Florida Power Exchange would like to announce this years Keynote Speaker for 2024, Mara!
A long time ago at a Leather bar far far away, a precociously young Mara donned their tightest jeans, tucked their hair into a leather baseball hat, and jumped on a subway to try to find the kind of men they lusted after found on the well worn pages of their stolen copy of Drummer magazine.
Mara’s journey has been a long and winding road that includes being a boy, a girl, a slave, a daddy, a sadomasochist, an educator,, a producer, a ritual facilitator and many other stops over the last 35 years in the Leather community.
Today Mara (they/them) identifies as an opportunistically omnivorous queer, gender expansive sadomasochist and Slave with a capital S. They are your International Person of Leather 2024, a proud member of a broader Leather family filled with rebels, misfits and really queer queers. Mara also served as the SouthEast Person of Leather 2023 and International Ms Olympus Leather 1998.
They are passionate about creating an evolution revolution to help move the Leather community towards a queerer, more inclusive and progressive space. For those who have struggled letting go of the past, they (on occasion) act as a kind and loving bulldozer to help nudge us all forward.
Stay tuned for a list of this year’s presenters & their classes!
To see what exciting classes & presenters we’ve had in previous years explore the links below: