the weekend with a value of $300-500 as well as at least 2-4 items of a minimum $100 total to go in a basket to be auctioned off to raise funds for our charities.


Qualified individuals are required to submit a Contestant Application and Photo Release form for consideration no later than midnight on January 31, of the title run year.


Contestants must have public speaking ability.


Contestants must be prepared and knowledgeable about current political events. Producers will issue a list of 4-5 relevant topics which will be listed here on the website under the Compete Menu, two months before the contest to study and questions based on these topics will be asked in your interview, but will not make up the entirety of the interview.


Contestants speech must be based on a political topic that directly impacts their community either on a local or national level.

Judging Criteria

Coming Soon!

Volunteer Opportunities

Previous Titleholders

American Leatherman

  • 1989 Kyle Peterson

  • 1990 Richard Koehler

  • 1991 Jose Alberto Ucles

  • 1992 Jose Alberto Ucles

  • 1993 Len Chiofolo †

  • 1994 Victor Magide †

  • 1995 Greg Lowe

  • 1997 Jim Raymond †

  • 1998 Martin Hall

  • 1999 Scott Reikofski

  •  2000 Dean Ogren

  • 2001 Jeffrey Cooper †

  • 2002 Rich "RTB" Trevino

  • 2003 Bill Mitchell

  • 2004 Robert Napolitano

  • 2005 Blackkat

  • 2006 Rusty Jones

  • 2007 No Contest

  • 2008 Randy Carmenaty

  • 2009 Alex Lindsay

  • 2010 Louie Pacheco Saenz

  • 2011 Tom Savage

  • 2012 Jeff Donaldson

  • 2013 Aaron D.

  • 2014 Dominic Chevalier

  • 2015 Dan Ronneberg

  • 2016 Doug Kuhn

  • 2017 Rod "Onyx" McCoy

  • 2018 Rai Guerra

  • 2019 Cody Elkin

  • 2020 ABW canceled due to Covid-19

  • 2021 ABW canceled due to Covid-19

  • 2022 ABW Canceled

  • 2023 ABW Canceled

  • 2024 ABW Contest Not Held


American Leatherwoman

  • 1994 Sarah Humble

  • 1995 Mon Cherie

  • 1997 Leslie Anderson

  • 1998 Mercea

  • 1999 Schelli Dittmann

  • 2000 Paula Smith

  • 2001 Phyllis Darcy

  • 2002 Tobin Britton

  • 2003 sheryl dee

  • 2004 Storm

  • 2005 Amanda "Pup" Farrell

  • 2006 Shelley Denton †

  • 2007 No Contest

  • 2008 Joan Norry

  • 2009 Dakota

  • 2010 No Contestants

  • 2011 Trinity

  • 2012 Doc

  • 2013 OB

  • 2014 Eileen Sanders

  • 2015 LE

  • 2016 Steph Sanders

  • 2017 Jackie Thompson

  • 2018 Sky Cotton

  • 2019 Ms. B Raven

  • 2020 ABW canceled due to Covid-19

  • 2021 ABW canceled due to Covid-19

  • 2022 ABW Canceled

  • 2023 ABW Canceled


American Leatherboy

  • 1995 Kevin McGraw

  • 1997 Max Steiner

  • 1998 Terry Sapp

  • 1999 Jerry Acosta

  • 2000 Randie Smith

  • 2001 Bryan "Pup" Mulliken †

  • 2002 Kip Davidson

  • 2003 Jeff Nowak

  • 2004 Terry Brown

  • 2005 Ryan Setzkorn

  • 2006 Ed Kosary

  • 2007 No Contest

  • 2008 boy Chris Scherrer

  • 2009 Johnny Boy Birdsell

  • 2010 Bryan Teague

  • 2011 Tyler Fong

  • 2012 No Contestants

  • 2013 Tank Teachworth

  • 2014 boy dave

  • 2015 Boy Pup Max

  • 2016 Steven

  • 2017 No Contestants

  • 2018 No Contestants

  • 2019 No Contestants

  • 2020 ABW canceled due to Covid-19

  • 2021 ABW canceled due to Covid-19

  • 2022 ABW Canceled

  • 2023 ABW Canceled

  • 2024 ABW Contest Not Held


American Leathergirl

  • 2004 Beth "Libby" Abate

  • 2005 Kim Holcomb

  • 2006 dawn marie


American Leatherman

  • NEW 2025!

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