HEAD JUDGE - While some may ask, "who is Master Velvet?", those in the know understand that the better question is "what is Master Velvet?" She is a force of nature: the energy of a tornado in a small package, gliding through the world with grace and dignity, spreading her message of positivity, acceptance, and inclusion throughout all of our spaces and events. Honored to serve as the International Person of Leather 2025, Master Velvet also serves as the founder and leader of the Leftorium Forum and is a mentor and admin of the Dallas Mentors Program. Four years ago, she proudly accepted her feisty and incorrigible (yet devoted) slave Todd into her service, and he is still finding ways to make her giggle every day. She is incomparable - she is Master Velvet. 

JUDGE - Master S’ango (Shawn-go) Royal Heart journey began with ONYX Mid-Atlantic, a leather fraternity for men of color to safely explore kink and fetish. Master S’ango joined the organization in April of 2017 in which he served as the Education Chair 2018 and 2019. Master S’ango is also Northeast Person of Leather 2019- 2023, a community service title that isn’t bound by sex, gender, race or any other labels. He is the 1st Runner Up for International Person of Leather 2020. Master S’ango identifies as a Sadist Dom with various kinks and a love for Erotic Servitude. 

        As a Public Health Sex Educator and Peer Support Agent,  Master S’ango advocates for Healthy Relationship, consensual exchanges, and sex-positive liberation in all communities.  At SELF 2018, Master S’ango was a featured keynote speaker as well as an educational presenter. Additionally S’ango was a keynote speaker at The Master / slave Gathering in 2022. Master S’ango judged Mid-Atlantic Leather Women 2019, Leather Men/Women of Color 2020, and NE Master/slave 2022 contests. In 2019 - 2023 S’ango worked with LGBT Detroit on the production of The Sex Hook-ups and Apps Tour, COLD AS HELL 2, COLD AS HELL 3 Dungeons In Detroit, and COLD AS HELL 4 an educational celebration of LEATHER and KINK in BIPOC Community.    

          Amongst S’ango’s many personal and professional accomplishments, He is Head of House to Leather House of Royal Heart.He is a member of MAsT Washington, and served on the board for MTTA Training Academy 22-24. 

 EMCEE - Amethyst glaze (femme pronouns), Ms. SouthEast LeatherFest 2025, is a Black Queer-Femme Leather-being, babygirl, and slayv devoted to sacred service, kink education, and community healing. With over a decade in the BDSM, Kink, and Leather communities, glaze is a nationally recognized organizer and presenter curating spaces that protect and affirm Black and POC kinksters while welcoming all demographics. she brings the same depth to her professional work as a nationally certified mental health counselor. Whether leading workshops, mentoring emerging Leatherfolx, or embodying service in varied endeavors, babyglaze fuses protocol, presence, and power with a deep reverence for healing and liberation. her Ms. SELF 2025 title year centers themes of self-actualization, trauma-aware care, and celebrating alternative lifestyles as sacred ground for joy, ritual, and resistance.

JUDGE - Lord Ty is a emo dad bear that wear flannel, listens to hard rock, and isn't afraid to cause some mayhem where-ever he goes. From volunteering his time to help other constest, to speaking on panels, he is there to help the greate kink community at large, by providing bear hugs and terrible dad jokes. His main flags are red, navy blue, and hunter green. His main kinks are hypnosis, impact (huge on paddles) play, and massages (both giving and receiving). His life motto is, when you are ready, be a lighthouse, because you never know who is trying to swim home. He guides the next generation of kink and queer folks to be more confident and cause their own form of mayhem.

JUDGE - Mrs. Dee is a Brooklyn-born, Philly-based Leather woman, identifying on the left side of the slash. She serves as Vice President of ONYX Pearls NY-NE and is a founding member of the House of Supreme, bringing a consent-centered, integrity-focused lens to power exchange and community leadership.