Amanda (Eternalmaiden), Michigan Community Bootblack 2024

Amanda is a Detroit Bootblack, Leathergirl, and hedonist whose service is focused on fostering educational access and social support for kinksters of all varieties. She is proud to have been Ms Liberty Leather 2020+ and your Michigan Community Bootblack 2024. She has taught for many organizations in Michigan as well as in Ohio, Maryland, and Ontario and is serving her fourth year as a member of the Wisconsin Leather Pride Den Staff. Currently she heads up Shine On Bootblacks, whose mission is to provide diversified support to bootblacks of all experience levels. Amanda flags teal and purple left; red verse; grey, light blue, and navy right and is always looking for a few good men, especially if they play well together!

Denzel Belin, Mr. Twin Cities Leather 2026

Denzel Belin (he/him) is Mr. Twin Cities Leather 2026 and placed second runner up at the International Mister Leather competition. Denzel proudly calls Minnesota his home and currently serves as the president of Twin Cities Spectrum, a BIPOC leather, kink, and fetish club. Belin is a board member of Minnesota Leather Pride. In addition, he is an associate member of Atons of Minneapolis and Twin Cities Cuttles. Belin works as a writer and actor for The Brave New Workshop sketch comedy theater. He’s been a host and speaker for Twin Cities Quorum, Planned Parenthood NCS, and more. Belin flags navy blue, light blue, and hunter green all on the left side.

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Damien Campbell-Vickers, Mr. Kentucky Leather 2024

Damien Campbell-Vickers is a corporate professional based in Louisville, KY, though originally from Michigan. He recently celebrated 5 years of calling Louisville home. With a career in the specialty property insurance industry, Damien specializes in Underwriting, where he applies his passion for problem-solving and analytical thinking to complex risk management scenarios.

Beyond his professional life, Damien is deeply invested in his personal interests, which include camping, hiking, and road trips, as well as traveling to explore new places and trying new foods. He has a love for entertaining, often cooking meals and hosting parties for friends and family. He also enjoys unwinding with a good Chardonnay or Bourbon with good friends.

Damien’s journey into the Leather community began in 2013, when he was introduced by his best friend and his Sir. What started as an exploration has grown into a significant part of his life, contributing to his understanding of sexuality, self-awareness, and community. He also became an advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community, serving as an HIV Prevention Specialist, were he works to provide education, resources, and support. Additionally, Damien is a passionate advocate for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) in his workplace, where he serves as a lead facilitator for DEIB initiatives.

Damien’s diverse experiences reflect his commitment to personal growth, community involvement, and fostering inclusivity both in and outside of his professional life.

Red Panda, Mr. Mayhem Leather 2025

Matt, AKA Red Panda, Mr. Mayhem Leather 2025, & NYC MX Kink 2023, is a NYC ginger cub with a passion for the fisting arts. They teach intro fisting classes alongside host the FFriendly NYC Fister’s Social where all experience levels are welcome. A performer at heart, Panda is known to choreograph comedic lip-sync performances while fisting themselves on stage showing the community that kinks do not need to be scary. When not causing mayhem in the play space, Panda can be found in the gym or shaking their cheeks on go-go boxes for body positive bear events across the US. Matt believes that mayhem isn’t noise for the sake of chaos – it’s disruption for a purpose. In mayhem we confront discomfort, embrace the power of breath, and push to bring change so that everyone may find their light and shine.

Atlas, Mr. Michigan Leather 2026

From the rugged Intermountain West of Idaho to the Great Lakes State of Michigan, Atlas’ leather journey has been uniquely theirs. Following a life-changing weight- loss journey, Atlas has let their philosophy of “Imperfection as Perfection” guide not only who they are, but how they lead folx taking their first steps into the community they seek belonging in. Along the way, they have helped spark leather communities from Boise ID to Detroit MI. They launched Boise’s only regular gear social, became a founding member of BLUF Detroit, and created a legacy Leather Social as Soho Leather 2025. He’s known for creating welcoming spaces for ANYONE: gear encouraged, NEVER required. He also championed the return of bootblack residencies in Detroit by reminding everyone we’re stronger together, and we need to give appreciation to those who have been left out of the conversation.

Outside of Leather, Atlas is a Pokémon card collector, frequent Commander casualty, and a Eurovision superfan with a soft spot for Bulgaria 2016. Spoiling folx with delicious baked goods is a passion, as well as stripping down for a good old fashion pie toss or some other way to get wet and messy.