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V. M. Johnson, also known as Viola Johnson, born in 1950, is a leatherwoman, leather activist and author.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Life

Johnson claims that when she was seventeen years old a vampire gave her some of his own blood to drink and thus she became a vampire.^[3]

In the early 1970s, she joined the BDSM and leather scenes.^[1] In 1988, she became an honorary member of Tulsa Uniform Leather Seekers Association (T.U.L.S.A).^[5] In 2005, she started The Carter/Johnson Library & Collection, a "collection of thousands of books, magazines, posters, art, club and event pins, newspapers, event programs and ephemera showing leather, fetish, S/M erotic history".^[6]

She was a judge for many leather-related contests, including Ms. World Leather.^[1]^[7]

She is on the board of governors for the Leather Hall of Fame.^[8]

She was on the board of directors of the Leather Archives & Museum and is a member of the Lesbian Sex Mafia. She is married to Jill Carter.^[4]

Notable awards

1995: National Leather Association's Jan Lyon Award for Regional or Local Work^[9]
1995: National Leather Association Lifetime Achievement Award^[10]
1995: Pantheon of Leather Lifetime Achievement Award^[11] (Johnson was the first person to receive the National Leather Association Lifetime Achievement Award and the Pantheon of Leather Lifetime Achievement Award in the same year.)^[12]
1998: Pantheon of Leather Couple of the Year award (shared with Jill Carter and Queen Cougar)^[13]
2000: Pantheon of Leather Woman of the Year^[14]
2005: SouthEast LeatherFest Jack Stice Memorial Community Service Award^[15]
2005: Master/slave Conference slave Heart Award^[16]
2005: Pantheon of Leather Forebear Award (tied for the win with David S. Kloss)^[13]
2007: Black Beat Lifetime Achievement Award (This was the first Lifetime Achievement Award given by Black Beat.)^[12]
2012: Master/slave Conference Guy Baldwin Master/slave Heritage Award^[16]
2012: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Leather Leadership Award^[17] (Johnson was the first woman to be given this award.)^[4]
2018: The Carter/Johnson Library & Collection received the Nonprofit Organization of the Year award as part of the Pantheon of Leather Awards.^[13]
Unknown date: Induction into the Society of Janus Hall of Fame^[18]
2021: Leather Archives & Museum’s Chuck Renslow & Tony DeBlase Founders’ Award^[19]

Works

Books

V. M. Johnson, Dhampir: Child of the Blood. Mystic Rose Books, 1995. ISBN 978-0-9645960-1-6
Laura Antoniou (ed.),Some Women. Masquerade Books, Inc, 1995 (contributed "Journal entries")^[20]
V. M. Johnson, To Love, to Obey, to Serve: Diary of an Old Guard Slave Mystic Rose Books, 1999. ISBN 978-0-9645960-2-3

Contributing author, notable periodicals

Black Leather in Color^{[citation needed]}
Black Mistress Review^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Oral History Exhibit". Leather Archives & Museum. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- Aspasia Stephanou (17 July 2014). Reading Vampire Gothic Through Blood: Bloodlines. Springer. pp. 194–. ISBN 978-1-137-34923-1 – via Google Books.
^ V. M. Johnson (1995). Dhampir: Child of the Blood. Mystic Rose Books. ISBN 978-0-9645960-1-6.
^ ^a ^b Jay Stevenson PhD (21 January 2009). The Complete Idi Guide to Vampires: Fascinating Vampire Lore from Eastern Europe, Greece, Italy, and the Middle East. DK Publishing. pp. 168–. ISBN 978-1-101-02001-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Vi Johnson Receives NGLTF Leather Leadership Award". Leatherati. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
^ "Membership". T.U.L.S.A.
^ "Carter/Johnson Leather Library". Leather Library. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
^ Andy Campbell (2020). Bound together: Leather, sex, archives, and contemporary art. Manchester University Press. pp. 238–. ISBN 978-1-5261-4283-2 – via Google Books.
^ "Board Of Governors". Leather Hall of Fame.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "List of winners". NLA International. 14 March 2019. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
^ "All NLA-I Awards". NLA International. 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
^ Ariane Cruz (2016). The Color of Kink: Black Women, BDSM, and Pornography. NYU Press. pp. 236–. ISBN 978-1-4798-6532-1 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b "Mama Vi Johnson, Carter Johnson Leather Library". Master/slave Conference. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Pantheon of Leather Awards All Time Recipients". The Leather Journal. Archived from the original on 2020-12-28. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
^ "2000". The Leather Journal. Retrieved 22 April 2020.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Jack Stice Memorial Community Service Award". SouthEast LeatherFest. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Master/slave Conference Awards". Master/slave Conference. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2020 – via Archive.is.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Viola Johnson Accepts NGLTF Leather Leadership Award". The Leather Journal. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
^ "Society of Janus". Erobay. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
^ "30 30 Anniversary Campaign – Leather Archives & Museum".
^ Laura Antoniou, ed. (1995). Some Women. Masquerade Books, Inc. OCLC 34697142. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

