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History
including Traditions and Mythology
Mostly Leather History
- The Leather History Timeline by Tony DeBlase and others
- Other Versions of the LHT and Similar Timelines
- History of Our Leather-S/M-Fetish Subculture and Communities: Towards a Bibliography compiled by slave david stein
- A Brief History of Leatherbars (Featuring the DC Eagle) by Chris M.
- A Brief History of the Black Rose of Washington DC
- About Larry Townsend
- About Drummer Magazine
- About Jack Fritscher, PhD
- ChatGPT and the Truth About Jeanne C. Barney by Ambrosio
- American Leather Goes Mainstream: Anger, Arnett and Life Magazine by Chris M.
- Life Looks at Leather (1964)
- Delta Diary 1996 by Chris M.
- A Brief History of Leatherbars (Featuring the DC Eagle) by Chris M.
- Marginalia on the Old Guard, Leather Traditions, and BDSM History by Ambrosio
- The Miscreant's Paradox for Leather and BDSM by Ambrosio
- Leather Culture by Matthew D. Johnson
- JackFritscher.com
- The Leather Archives and Museum (LA&M): The Chicago institution that preserves our leather history. The timeline on this site was originally a project developed by Tony DeBlase for the LA&M.
- The Leather Journal: The Leather Journal was founded in May 1987 to provide for the Leather community's hunger for news magazine that covered clubs, organizations, and events.
Further Reading on the "Old Guard"
- Old Guard? If You say so. By Joseph W. Bean
- The Old Guard History, Origins and Traditions By Guy Baldwin, M.S. (from The Ties That Bind)
- Old Guard, New Guard By Gayle Rubin
- The Myth of the Old Guard By Jack Rinella
- Multiple Tops: Master, Mistress and Daddy Makes Three By Master L.J.E. An Old Guard view of 'Net Generation polyamoury.
- Marginalia on the Old Guard, Leather Traditions, and BDSM History by Ambrosio contains "Leather's Military Heritage," "Six Contrasting Definitions of the 'Old Guard,'" "Napoleon Bonaparte's Imperial Guard," and "What was the First Use of the Term Old Guard in a Leather Context?"
- Rover's column in the December 1973 issue of California Scene Magazine: Earliest documented use of the phrase "old guard" in a Gay Biker --- and possibily Leather --- context (depending on whether you think Gay Biker qualifies as Leather.)
- Why Old Guard? by David Masterson
WIITWD on the Internet: BDSM Online in the 1990s
- WIITWD:
- What It Is That We Do
The World Wide Web began to become more widely available in the mid 1990s and it became a catalyst for the growth of BDSM. It was an excellent source for information and disinformation.
- About the POWERotics Foundation and Hans Meijer: The POWERotics Foundation was one of many Internet publisher with BDSM themed web sites. It no longer exists, but many of the articles by its chairman, Hans Meijer, are still available on-line and still relevant. Some are on this website.
- About BDSM Usenet Newsgroups: In the mid-1990s, visiting newsgroups was a great way to learn about WIITWD. The resource on this page are mostly offered as historical documentation.
Historical Psychology
- Some Notes on Psychology, Homosexuality, and Sadomasochism (This page includes "Two Letters from Sigmund Freud" and "A Brief History of Homosexuality and Sadomasochism in the DSM.")
- DSM Revision Petition (2008)
- Dr. Fedric Wertham and the "Seduction of the Innocent" by Ambrosio
Miscellaneous History
- Greenery Press and Jay Wiseman
- About the POWERotics Foundation and Hans Meijer
- A Brief History of the Black Rose of Washington DC: Part One by Chris M.
- Black Roses and Pink Flamingoes: The BR10 Anniversary Event and how it changed our Club by Chris M.
- Gifts of the Circle: A Chronicle of the Hook Pull performed by Fakir Musafar and Cleo Duboise at Black Rose 2002 by Chris M.
- Some Notes on William Moulton Marston, Wonder Woman, and Loving D/s by Ambrosio
Communities Under the BDSM Umbrela
Gorean
- What is Gor? by Silk: A thoughtful article on the Gor phenomena.
- Chain gang by Julia Gracen: a fascinating, well written, and insightful Salon.com article about the Gor community.
- Insight Into The Gorean Lifestyle by Michael
- Pain For Your Pleasure: A Learning Experience by Fire-Soul
- Parodies of the Gor novels
Religion, Spirituality, and BDSM
- Sado-masochistic Ritual in a Thelemic Context by Raven Greywalker (Lilith)
- Feminism, Wicca, and D/s by Rowan Ste. Julian
- Femminismo, Wicca e D/s di Rowan Ste. Julian
- Christians and BDSM Q&A by Sir Gardener
D/s in the Bible
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
Genesis 2:18
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and He is the savior of the body.
Ephesians 5:23
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Ephesians 6:25
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement
1 Peter 3:1 and 6
Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not power (control) of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power (control) of his own body, but the wife.
1 Corinthians 7:3 - 4
Miscellaneous: Polyamory, Vampyres
- Polyamory and BDSM
- The Black Veil V.2: A Voluntary Code of Conduct for Vampyres/Vampires by Michelle Belanger
If you fear lest you may not be perfectly equitable in treating more than one wife, then you shall be content with one.
The Koran - 4:3
