Meet Our Judges
Our Head Judge
Steph Sanders was born, raised, and currently resides in South Florida, but splits time between there and Columbia, SC where here wife Eileen (ALW '14 and Owner and Co-Producer of ABW) resides. Steph identifies as a butch dyke and Daddy, is Poly as fuck, and is most often found causing shenanigans on the back patios of gay bars, smoking cigars and drinking coffee, or corrupting the innocent in some other way, shape, or form. If you can’t find her there, she is probably out somewhere volunteering, or in a corner under some girls skirt and will be with you momentarily. She is a proud member of the Hedonist Society, proudly served as American Leatherwoman 2016, and is a Co-Producer of American Brotherhood Weekend. Steph flags Tan, Hunter, Navy, and Red left, and is always down for some hot pick up play.
Innocent
A'ho, I'm Innocent (she/they), currently living in West Sacramento. I'm an Indigenous bootblack. A am also a dragon, raaaar.
I represent House Of Iron and held the title of Northwest Bootblack 2023. This past April, I made the podium as 1st runner up, International MsBoot Black 2024
I hold memberships and affiliations with: All Indigenous Missing Murdered Vallejo, Leather girls of Color-The Foundation, F.I.S.T., Service Pups of San Francisco, Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA) Sacramento Founding Chapter, Honorary Founding Chapter Member, The Exiles, and being Mama’s Innocent One in Mama’s Family.
Introduced to bootblacking by my first Sir, Linda, a US soldier, in the late 1990s, I've spent over 20 years honing this craft, finding joy in every shine, repair, and embellishment.
Colin A Bootblack
(he/him) has been bootblacking since 2019 and is the current Oregon State Bootblack and 2019 Intergalactic Power Bottom. Colin is a Disabled, fat, black, nelly leather boy (read as big S) and Mr. Sir in consideration to the beefiest service Wüf in training Antifapup. He is a resident bootblack at the eagle Portland, though currently he resides in Eugene, Oregon on Kalapuyan land. In his spare time you can find him in the pits at a house show. Being a PLUR baby under a mirror ball and chasing daddies for sport. His motto is eat gay ass (in the key of eat pray love) and he is ready to make his judging debut with you!
Tucker Max (he/him/pup)
Woof woof! Meet Tucker Max, the pawsome current title holder for Oregon State Pup in the Oregon State Leather Contest. Tucker is a tail-wagging advocate in the gay community, with a journey full of fetch-tastic resilience, self-discovery, and community building.
Tucker is the creative pup behind the podcast 'Digg’n for Bones,' where he sniffs out and digs into interviews about adult themes, sex work, kink culture, and all the juicy details of diverse sexual and social spaces.
Beyond the barkwaves, Tucker is known for being a fur-midable affiliate for Mr-S Leather and for organizing and hosting unique, themed events like Yes Coach. These events bring all the sports gear enthusiasts together to celebrate fetish and camaraderie. He’s also created many other themed events, from Hyde to Caligula. They’re not just gatherings but playful experiences that reflect Tucker's commitment to inclusivity, education, and sex paw-sitivity.
Maiden
Maiden has been active in the Portland leather community since 1995. She’s a member of the Storm Heart leather family and Bad Girls. After 20 years in service to her Daddy, she discovered her sadistic side and is now a hard core sadomasochistic switch. She was recently described as really really nice but also very very mean. This is accurate. Married to her Daddy, she also has the joy of having two amazing partners who wear her collar. Maiden values honor, integrity, and service to the community.
Sean Bug
Sean Bug (he/they/the gay she) was born and raised in his family’s old-school boot & shoe shop! The smell of leather, cigars and shoe polish is the root that sprouted this truly twisted flower of a pervert. One of the founders of the PDX Bootblacks in 2008, Bug helped birth many bootblack babies, including two International Bootblack titleholders. Find Bug frolicking in the forest picking nettles destined for someone’s tender hole, or browsing a Party City discount aisle for perfectly horrifying pervertables. Not for the faint of heart, Bug always brings a tarp to the dungeon, where DMs nervously flit about his scenes - should they interrupt or just let the chaotic evil happen?? As a Radical Faerie and Realtor, Bug focuses on fostering intergenerational connectedness & sponsoring queer art in PDX to help keep our community paid & housed so we can all be OLD FREAKS together in this strange gritty city we love!
Christina Dynamite
Christina Dynamite (she/her) is a bisexual, polyamorous, kinky, queerdo who is a member of PDX Bad Girls (since 2018) and Dykes on Bikes (since 2020). She first learned she was a bratty power bottom, and about leather values, as a member of TES in NYC in the late 1990s. The leather values she vibes with the most are courage, honesty, and kindness to and care of community. These also inform her work as a Life Coach, Educator and Mental Health Nurse. Dynamite is also an exhibitionistic performer who has appeared on stage at OSLC in 2019 with her Pup and Wife, the legendary Drag King Johnny O. Say hi if you see her in her art car or running around naked somewhere.
Our Emcees
Sandra
Sandra’s your typical pan, poly, kinky, switchy, neurospicy person you often find around the leather scene. She’s been at least peripheral to leather since around 2000 and has attended many a leather event.
This is her fourth time helping emcee the event.
Johnny-O
Johnny-O has been doing drag for over 20 years. He was an original member of the San Diego Kings club in the early 2000's. He became an Embers hall of Famer since moving to Portland. He is the 3rd Duke of Hearts of the nonprofit Sweethearts of Portland, a proud member of the Portland Chapter of Dykes on Bikes, and a member of Bad Girls BDSM Leather club.