External links

The Carter/Johnson Library and Collection

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[LAM-1] "Oral History Exhibit". Leather Archives & Museum. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- Aspasia Stephanou (17 July 2014). Reading Vampire Gothic Through Blood: Bloodlines. Springer. pp. 194–. ISBN 978-1-137-34923-1 – via Google Books.

[2] V. M. Johnson (1995). Dhampir: Child of the Blood. Mystic Rose Books. ISBN 978-0-9645960-1-6.

[PhD2009-3] Jay Stevenson PhD (21 January 2009). The Complete Idi Guide to Vampires: Fascinating Vampire Lore from Eastern Europe, Greece, Italy, and the Middle East. DK Publishing. pp. 168–. ISBN 978-1-101-02001-2.

[leatherativi-4] "Vi Johnson Receives NGLTF Leather Leadership Award". Leatherati. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[5] "Membership". T.U.L.S.A.

[6] "Carter/Johnson Leather Library". Leather Library. Retrieved 18 May 2014.

[7] Andy Campbell (2020). Bound together: Leather, sex, archives, and contemporary art. Manchester University Press. pp. 238–. ISBN 978-1-5261-4283-2 – via Google Books.

[8] "Board Of Governors". Leather Hall of Fame.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[9] "List of winners". NLA International. 14 March 2019. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

[10] "All NLA-I Awards". NLA International. 5 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

[Cruz2016-11] Ariane Cruz (2016). The Color of Kink: Black Women, BDSM, and Pornography. NYU Press. pp. 236–. ISBN 978-1-4798-6532-1 – via Google Books.

[masterslaveconferencevi-12] "Mama Vi Johnson, Carter Johnson Leather Library". Master/slave Conference. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

[PoL-13] "Pantheon of Leather Awards All Time Recipients". The Leather Journal. Archived from the original on 2020-12-28. Retrieved 2020-04-22.

[14] "2000". The Leather Journal. Retrieved 22 April 2020.^{[dead link‍]}

[15] "Jack Stice Memorial Community Service Award". SouthEast LeatherFest. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

[archive1-16] "Master/slave Conference Awards". Master/slave Conference. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2020 – via Archive.is.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[17] "Viola Johnson Accepts NGLTF Leather Leadership Award". The Leather Journal. Retrieved 2020-04-22.

[18] "Society of Janus". Erobay. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

[19] "30 30 Anniversary Campaign – Leather Archives & Museum".

[20] Laura Antoniou, ed. (1995). Some Women. Masquerade Books, Inc. OCLC 34697142. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

