As each judge is announced, they will be added to the website!

Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson — also known as Exile ONYX, is International Mr. Leather 2019! He is a widely respected leather craftsman, performer, and wolf. Naturally inclined to serve, Jack has been an active member of the leather community for 15 years. He is founding father of ONYX Northwest and current member of ONYX Mis-Atlantic. Founder of Rebel Kings of Baltimore: Drag King troupe. A member of Alameda Leather Corp, and served as the board secretary for Queer Sphere in San Francisco. In 2018, Jack both represented Mr. May in the Bare Chest calendar and became the 2019 Leatherman of Color. A proud biracial, transgender, HIV-positive Leatherman. Jack currently lives in Baltimore. His company, Exiled Leather, specializes in leather accessories. He flags black and navy on the right, light pink and kelly green on the left, and houndstooth down the middle.

Idris

Idris Dior is a 40 year old, Gender Fluid, Non-binary Person of Color. An androgynous person with a flamboyant personality, Idris found the perfect passion in Cosmetology. This career allows the expression of personality and creativity in a profession that is seldom judged by norms.
Although kink didn’t begin there, Idris’ leather journey began by joining The Men of ONYX in 2015. Deciding there was a bigger story to share, Idris captured the title of Mx. NC Leather. Although the “title stage” gave the spotlight, it wasn’t used for self-motivation, instead to educate and give a model to persons (especially youth), that are struggling with identity issues. The goal is to reinforce that it OK just to be “you!”
Idris identifies as a “switch” who enjoys numerous kinks and fetishes including: Ass play, Erotic Massage, Water sports, Sensory play, CBT, Wax play, Body shaving and Edge play.

Queen Nzingha

Queen Nzingha is a Two Spirited Sadomasochistic Dominant Leatherwoman who is heteroflexible and very poly. Her commitment to the community brought her to the Onyx Pearls, a Leather Sorority, where she is a full pledged member and the current Vice-President for the Mid Atlantic Chapter. She is the Co-Leader of the 757 Spectrum munch, a POC focused munch located in the Hampton Roads area. She is the owner of the BDSM Meeting place on Facebook, a group where education and networking are the primary focus. As an educator and healthcare professional by training, she has a special interest in educating others in the community. Medical, fire and knife play are among her favorites! With over 20 years of experience with event planning, she has married that with her love of travel and organizes kink trip through her travel business. As a Leatherwoman, service to the POC kink community and the empowerment of women are her priorities.

Prince Tristian

Interested in kink since a teenager, he used to sneak copies of penthouse magazine not for the pictures as much as the cartoon Wicked Wanda. In 1987 he read the Sleeping Beauty Trilogy and immediately identified with the character Prince Tristian. Without the Internet, information was gotten from other sources. While visiting a glory hole one day a flyer on the bulletin pick up board advertising for a local bar BDSM night led down the rabbit hole and to where we are today.

Extremely experienced in poly and open sexual relationships. He has been involved in several long-term power exchange relationships mostly identifying on the right side of the slash as a slave and boy. Identities include Masculine, Slave, Leatherboy, Primal Wolf, Pansexual, Poly and recently Daddy. His kinks are many but his favorites tend to border more on the raunchy side of the spectrum with a true love for the dirty wetter play.

Lifestyle leadership/involvement has spanned many communities, clubs, and dungeons throughout the Mid-Atlantic, and Southeast Regions including being a former owner/Leader of House Je Te Vois in Louisiana. He is extremely proud of Leading a Lifestyle Relationship group for three Louisiana Dungeons. He is currently the SAA for Old Dominion Red Dragons Riding club, an associate member of the Cavaliers Leather and Levi club and involved with Several other groups in the Hampton roads area and Richmond

In 2019 he was named the first Mr. Virginia Leather during its inaugural year. His platform is inclusion, Leather is in every subculture within the greater kinky community and should be the acceptor and protector for all individuals, the safe space.

Girl Jen

girl Jen, Ms. New Jersey Leather 2019, is a true Jersey girl, born and raised in the great Garden State. girl Jen has been a part of the leather community since 2016 when a chance conversation with a friend encouraged her curiosity.

