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NEL Contest Team is actively contacting potential Judges with a keen eye for the next titleholders, trendsetters and Leather Community revolutionaries to be sashed as Northeast Leatherman'27, Northeast Leatherwoman '27, Northeast Leatherperson '27, or Northeast Bootblack '27.

Judges of the 2024 Northeast Leather Contest

Master

Liquid Rulz

Master Liquid Rulz (She/They/Them) is a Black, Queer, Femme Presenting, Social Worker, Presenter, and Educator, who has been a fixture in the Leather/BDSM community for over 25yrs. Master Liquid is the Co-Founder and former CPO of BLX Alternative an organization committed to reducing and eliminating the shame and stigma associated within the Black and Brown LGBTQIA+ Leather/Kink and BDSM community around alternative relationships

An accomplished competitor in her field, Master Liquid is no stranger to the stage. She has competed in and won Ms. Henrietta Hudson Fetish 2008 & 2009 and went on to become the only Woman & Black/POC to compete in the first Mr/Ms New York City Leather contest.

Covered by Mistress Max Rulz, Master Liquid has modeled and volunteered in the community at events such as TESFest, Leather Pride Night, GMSMA, She has presented for TES’ DW/sm group, was a panelist on “LSM Presents Woman’s Herstory”, and she is a former board member of Folsom Street East. Master Liquid also has raised money for various charities in and outside of NYC.

Master Liquid was the first person of color and only person to grace the cover of TESFest’s Prometheus Magazine two years in a row. In 2020 Liquid was honored at Kink-Out’s MoMA PS1 event "SPACES.” She was the first sashed Northeast Leather Person 2020 & 2021. Master Liquid was also named one of GO Magazine’s 2021 “100 Women We Love.” Master Liquid is Vice President of the Seattle Pacific Northwest Onyx Pearls, a member of the Lesbian Sex Mafia (LSM), and has held the position of Vendor Coordinator for Tethered Together for the last 5 years. Master Liquid is the 2023 International Ms. Leather, where she continues to use her platform to educate, empower, and amplify voices of marginalized communities.

In Life & Leather,

Master Liquid Rulz

International Ms. Leather 2023

Godric Onyx

Godric Onyx (He/Him) is a hyper-sexual, demisexual alpha boy. He was Indiana leather boy 2019 and current full member of ONYX NY/Northeast. Don’t let his innocent smile fool you, he is an exuberant R.A.C.K player who enjoys learning all things leather/kink while educating others. He enjoys bubble butts, hairy Daddies also flirting with your husband at your favorite campsites. His favorite kinks are impact play, electro play, rope play and is an armpit enthusiast.

Master SteeleToe

Master SteeleToe the Bootblack (he/him) is Head of the House of Steele (HoS), focusing on leadership, kink/fetish/BDSM education, community service, and living openly to eliminate stigmas about kink, particularly for POC. The HoS currently includes a protege, five boys, and an apprentice. He was covered as a Master by Master S’ango in March, 2024.

SteeleToe’s bootblack journey started in 2017 at the NJ Kollege of Kink’s Bootblack 101. He was 2022 IMBB 1st Runner Up, and inaugural winner of the IMBB Brotherhood award. He was the first Northeast Bootblack (2020/2021). SteeleToe is the current Treasurer of the Leather Leadership Conference (LLC) board, and served as President of Onyx NY/Northeast for 2020, and VP for 2019, winning the Brother of the Year award in 2019.

SteeleToe has blacked across the country, including IML/IMBB, MAL, CLAW, Lake Erie Bootblack Weekend, and several leather contests and clubs. He’s taught classes via the House of Steele, LLC, Bootblack RoundUp, Virtual Bootblack Jam, Fascination in Provincetown, Kink U in Rochester, NY, and various ONYX chapters. He served as a judge for BBM, the Woods Leather Contest, the NJ Leather Contest, and IMsBB.

SteeleToe identifies as a pansexual male and is proficient in many kinks, which he is always happy to discuss.

Doc Hoskins Jr

Doc Hoskin's Jr. (he/him)

“Doc” Hoskins Jr. is a Founding Father of ONYX New York / Northeast and the Leatherman of Color for 2007. He has and continues to participate in a multitude of fund raising events for the LGBT community at large, A multi- year C.L.A.W. - Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend participant and Host of the Sunday variety show. A recipient of the Mufasa Lion’s award, one of the highest awards that can be given to an ONYX member for outstanding achievement for exemplifying the epitome of a Man of Color in the ONYX ranks.

Author of THE PUGILIST: Erotic Boxing Adventures; Other Erotic Tales as well as The Rocket Science Tales of Tech Support. Back in February of 2015, Doc became the 1 st Drummer of North America – a title that briefly returned from a hiatus for a new generation of Leathermen that embrace their masculine, sport and kink fetish. Doc is also a three time NY Master’s Golden Gloves champion.

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