Leather Leadership Conference, Inc.

My name is Glenda Rider and that is the name I use in the scene as well. As far as biographical info goes there is a lot that I can say I've participated in or created over the last ten years. I date my participation in the "organized scene" back to the National Lesbian Conference held in Atlanta in April of 1991. While at that event I attended a wonderful workshop put on by MP and Jen, a workshop that had to change venue because soooo many women attended that the assigned room was way too small. I also attended a great erotica show that weekend and a private party. Connections were made there which led to my co-founding Lesborados in Washington, Dec. few months later and indirectly to my becoming the first woman to hold an Eagle Bar title as MS Baltimore Eagle 1992.

I've gone on to join many organizations thru the years, starting a few more along the way and I now serve on the Board of Directors of the Leather Leadership Conference, Inc. I also co own Play House Studios in Baltimore with my life partner Sarah Humble. It is 4500 sq ft of gallery and dungeon space that was once open to the public and is now available for private rentals by individuals or groups. I also act as the photographer and editor of 'The Leather Link' in the Baltimore Gay Paper/Mid Atlantic Gay Life, a column written by Sarah Humble.

I can also honestly say that I've taught more classes/workshops and judged/helped with more contests than I can remember. I discovered this when Sarah and I were asked recently to give a presentation to TALON in NC. The leader asked us to come "tell stories of our lives and adventures" to their group. He also asked us to produce a COMPREHENSIVE list of ALL of our BDSM/leather/fetish/etc activities and our GLBT activist credentials. Once the list was finished and sent off we spent the next few weeks saying periodically to each other, "you know we forgot to add.......or ....to that list we just did for TALON". Now of course, one of the first pieces of advice I give other leatherfolk who teach, perform, lead or compete is to keep a running list of your activities so you can remember them later BUT had I done so myself ?!? I have a lot more respect for the folks who have to produce C.V. documents in academia after this experience. That list, which is as of yet not expanded for all the stuff I forgot, is at the end of this bio.

I've also somehow managed to keep playing and having kinky sex along the way. I have occasionally suffered from the condition a friend of mine describes as," letting your briefcase get heavier than your toybag" but as a rule I try to live by the Play House motto: Make Play Happen.