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Finn Gerhardt is a non-binary leatherperson, drag performer and vintage leather enthusiast hailing from the backwoods of Charles County, Maryland. Finn is the current Run Captain of COMMAND MC, a member of Clifton Pleasure Club, and served as Mx. Maryland Leather 2023. Finn most enjoys educating; teaching classes in Electro-Play, Sanitation and Disinfection of Kink Tools, Leather Restoration, Erotic Makeup Application, Trans Allyship, Public Speaking and more. Finn is the founder of the Leather in Action Initiative; a collective of activists dedicated to fighting discriminatory legislation in Maryland and beyond. Finn collects vintage clothing, including vintage leather, and enjoys giving new life to old pieces through the art and science of bootblacking. Finn is a licensed esthetician and makeup artist in both Maryland and Virginia, so whether its people or pelts, if its skin, Finn is all in.

  

Calendar

Where Finn has been

  • Twisting Culture's Northeast Person of Leather Contest (February 15, 2025)
  • Violet’s Bake Sale
  • Levi & Leather: Mx. Maryland Valentine Edition
  • Potomac Happy Hour at The District Eagle
  • Overhang at Kiki
  • Mixers Leather Contest (March 9, 2025)
  • Pennsmen’s Run (March 14, 2025)
  • The Prom at College of Southern Maryland (March 21-23, March 28-30, 2025)
  • Virginia Leather Weekend
  • Bears of Maryland: Woods Leather Invasion
  • Never Again: A Community Visit to the Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Tri-Club Bar Night
  • Christ Jay’s Send-Off/International Ms. Leather/Bootblack
  • Port Tobacco Players presents Othello (May 2-18, 2025)
  • Leather Newbie Night: Back to School Carnival
  • Trip to Virginia Beach
  • Bears, Bikers & Mayhem (May 30-June 1, 2025)
  • DC World Pride Parade (June 7, 2025)
  • Baltimore Pride Parade & Baltimore Trans Pride Festival
  • Warped Tour DC
  • Leather Community Visit – Washington National Cathedral: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Matthew Shepard
  • OKC Kink Weekend/Route 66 Leather Contest (Den Thaddy)
  • Keystone Leather Weekend (July 31-August 3, 2025)
  • Pet, Gear & Fetish Night @ Mixers
  • COMMAND MC x Patomac MC’s Greased Pig Invitational
  • Pig Sty XXXIII: Crab Shuffle
  • Master/slave Conference DC
  • Port Tobacco Players presents Airness (September 19-October 5, 2025)
  • Polished & Proud: Mid-Atlantic Rubber Club 1st Anniversary
  • Leather Community Visits: Basquiat x Banksy at The Hirshhorn Museum (October 4, 2025)
  • International Leather Sir/boy & International Community Bootblack (October 9-12, 2025)
  • Bootblack Round-Up (October 24-26, 2025)


Find Finn at these upcoming events

  • Leather Literary Salon
  • Mixers Madness Drag Show
  • Leather Community Visits: Museum of African-American History & Culture
  • 12 Days of Christmas
  • Santa Saturday
  • Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend
  • Twisting Culture's Northeast Person of Leather Contest  (January 31, 2026)


Competeing for International Person of Leather (March 19-22, 2026)