ONLINE: Old Guard Protocols and Why You Don’t Need Them

with Hardy Haberman

a live and recorded online class from Wicked Grounds

1/10 11am Pacific

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A frank and honest discussion of what is being called “old Guard” protocols and the myths and reality surrounding them. Provocative and entertaining, this interactive program brings years of experience and a grasp of the true history of Gay Leather Culture into focus.

PRESENTER:

Hardy Haberman is from Dallas, Texas. He has been active in the leather community since the mid-70’s, and a member of many BDSM and Fetish organizations including Dallas Motorcycle Club, NLA-Dallas and a founding member of Inquisition-Dallas.

Considering himself a "Pain Technologist," he specializes in CBT and has an unusual fondness for clips clamps and clothespins, as well as more esoteric SM play. Professionally he is a semi-retired marketing specialist and filmmaker. His documentary on the leather lifestyle "LEATHER" has won numerous awards and appeared in festivals around the world, and his latest film, "Out of the Darkness, The Reality of SM" is currently being used by healthcare professionals around the world.

Outside work, he is a gay activist, author & speaker on aspects of the SM/Leather scene. His books "The Family Jewels, A guide to male genital play and torment" published by Greenery Press and “More Family Jewels”, Playing With Pain” And “Soul of a Second Skin” published by Nazca Plain. His latest book "Shouts in the WIlderness, Daily Meditations for Leatherfolk" is currently available on amazon.com. He also writes a regular column in the Dallas Voice newspaper.

He was awarded NLAI's Man of the Year award in 1999 and the NLA-I Lifetime Achievement award in 2007. He received the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Leather Leadership award.He has also been honored to be a Judge at both IML and ILSb.

He previously served as co-chair of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation in Washington, DC.

He and his boy Patrick have lived together in Dallas for the past 30 years with numerous cats.

ACCESS:

Attend online anywhere via Zoom! To participate, you will need to download the free, basic version of the Zoom app before the class. This class WILL be recorded and is available for later viewing. Zoom now provides closed captioning which will be available for this event.