Leather Archives & Museum: 25 Years
The official catalog celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Leather Archives & Museum. The catalog features essays, collection photographs, and highlights over the LA&M's institutional life.
The official catalog celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Leather Archives & Museum. The catalog features essays, collection photographs, and highlights over the LA&M's institutional life.
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A community archive documents, records and explores community heritage<br />
(often on a grassroots level), in which community participation, control and/or<br />
ownership of the project is essential. In the case of the LA&M, this means that<br />
we are, and remain, an independent nonprofit organization, unaffiliated with a<br />
university or institutional repository, that is primarily sustained by the <strong>Leather</strong> /<br />
BDSM / kink / fetish communities while also being guided by archival, museum,<br />
and library best practices and standards.<br />
Through our collections and exhibitions, we reflect the unique historical record<br />
regarding the formation and development of alternative sex cultures and practices,<br />
including the interests, needs, participation, and priorities of diverse <strong>Leather</strong><br />
/ BDSM / kink / fetish communities across the country and world.<br />
That said, the work we do wouldn’t be possible without all of our supporters—<br />
your memberships, financial donations, event attendance, and volunteer and<br />
internship work has truly made us the institution we are today, and we are so<br />
honored and grateful for each and every one of you. While we would like to<br />
name every supporter the LA&M has had over the past <strong>25</strong> years, here we are<br />
focusing on the last five years of the institution.<br />
Thank you<br />
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