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.[1][2][3]
Baldwin has written three books, as well as numerous articles for such magazines as Drummer, Frontiers, Checkmate, International Leatherman, and The Leather Journal.[4][5][6]
2009: Received the first ever Guy Baldwin Heritage Award, from the
Master/slave Conference[14]
2010: Received the Berman/Schaffer Award from Christopher Street West[15]
2010: Received a citation from the
West Hollywood City Council
2012: Inducted into the Leather Hall of Fame[9][16]
2016: Received a
Tom of Finland Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award[17]
Conferences
2009,2010, 2012, 2013, and 2019: Special guest at the Master/slave Conference[18]
Bibliography
Baldwin is a prolific author of both fiction and non-fiction related to BDSM. Baldwin authored a monthly column in Drummer magazine from 1986 to 1993. The column was later compiled in his book Ties that Bind (1993).[9]
Books
Guy Baldwin (1993). Joseph W. Bean (ed.). Ties That Bind: The SM/Leather/Fetish Erotic Style: Issues, Commentaries and Advice. Daedalus Publishing Company.
ISBN978-1-881943-09-9.
"The Old Guard: Classical Leather Culture Revisited". International Leatherman. 1998..
"Unintended Consequences". The SandMUtopian Guardian (30). 1998.
"ON LEADERSHIP: The Path Less Traveled". International Leatherman (22). 1999.
"The Secret Life of Master and slave". International Leatherman (23). 1999.
Short fiction
"Recollections 8709". Mach. 199.. Reprinted in Bean, Joseph W., ed. (1997). Horsemen: Leathersex Short Fiction. San Francisco: Leyland Publications.
ISBN978-0-943595-69-6..
"Recollections: Yer it!". Powerplay 6 & 7. May–August 1995. Reprinted in Bean, Joseph W., ed. (1997). Horsemen: Leathersex Short Fiction. San Francisco: Leyland Publications.
ISBN978-0-943595-69-6..
Introductions and Forewords
Foreword by Guy Baldwin, M.S., Bannon, Race (1993). Learning the Ropes: A basic guide to safe and fun S/M lovemaking. Los Angeles: Daedalus Publishing Company.
ISBN978-1-881943-07-5.
Foreword by Guy Baldwin Bean, Joseph (1996). Leathersex Q&A: Questions About Leathersex and the Leather Lifestyle Answered. Los Angeles: Daedalus Publishing Co.
ISBN978-1-881943-01-3.
^Baldwin, Guy; Bean, Joseph W. (1993). Ties That Bind: The SM/Leather/Fetish Erotic Style: Issues, Commentaries and Advice. Daedalus Publishing Company.
ISBN978-1-881943-09-9.
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abBaldwin, Guy (2002). SlaveCraft: Roadmaps for Erotic Servitude--Principles, Skills and Tools. Daedalus Publishing Company.
ISBN1-881943-14-3.