4 July 2000
The Leather Archives & Museum in Chicago has
named Tony Brown and Roland Jaggard Centurions in recognition of
their significant service to the 20th-Century Leather
Community. The awards will be presented during SM Gays Meeting,
Thursday 20th July 2,000 by a member of Chicago Hellfire
Club on behalf of the Leather Archives & Museum.
Tony Brown and Roland Jaggard were defendants
in the Spanner case who appealed their convictions for
engaging in consensual SM up to the House of Lords and to the European
Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Their CenturionAward citation
reads They were thrust into the light of bigotry and stood
for us.
The Leather Archives & Museum opened in its
new permanent premises in Chicago in February 2000. To celebrate
this and the end of the first century of leather/ SM / fetish sex
and sexualities, a number of Centurion Awards were made at the opening.
These recognised those who, in the opinion of the Museums
Executive Director, Joseph Bean, had contributed most to the making
of the first century of leather /SM /fetish sex and sexualities.
The awards recognised leather men, women, clubs and authors: some
for their pioneering work, being out about their leather/
SM /fetish sexuality, long before it was widely accepted; others
who created powerful bonds between sexes and orientations; and others
who made significant individual contributions.
Background sheets are attached on
The Leather Archives & Museum, The Spanner case and
the Spanner Trust plus a Guide to SM and the Law since the Spanner
Case
For more information contact: Ian Gurnhill, Leather
Archives & Museums UK Regional Co-ordinator Tel: 020 7736-3477
Presentation:
Date: Thursday 20 July 2000
Time: During SM Gays meeting, around 9pm
Place: Hoist Bar, Railway Arch 47c, South
Lambeth Road, Vauxhall, London SW
Photographs are available here
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