| President: Thom Butts |
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Thom Butts has been a member of the Portland
Leather community since the early 1990's. As well as being Mr.
Oregon State Leather 1997, treasurer of Blackout from 1999-2003, and
NW Leather Sir 2009, he has volunteered for several organizations in Portland as varied
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Human Rights Campaign and Log Cabin Oregon. He is a member of
Mama's Family as Mama's Uniformed Biker. He re-joined Blackout's
board in 2008, and was elected president in March 2009.
His goal for BLP is to give it greater prominence within Portland's Gay & Lesbian
Leather community and also on a regional & national level. He also
has a strong belief in fiscal prudence and wants to create a firm
financial base for BLP and the charities that it supports. He
enjoys reading, international travel, gourmet cooking, and
(fortunately) working out at the gym. Favorite hanky colors
include: (in no particular order) Black, Red, Navy, Gray, Silver
Lame, Rust, Gold Lame, Teal, and Chamois. He lives in the suburbs
with his husband Dominic, two rambunctious puppies and a somewhat
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| Vice President: Tobin |
Tobin
Britton has been a long standing member of the Portland, Oregon
leather community for well over a decade launching herself head
first with memberships in a number of groups in the area. Tobin has
spent many years as a member of such groups as Portland Leather
Alliance, Rose City Discussion Club, Blackout Leather Productions
and Bad Girls. Tobin served as Parade Coordinator and President of
Pride Northwest for 5 years, streamlining many aspects of Portland's
large pride festival and parade. Tobin has held the titles of Ms
Oregon State Leather 2001 and American Leatherwoman 2002 which
afforded her the honor of traveling the country as well as abroad as
judge, tallymaster, judges boy and contestant handler for numerous
large and small titles. Tobin has presented on such topics as knife
play, race play and D/s dynamics for many clubs and organizations
throughout the country. She currently serves as President and
founding member of The Boiys In Leather Service-Rose City, a
volunteer group based on serving its various communities. Tobin is
proud and humbled at how the community has embraced and been
inspired by the mission and purpose of The BiLS, who have been
bestowed Organization of the Year (from GLPW of Seattle) and
Non-Profit of the Year (Blackout Leather Productions' Rose and Thorn
award) awards. Go BiLS! Tobin is also a Board Member-At-Large of
Blackout Leather Productions which produces the Oregon State
contests and NW Sash Bash. Tobin is proud to be a member of the
Bloodfolk Clan and Head of House of the Britton stronghold, a poly
household that includes his beautiful wife and boy justin, girl joni
and pet tani. Tobin is a proud member of Mama's Family as Mama's
Daddiruff and Mama's Warrior Slave. Tobin had the honor of being
featured on The Logo Channel's Portland, Oregon edition of Round
Trip ticket to talk about leather. |
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| Secretary: Mack |
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Mack first noticed his attraction to leather when he bought his first black leather jacket from a straight friend. From then on, Mack knew he was hooked. Since 1997, he has been involved with Portland Leather Men, and the leather community at large. In 2002, Mack competed in, and won, the title of Mr. Oregon State Leather 2002.
For years, Mack proudly served as a member-at-large on the board of BLP. In 2007, Mack was elected to the office of Vice President of the Board of Blackout Leather Productions. Mack currently resides in the Salem area with his husband, Gary, and his boy/pup, Gene. |
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| Treasurer: Justin |
Boy Justin is relatively new on his journey into the queer and leather worlds but he burst onto the scene volunteering his time with Pride NW as secretary and Co-Parade Coordinator before he learned that service was his heart's desire. Since that time he's discovered his boy nature and is a collared boy to his Daddy, Tobin Britton (2001 Ms. Oregon State Leather, 2002 American Leatherwoman). As is customary in the Bloodfolk Clan that he is a member of, he gives of his time and serves his community currently as the secretary and a founding member of the Boys/Bois in Leather Service - Rose City. Along with service, he's discovered his passion for bootblacking and is enjoying the mentorship and advice from bootblacks in Oregon and California. When he's not volunteering with his club brothers, Justin loves to serve and play with his Daddy, play with his girl and do boots. He also enjoys riding his motorcycle, playing his bass, living out his racing dreams on his Wii and continuing to learn anything and everything that will help him grow to be the best boy he can be for his Daddy. |
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| Brent |
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Brent Seeley, originally from Maine, was Mr. Oregon State Leather
2009. He discovered his love for leather in New England but
discovered the leather lifestyle after moving to the Great and Kinky
Northwest. Moving from Seattle to Portland, Brent’s "hellbent for
leather" passion was so strong, he wanted an accelerated learning
curve into the leather community and chose to run for the title.
Brent is a voting member of the Leather Archives and Museum, a
member of the Portland Leather Men, the Oregon Bears, and one of the
keepers of the Oregon Leather Event Calendar. He’s also an
associate member of both the Boys/Bois in Leather Service Rose City
and the Girls in Leather Service. He co-hosts the every-other-month
BDSM Workshops for Men and regularly attends the Dungeon Men PDX SM
Party.
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| Tom |
Tom Ayres came out into
Leather at the “Son of Apollo" bike run in Arizona in 1983. While in
Arizona he was a member of several clubs and founding member of The
Arizona Leather Fraternity, Copper State Leathermen, and The Sam
Browie Society (a Uniform Club). He was also a member of the
American Uniform Association and Chapter Director of Affirmation:
Gay & Lesbian Mormons. In 1984 he was chosen Mr. Copper State and
competed for Mr. Arizona Leather in that year.
In 1987 Tom moved to San
Francisco where he was founding member of the Golden State Uniform
Corps and an Associate Member of the 15 Association.
In 1999 Tom moved to
Portland. Tom has been a member of The Oregon Bears, The Oregon
Leather Fraternity, Blackout Leather Productions Board of Directors
twice before.
Over the years, he has
volunteered for many fundraisers and events including Mr. Northern
California Drummer, Mr. San Francisco Leather, Mr. & Ms. Oregon
State Leather, International Mr. Drummer, and also International Ms.
Leather.
In 2006 Tom became Mr.
Oregon State Leather 2006 and he looks forward to many more years of
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| Gary |
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Gary grew up in New York City, and then lived
near the shores of Lake Erie before moving to Oregon in 1995.
Somewhere while moving up the corporate ladder as a vice president
of a bank based in Buffalo NY, Gary started to become allergic to
three piece pinstripe suits and came out of the closet at age 29.
After leaving the banking world, Gary changed careers and publicly
began wearing his vest, boots & studded belts at work in his new
career as "not your average
tethered leathered librarian". Gary actively wears
his leathers while attending conferences & volunteering on various
committees of the American Library Association, including its
nationwide LGBT unit.
Since he established his roots in Salem OR in
1995 as Willamette University's business reference librarian, he
became an avid member of Portland Leather Men, and also served a 5
year stint on the board of directors of the local Unitarian-Universalist
congregation. Gary began attending BLP's board meetings as a lay
person in 2002, and formally joined BLP's board in 2011. |
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| Shell |
Shell's Bio coming soon... |
(She's the one in the middle...) |
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| pup |
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Hello All
My name is Gene or pup. I have been with BLP for 3 yrs. I have been the secretary for two. I have been in the leather life since my release from the military in 1988. I have been a volunteer for many organizations, I am a former Mr. Charlie's Denver. I am also a former ILSb title holder for Florida. I enjoy my time at home and getting to know new people, so please feel free to ask questions. |
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