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. Baldwin has written three books, as well as numerous articles for such magazines as Drummer, Frontiers, Checkmate, International Leatherman, and The Leather Journal. He is on the Board of Governors for the Leather Hall of Fame. He is openly gay.

Leather titles

In 1989, Baldwin held two leather titles: Mr. National Leather Association and International Mr. Leather. He is the only Mr. National Leather Association titleholder to ever win International Mr. Leather.

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Short fiction

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Interviews (in print)