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, he maintains that inclusion of non-injurious elements of sadomasochism (bondage, flagellation, domination, submission and others) in a consenting sexuality does not itself indicate or confirm mental illness or psycho-sexual dysfunction.

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 Poly Aware Professionals Directory.

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

He is on the Board of Governors for the Leather Hall of Fame.

He is openly gay.

Leather titles
In 1989, Baldwin held two leather titles: Mr. National Leather Association and International Mr. Leather. He is the only Mr. National Leather Association titleholder to ever win International Mr. Leather.

Awards

 * 1994: Received a Pantheon of Leather Southern California Regional Award
 * 2000: Named a Centurion by the Leather Archives and Museum
 * 2001: Received a Pantheon of Leather Lifetime Achievement Award
 * 2004: Inducted into the Society of Janus Hall of Fame
 * 2007: Received a Pantheon of Leather Forbear Award
 * 2008: Awarded the Leather Leadership Award by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
 * 2009:  Received the first ever Guy Baldwin Heritage Award, from the Master/slave Conference
 * 2010: Received the Berman/Schaffer Award from Christopher Street West
 * 2010: Received a citation from the West Hollywood City Council
 * 2012: Inducted into the Leather Hall of Fame
 * 2016: Received a Tom of Finland Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award

Conferences

 * 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2019: Special guest at the Master/slave Conference

Essays

 * "A Second Coming Out." Frontiers Magazine (1990). Reprinted in
 * "Old Guard": Its Origins, Traditions, Mystique & Rules,
 * "Radical Rite" in
 * "Radical Rite" in

Short fiction

 * . Reprinted in.
 * "Lord of the Snow" in.
 * Reprinted in.

Introductions and Forewords

 * Foreword by Guy Baldwin, M.S.,
 * Foreword by Guy Baldwin

Interviews (in print)

 * "The Exiled Self" in