Guy Baldwin

For the British Indian Army brigadier-general, see Guy Melfort Baldwin.

Guy Baldwin

Guy Baldwin (born 1946) is an American psychotherapist, author, activist, and educator specializing in issues of particular relevance to the BDSM and leather communities, based in Los Angeles. Together with his then-partner, Race Bannon, he started the effort to de-classify kink as a psychiatric disorder in the 1980's in Los Angeles, California. ^[1]

In 1982 Baldwin created a database of professionals who knew about and were not prejudiced against kink and BDSM, called the Kink Aware Professionals list (KAP list). It has been expanded and is now managed by the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom as the Kink And Polyamory Aware Professionals Directory. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Baldwin has written three books, as well as numerous articles for such magazines as Drummer , Frontiers , Checkmate, International Leatherman, and The Leather Journal.

Leather titles

In 1989, Baldwin held two leather titles: Mr. National Leather Association ^[5] and International Mr. Leather. ^{[5] [6]} He is the only Mr. National Leather Association titleholder to ever win International Mr. Leather.

Bibliography

Baldwin is a prolific author of both fiction and non-fiction related to BDSM. Baldwin authored a monthly column in Drummer magazine from 1986 to 1993. The column was later compiled in his book Ties that Bind (1993). ^[5]

Books

• Guy Baldwin (1993). Joseph W. Bean (ed.). Ties That Bind: The SM/Leather/Fetish Erotic Style: Issues, Commentaries and Advice. Daedalus Publishing Company. ISBN   978-1-881943-09-9.
• Guy Baldwin (1993). The Leather Contest Guide: A Handbook for Promoters, Contestants, Judges and Titleholders. Daedalus Publishing Company. ISBN   1-881943-08-9.
• Guy Baldwin (2002). SlaveCraft: Roadmaps for Erotic Servitude—Principles, Skills and Tools. Daedalus Publishing Company. ISBN   1-881943-14-3.

References

1. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/01/bdsm-versus-the-dsm/384138/
2. David M. Ortmann; Richard A. Sprott (15 November 2012). Sexual Outsiders: Understanding BDSM Sexualities and Communities. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 137–. ISBN   978-1-4422-1737-9.
3. "Kink Aware Professionals (KAP) – Sex-Positive Support for Kink and Nonmonogamy".
4. "Welcome to the New Kink And Poly Aware Professionals Directory (KAP)". Kink Aware Professionals (KAP).
5. "2012 Leather Hall of Fame Inductee Guy Baldwin". Leather Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
6. "International Mr. Leather by year". Archived from the original on February 20, 2009.

External links

• Guy Baldwin in the Leatherpedia