Living In Leather Awards
List of Winners
President / Vice Pres Award
List of Winners
Club / Chapter of the Year Award
List of Winners
JAN LYON AWARD FOR REGIONAL OR LOCAL WORK
COMING SOON, visitors will be able to click on the names of the winners to see their profile page with bio and photos.
Susie Bright - Feminist and lesbian sex-positive activist, author, editor, and publisher.
1988
Gayle Rubin - SM activist, writer, sociologist, historian, archivist, and educator. A founder of Samois, the first female SM organization in the world, and of The Outcasts.
1989
Cynthia Slater - founder of The Society Of Janus in Berkeley CA, an SM positive organization open to all sexes and orientations. The second oldest such organization in the world.
1990
Jan Lyon - A founding member of NLA and one who has served it continuously in many capacities including as Ms NLA and as female Co-Chair.
1991
No Female was selected
1992
Dorothy Hajdys - Mrs. Hajdys' first exposure to alternative sexualities came when her son, Alan Shindler, a sailor in the US Navy, was murdered by a fellow sailor because he was gay. She immediately became a gay rights activist and marched in the 1993 March on Washington. "Sometimes, a lifetime can be experienced in one year."
1993
Nan Borrows - "Mastress" Nan is one of the best known and most widely respected female dominants in North America. She was pansexual long before the term was coined, and has been one of the most prominent activists and educators in the heterosexual SM community for many years.
1994
No Female was selected
1995
Viola Johnson - Organizer, activist, and educator, she is one of the best known and most widely respected bottoms in North America.
1996
Jo Arnone
1997
Lolita
1998
Jill Carter
1999
Christine Baker
2000 (two winners)
Woman of The Year Award (Co-winner) - Ms Twisted (Oklahoma)
Woman of The Year Award (Co-Winner) - Lady Victoria Knight (Texas)
2001
Woman Of The Year Award - Cecilia Tan (New England)
2002
Woman Of The Year Award - Ann Brown (Dallas)
2003
Woman of the Year - boy joey (Independent and DVP Chair)
2004
Woman of the Year - boy joey (Independent and DVP Chair)
2005
Woman Of The Year Award - TJ McKinsey (Oklahoma City)
2006
Women of the Year - Kate Redmon (Columbus)
2007
Women of the Year - seraphina (Independent)
2008
Women of the Year - Ms Boots (Dallas)
2009
Women of the Year - Ms Toys (Oklahoma)
2010
Women of the Year - Lillith Grey (Dallas)
2011
Women of the Year - Master Ces (Independent)
2012 (Award no longer gender focused, name change)
Jan Lyon Award - boy Mark (Houston)
2013
Rolled into 2014
2014
Jan Lyon Award - Goldie (Orlando)
2015
Jan Lyon Award - Jodi Bingham (Utah)
2016
Jan Lyon Award - VicSir (Oklahoma City)
2017
Jan Lyon Award - Les Adair (Reno)
2018
Jan Lyon Award - Lady Jeanna (Secretary and LIL Committee)
2019 - NAME CHANGE TO LIL AWARDS
Jan Lyon Award - Will be pushed to 2020 to ensure all award nominations and selections take place at the same time.
2020
Jan Lyon Award - Lady Jeanna