On September 04, 1999 6 panelist, Dauphine Ms. Georgia Olympus/Ms Eagle, 
Mufasa past president and founder of ONYX, Ric Morris Mr. Conn. Drummer / Mr. 
Conn. leather, Reginald Harris, Stanley Johnson and EJ Session and about 20 
people came together for the first ever people of color leather forum in 
Atlanta Georgia. This event was hosted by Jamal Guiden and Reginald Harris 
the only out leather African American couple in Atlanta. The diverse panel of 
1 woman and 5 men discussed and explained fetishes and fantasies and the s/m 
lifestyles. Each panelist discussed what their motivation was for being in 
the leather lifestyle and their current stations. These stations ran from dom 
to switch to sub. Questions varied from "What is fetish?" to "How do we 
explain who we are to people who are not of the community?" During the forum 
we had special guest drop in guest the 1st runner up of Mr. Ebony in leather 
Alexander Robinson. The event ended with a paddling demo done by Jamal and 
Stanley. A was demo was done by Mufasa and Ej and to close out a flogging 
demo was done by Jamal and his lover Reggie. Overall this was great event 
that was well received and appreciated by all.