A service-minded switch, girl Jen is always willing to try new things. She can usually be found chatting up a storm, sharing stories, the occasional dirty joke, or finding new ways to get into trouble. Currently, she serves as the news editor of Out in Jersey magazine, a throwback to her former career as a sports writer. She has recently relocated to Baltimore, co-adopting the judgiest looking dog in the Mid-Atlantic.

Mx Symphonee

Mx. Symphonee is a Black, Bisexual, Non Binary, LeatherFemme who has been active in the Baltimore and DMV Leather and Kink communities for over 7 years. Always busy, she is Ms DC Eagle 2020, President of the Mid Atlantic Onyx Pearls, and the creator of N.E.S.ST. Calling on her unique personal experiences and knowledge, she has participated in panels across the region and taught a variety of classes ranging from “Strap On Basics” to “Intersections of Kink and Spirituality”. While she has held a few roles since entering the scene, she currently identifies as a Dominant, Top, Leather Auntie, and Cat.

Sir EZ Bottoms-Jewel

David Lipscomb also known as Sir EZ Bottoms-Jewel, and “The Leather Prince”, was born a native of WV, Oct 1979. He is a natural born survivor passionately positioning himself into whatever he commits, having confidence in his purpose in life is to help others to accept themselves and to love themselves unconditionally pushing other to help them find there inter potential weather building on their strengths or improving/building on what they need help with. David is always willing to help out and support.
In 2014 David was introduced to the Imperial Court of Washington DC (ICWDC) an all-volunteer organization, dedicated to serving the community, by raising much needed funds for local charities, including but not limited to those supporting the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community. David has traveled internationally to multiple events including locally to raising money and awareness of various charities for the LGBTQIA++ Community. It was this organization where David found the start of his chosen family, it is also where he got his drag/stage name Sir EZ Bottoms-Jewel from his Drag Mother Ophelia Bottoms and his father Phoenix Jewel aka Daddy Mike.
In 2015 David was introduced to Onyx Mid-Atlantic. He began exploring the leather and kink community that he often dreamed and fantasized about, having a deep apparition for Tom of Finland and men in leather, and developing a network of friends and his chosen leather family. Learning that he should not be ashamed of his body and never wanting anyone to feel like he once saw himself; someone that stayed in the shadows, unseen and forgotten, a wallflower at his heaviest David was 350lbs. He currently serves on the Onyx committee for the Annual Code RED Fundraising Event and has for the past 5 years which helps bridge the gap between the leather and drag community. It was also in this leather and kink community that he found his love for pet play more specific pup and handler. He has been with his human puppy “Pup Atlas Wolf” for 6 years now.
Philanthropy, is his greatest passion; David’s strongest passion comes by giving back and supporting the fight against HIV and Aids, with Code Red Fundraising Event. The event was created to stop the stigma of HIV/AIDS. For the past 5 years, the event has raised nearly 12K to date. This is an event that is meaningful to David because he has lost his first partner to HIV/AIDS. He is still surprised that even today there is still a stigma.
David competed during the Mr., Miss., Ms. International Pride 2018 in September 2018 and won the honor of serving as the 1st Mr. International Pride 2018, continuing his purpose bridging the community together. This man is multi-faceted, growing up poor and not even knowing it, from being a disabled Navy veteran that suffers from PTSD from being Raped, to waking up on his 30 only to find out that he has Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and a man that will go out of his way to meet you right where you are.

Tidbit-Alternate Judge

Tidbit is a boy and a bootblack who began exploring kink in 1997 and quickly found his home in Leather.
Formerly active in Gnosis and a former board member of TALON, Tidbit pledged the Tarheel Leather Club in 2011. He has previously held the positions of Vice-President, Scribe, and Road Captain and currently serves the club as the President and one of their in-house bootblacks. He is also a leader of the Twin City Kinksters and was the Regional Representative for MAsT-Southeast in 2018. Tidbit was also honored to serve as the NC Bootblack 2012 and the Southeast Bootblack 2018. Last year he took on a brand new role as Contest Coordinator for the North Carolina Bootblack Contest and is Bootblack co-Coordinator for SELF. While constantly on the prowl for more to learn, his passion is teaching others and seeing them grow into teachers themselves. His kinks are cigar service, sounding, spanking, heavy SM, and boots, of course.

He is proudly owned by Mr. Wolf for the last 16 years and is Poppa to their girl Vixen. He currently resides in Winston-Salem, NC with their 8 crazy fur kids.