Permanent exhibits
The permanent exhibits at the LA&M are the Fakir Musafar exhibit, the Dungeon exhibit (which shows some of the museum's artifacts in an erotic environment), the Leatherbar exhibit, and the A Room of Her Own exhibit (about women's leather history). In regard to the name of the A Room of Her Own exhibit, curator Alex Warner has written,As I began work for the first exhibit installation of the Women's Leather History Project, I was excited that we were both literally and figuratively making room for Leatherwomen's history in the LA&M. It was out of this line of thinking that "A Room of Her Own" emerged, building onVirginia Woolf Adeline Virginia Woolf (; ; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Woolf was born ...'s 1929 feminist text ' 'A_Room_of_One's_Own''">A_Room_of_One's_Own.html"_;"title="'A_Room_of_One's_Own">'A_Room_of_One's_Own''that_argues_for_women’s_need_for_space_to_think_and_create.
_Etienne_Auditorium
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The_LA&M_has_the_world's_biggest_collection_of_original_pieces_by___Etienne_Auditorium
The_LA&M_has_the_Etienne_Auditorium,_which_is_used_for_the_LA&M_film_series,_Cinekink,_the_German_Fetisch_Film_Festival,_leather-related_contests,_demonstrations,_community_meetings,_lectures,_and_as_a_place_where_leather_groups_and_clubs_can_gather_for_free. The_auditorium_has_numerous_murals_done_by___Collection
The_LA&M_has_the_world's_biggest_collection_of_original_pieces_by___Etienne_Auditorium
The_LA&M_has_the_Etienne_Auditorium,_which_is_used_for_the_LA&M_film_series,_Cinekink,_the_German_Fetisch_Film_Festival,_leather-related_contests,_demonstrations,_community_meetings,_lectures,_and_as_a_place_where_leather_groups_and_clubs_can_gather_for_free. The_auditorium_has_numerous_murals_done_by___Collection
The_LA&M_has_the_world's_biggest_collection_of_original_pieces_by__Etienne Auditorium
The LA&M has the Etienne Auditorium, which is used for the LA&M film series, Cinekink, the German Fetisch Film Festival, leather-related contests, demonstrations, community meetings, lectures, and as a place where leather groups and clubs can gather for free. The auditorium has numerous murals done by Dom Orejudos, who used the pseudonym Etienne, the French equivalent of his middle name Stephen.Collection
The LA&M has the world's biggest collection of original pieces by Dom Orejudos under the name Etienne, some Tom of Finland">Touko Valio Laaksonen (who used the pseudonym Tom of Finland) originals, and complete sets of the magazines ''Drummer (magazine)">Drummer A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drums. Most contemporary western bands that play rock, pop, jazz, or R&B music include a drummer for purposes including timekeeping and embellishing the musical timbre. The drummer's ...History
In August 1991, the LA&M was incorporated in theHonors
The LA&M received the Large Nonprofit Organization of the Year award as part of the Pantheon of Leather Awards in 1997, 2001, 2006, and 2011. Joseph Bean, while executive director of the LA&M, received the Man of the Year award as part of the Pantheon of Leather Awards in 1998 and 2000, and the Steve Maidhof Award for National or International Work from theOther
Chuck Renslow, who died in 2017, is listed as the Chairman In Memoriam of the LA&M. The LA&M also gives out the Chuck Renslow President's Award to honor individuals and organizations for their contributions to it.Sources
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