HISTORY
(If you find wrong information or missed names, let me know and I’ll update the listing.)
Titleholders from 1991 to Present
IMrDL
1991 – Philip Rubin |
IMsDL
1996 – Cool Cat |
IDLboy
2005 – boy alex |
Contests from 1991 to Present
1991 – Dallas, TX |
1992 – Baltimore, MD |
1993 – Los Angeles, CA |
1994 – New York City, NY “Stonewall” MC: Bob Donaldson and Philip Rubin Contestants: 8 IMDL: Jose Granda First Runner Up: Mark Cairns Second Runner Up: Victor Magide |
1995 – Montreal, Canada |
1996 – Chicago, IL |
1997 – Kansas City, KS |
1998 – Denver, CO |
1999 – New Orleans, LA |
2000 – San Francisco, CA |
2001 – Seattle, WA |
2002 – Washington, DC |
2003 – Orlando, FL |
2004 – Dallas, TX |
2005 – Washington, D.C. |
2006 – San Diego, CA |
2007 – Atlanta, GA |
2008 – Philadelphia, PA |
2009 – Chicago, IL |
2010 – Las Vegas, NV |
2011 – Denver, CO |
2012 – Baltimore, MD |
2013 – Montreal, Canada |
Contest Events from 1991 to Present
1989
In Chicago, IL, the National Leather Association Conference created a task force for Deaf leather people. Michael Felts chaired a small group named “NLA: Deaf Chapter”. The co-founders who established the yet-to-be International Deaf Leather were: Michael Felts, Philip Rubin, Bob Donaldson, Rolf Hagton, Jim Dunne, Bobby Andrascik and Charles Wilkinson.
1991
NLA: Deaf Chapter renamed to International Deaf Leather (IDL). The International Mr. Deaf Leather Contest made its debut in Dallas, TX. Philip Rubin became the first in history to win the IDL title.
1992
IDL held its second contest in Baltimore, MD.
1993
Los Angeles, CA was the site of the third IDL competition. At age 22, Chris Meuller of Berlin, Germany became the youngest ever to win the IDL title
1994
The fourth IDL contest took place in New York City, NY.
1995
Montreal, Canada hosted the fifth IDL contest.
1996
For the sixth competition in Chicago, IL, IDL inaugurated the first International Ms. Deaf Leather (IMsDL) contest – won by Cool Cat.
1997
The seventh IDL contest was held in Kansas City, KS.
1998
Danny Carbonell and Susan Gonazlez were IMDL and IMsDL winners, respectively, during the eighth IDL competition, which was held in Denver, CO.
1999
IDL held its ninth contest in New Orleans, Louisiana.
2000
San Francisco, CA was the site of the 10th IDL contest.
2001
Seattle, WA was the host of the 11th IDL contest.
2002
IDL came to Washington, DC for its 12th annual event.
2003
IDL visited Orlando, FL for it next event.
2004
IDL booted up in Dallas, TX for it’s 14th annual event.
2005
We, the Bear and Leather People… visited Washington, DC again.
2006
San Diego, CA was getting ready for IDL.
2007
IDL hosted 17th IDL Contest Event in Atlanta, GA.
2008
City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection took place in Philadelphia where IDL 2008 Event was held.
2009
Chicago Firefighters were not happy with IDL for starting the 2nd Great Fire!
2010
IDL invaded Las Vegas as same time as DeafNation Expo!!
2011
IDL celebrated its 20th Anniversary with a theme “IDL Family Continues To Grow…” held in Denver. IDL respectfully honored a long history of the titleholders.
2012
Charm City showed its charm with the theme “Leather < More…We Show You Our Charm” when IDL came to host its 21st Anniversary in Baltimore.
2013
IDL returned to Montreal for the first time since 1995 by hosting a theme called “Deaf Leather Village”. For the first time, there was no contest held, but there were some excellent shows on the stage.