Full Index for www.IML2003.com

"LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN"
(updates on the Spanner Trust)

• Criminal Justice Bill - the next step (May 2008)
• Criminal Justice Bill - one month to go (April 2008)
• December '07 update
• Criminal Justice Bill (July 2007)
• March '07 update
• December '06 update
• November '06 update
• Keeping a Disorderly House (Sept 2006)
• Summer events (August 2006)
• June '06 update
• Requests for help increasing sharply (May 2006)
• Scottish Law Commission - our response (April 2006)
• Scottish Law Commission consultation (Feb 2006)
• Recap of our objectives and campaigns (Jan 2006)

"HARNESS" columns
(originally for www.Beefyboyz.com)

• Topping Amateur Escape Artists - Part 2 (Dec 2005)
• Topping Amateur Escape Artists - Part 1 (Nov 2005)
• Ten Tips for Contest MCs (Oct 2005)
• Emotional Pitfalls in SM (Sept 2005)
• Gaining SM Confidence (August 2005)
• The Ten Dollar Dungeon (July 2005)
• Ten Tips for Addressing Crowds (May 2005)
• Edge Play (April 2005)
• Ten Tips for Talking to Journalists (March 2005)
• "Social" Drugs and SM (Feb 2005)
• SM Scenes and Icebergs (Jan 2005)
• Panic Attacks (Dec 2004)
• Safe Words (Oct 2004)
• Topics to cover with a new SM partner (Sept 2004)
• What kind of SM scene do you want? (July 2004)
• Is SM dirty and degrading? (June 2004)
• Ten tips for writing a press release (May 2004)
• What's the difference between SM and abuse? (Apr 2004)
• What's the difference between a slave and a bottom? (Mar 2004)
• My boyfriend is into SM but I don't like pain (Feb 2004)
• Can you have a sexually transmitted infection without any symptoms? (Jan 2004)
• Why do leather products have such a range of prices? (Dec 2003)
• Five stages of a Bondage or SM scene (Nov 2003)
• Basic Rope Bondage Tips (Oct 2003)
• How can you tell if a Top can be trusted? (Sept 2003)
• My First Night in a Leather Bar - Part 2 (August 2003)
• My First Night in a Leather Bar - Part 1 (July 2003)

"LIFE AFTER IML"
columns for www.LeatherPage.com

• More announcements (May 2008)
• UK Rope Events (March 2008)
• SM Bloopers (Feb 2008)
• Ulli Richter (Jan 2008)
• Successes in 2007 (Dec 2007)
• Dr Meg Barker (Nov 2007)
• Three announcements (Oct 2007)
• New England Leather Alliance (August 2007)
• Fetish life in the 1940s and 50s (July 2007)
• International Mr Bootblack (June 2007)
• Leather Archives & Museum (May 2007)
• MSC Belgium - 2 (April 2007)
• International Ms Leather Contest (Mar 2007)
• Leather Leadership Conference (Feb 2007)
• Book Reviews (Dec 2006)
• Magnet Health Center (Nov 2006)
• Chicago Leather Kennel Club (Oct 2006)
• Leather Invasion (August 2006)
• Photo Diary (July 2006)
• Rick Storer's IML Speech (June 2006)
• Internet Censorship - 2 (May 2006)
• Openarms Youth Project (April 2006)
• Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend (March 2006)
• MSC Belgium - 1 (Feb 2006)
• Kansas City Anti-Violence Project (Jan 2006)
• Successes in 2005 (Dec 2005)
• Internet Censorship - 1 (Nov 2005)
• The Spanner Trust - 3 (Sept 2005)
• Kansas City Leather University (July 2005)
• Robert Davolt: 1958 - 2005 (June 2005)
• European Leather Events (May 2005)
• Laura Antoniou's Keynote Speech (April 2005)
• Advice for Contestants - 3 (March 2005)
• Gay Leather SM Sexuality Research Project (Feb 2005)
• National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (Jan 2005)
• Successes in 2004 (Dec 2004)
• Lasting impressions of IML (Nov 2004)
• The Spanner Trust - 2 (Oct 2004)
• Jason Hendrix - IML 2004 (Sept 2004)
• Leather Archives & Museum (August 2004)
• Advice for Contestants - 2 (July 2004)

IML Diary: May 2003 to June 2004

• JUNE 2004 (Hawaii, San Francisco & Minneapolis)
• MAY 2004 (Oslo & Chicago)
• APRIL 2004 (New Orleans, Chicago & Cleveland)
• MARCH 2004 (Tulsa, Munich & Liège)
• FEBRUARY 2004 (Chicago & Ottawa)
• JANUARY 2004 (Washington DC & Texas)
• DECEMBER 2003 (Rome, London & Belfast)
• NOVEMBER 2003 (Palm Springs & Zurich)
• OCTOBER 2003 (Hamburg & Florida)
• SEPTEMBER 2003 (Inferno, Kansas City & San Francisco)
• AUGUST 2003 (Reykjavik & Manchester)
• JUNE & JULY 2003 (Partnership Registration, Omaha & Amsterdam)
• MAY 2003 (IML 2003 contest in Chicago)

"BEING IML"
columns for www.LeatherPage.com

• The Spanner Trust - 1 (June 2004)
• Advice for Contestants - 1 (May 2004)
• SM - A Mental Illness? (Apr 2004)
• Leather Identities (Mar 2004)
• Consent (Feb 2004)
• Barebacking (Jan 2004)
• New Years Resolutions (Dec 2003)
• Leather Contests (Nov 2003)
• Switches (Oct 2003)
• Fundamentalism (Sept 2003)
• Harley Davidson Draw (August 2003)
• Open Letter (June 2003)

Miscellaneous Pages

• Personal profile
  
• Contact Details

• Organisations I Support
  
• Links Page
  
• English-American Dictionary

• Leather Information
  
• Examples of Leather Grain

• Interview for the London Fetish Scene website.
  January 2006 (pdf file)
  
• Press coverage of the Mr Hoist 2003 contest
  in BOYZ and QX magazines

Collection of
ESSAYS, GUIDES and SPEECHES

• My closing keynote speech for LLC 2007
• Rick Storer's speech at IML 2006
• Michael Egdes' winning speech for IML 2005
• My step-down speech for IML 2004
• My winning speech for IML 2003

• Guide to London's Leather, Bear & SM Scene
• Guide to Playa Del Ingles, Gran Canaria

• Escape from Fundamentalism
• Experience of Bacterial Meningitis

The current IML and IMBB?

• MIKE GERLE is the 29th International Mr Leather (www.iml2007.com)
  
• and SPOT from Indianapolis is the 15th International Mr Bootblack (www.otsbb.com)

Want to visit IML in Chicago next May?

• Go to the official IML website