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-She is on the board of governors for the Leather Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://leatherhalloffame.com/index.php/board-of-governors.html|title=Board Of Governors|publisher=Leather Hall of Fame}}</ref>
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 ==Notable awards==
-*1995: [[National Leather Association]]'s Jan Lyon Award for Regional or Local Work<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nla-international.com/list-of-winners-3.html |title=List of winners |publisher=NLA International |date=14 March 2019 |access-date=8 May 2020}}</ref>
+*1995: [[National Leather Association]]'s Jan Lyon Award for Regional or Local Work<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nla-international.com/list-of-winners-3.html |title=List of winners |publisher=NLA International |date=14 March 2019 |access-date=8 May 2020 |archive-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103035259/https://www.nla-international.com/list-of-winners-3.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 *1995: [[National Leather Association]] Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nla-i.com/html/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=47 |title=All NLA-I Awards |publisher=NLA International |date=5 November 2019 |access-date=22 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206062431/http://www.nla-i.com/html/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=47 |archive-date=6 February 2012}}</ref>
 *1995: Pantheon of Leather Lifetime Achievement Award<ref name="Cruz2016">{{cite book|author=Ariane Cruz|title=The Color of Kink: Black Women, BDSM, and Pornography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gXvCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA236|year=2016|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-1-4798-6532-1|pages=236–|via=Google Books}}</ref> (Johnson was the first person to receive the [[National Leather Association]] Lifetime Achievement Award and the Pantheon of Leather Lifetime Achievement Award in the same year.)<ref name="masterslaveconferencevi">{{cite web|url=http://masterslaveconference.org/portfolio/vi-johnson/ |title=Mama Vi Johnson, Carter Johnson Leather Library|publisher=Master/slave Conference|accessdate=25 April 2020}}</ref>
-*1998: Pantheon of Leather Couple of the Year award (shared with Jill Carter and Queen Cougar)<ref name=PoL>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theleatherjournal.com/pantheon-awards/recipients|title=Pantheon of Leather Awards All Time Recipients|website=The Leather Journal}}</ref>
+*1998: Pantheon of Leather Couple of the Year award (shared with Jill Carter and Queen Cougar)<ref name=PoL>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theleatherjournal.com/pantheon-awards/recipients|title=Pantheon of Leather Awards All Time Recipients|website=The Leather Journal|access-date=2020-04-22|archive-date=2020-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228055005/https://www.theleatherjournal.com/pantheon-awards/recipients|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 *2000: Pantheon of Leather Woman of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theleatherjournal.com/newsrssfeed/item/35-2000 |title=2000 |website=The Leather Journal |access-date=22 April 2020}}{{dead link|date=November 2021}}</ref>
 *2005: SouthEast LeatherFest Jack Stice Memorial Community Service Award<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seleatherfest.com/our-history/js-award |title=Jack Stice Memorial Community Service Award|publisher=SouthEast LeatherFest|accessdate=25 April 2020}}</ref>
-*2005: [[Master/slave (BDSM)|Master/slave]] Conference slave Heart Award<ref name="archive1">{{cite web |url=http://www.masterslaveconference.org/history-awards.html |title=Master/slave Conference Awards |publisher=Master/slave Conference |via=Archive.is |archivedate=11 August 2013 |access-date=22 April 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130811102637/http://www.masterslaveconference.org/history-awards.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
+*2005: [[Master/slave (BDSM)|Master/slave]] Conference slave Heart Award<ref name="archive1">{{cite web |url=http://www.masterslaveconference.org/history-awards.html |title=Master/slave Conference Awards |publisher=Master/slave Conference |via=Archive.is |archivedate=11 August 2013 |access-date=22 April 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130811102637/http://www.masterslaveconference.org/history-awards.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
 *2005: Pantheon of Leather Forebear Award (tied for the win with David S. Kloss)<ref name=PoL/>
 *2007: Black Beat Lifetime Achievement Award (This was the first Lifetime Achievement Award given by Black Beat.)<ref name="masterslaveconferencevi"/>
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 *2018: The Carter/Johnson Library & Collection received the Nonprofit Organization of the Year award as part of the [[Pantheon of Leather Awards]].<ref name=PoL/>
 *Unknown date: Induction into the [[Society of Janus]] Hall of Fame<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.erobay.com/calendar/Calcium40.pl?CalendarName=Janus&Op=ShowIt&Amount=Day&NavType=Both&Type=List&DayViewHours=1&Date=2019%2F7%2F20 |title=Society of Janus |publisher=Erobay |date=29 July 2019 |access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref>
+*2021: [[Leather Archives & Museum]]’s [[Chuck Renslow]] & [[Tony DeBlase]] Founders’ Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://leatherarchives.org/support/30-30-anniversary-campaign/|title=30 30 Anniversary Campaign – Leather Archives & Museum}}</ref>
 ==Works==
 '''Books'''
 *V. M. Johnson, ''[[Dhampir]]: Child of the Blood''. Mystic Rose Books, 1995. {{ISBN|978-0-9645960-1-6}}
-*[[Laura Antoniou]] (ed.),''Some Women''. Masquerade Books, Inc, 1995 (contributed "Journal entries")<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/some-women/oclc/34697142 |title=Some Women|editor= [[Laura Antoniou]]|year=1995 |publisher=Masquerade Books, Inc |oclc=34697142 |access-date=25 April 2020}}</ref>
+*[[Laura Antoniou]] (ed.),''Some Women''. Masquerade Books, Inc, 1995 (contributed "Journal entries")<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34697142 |title=Some Women|editor= [[Laura Antoniou]]|year=1995 |publisher=Masquerade Books, Inc |oclc=34697142 |access-date=25 April 2020}}</ref>
 *V. M. Johnson, ''To Love, to Obey, to Serve: Diary of an Old Guard Slave'' Mystic Rose Books, 1999. {{ISBN|978-0-9645960-2-3}}
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