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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|08|07}} |
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| occupation = Professional Dominatrix, Sex Educator |
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Cynthia Slater, along with [[Larry Olsen]], founded the second oldest surviving SM organization in the United States - the [[Society of Janus]].<ref name=LHF>"2014 Leather Hall of Fame Inductee Cynthia Slater (1945-1989)", Leather Hall of Fame Inductees List[https://leatherhalloffame.com/inductees-list/21-cynthia-slater]</ref><ref name=SO1>Ortmann, David M., and Richard A. Sprott. 2013. Sexual outsiders: understanding BDSM sexualities and communities. p.156</ref>She is known for paving the way for women to be accepted within the gay leather scene in San Francisco during the late 1970's.<ref name=LHF/><ref name=Call>Call, Lewis. 2013. BDSM in American science fiction and fantasy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p.5</ref> Slater persuaded the management of the Catacombs, a gay men's club in San Francisco, to open up to other groups.<ref name=Call/> She was an early proponent of SM safety, and one of the major AIDS activists & educators during that time.<ref name=LHF/> Slater hosted Janus Society safety demonstrations during the late 70's, cultivating a space for women within the 'plurality of gay men' already present within the leather/kink/fetish Venn-diagramatic culture.<ref name=Drummer> "THE JANUS SOCIETY: KISS AND DON’T TELL |
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Cynthia Slater and the Catholic Priest", Jack Fritscher. ''Drummer'' 27, February 1979.</ref> She allegedly coined the term "SM 101", referring to the safety demonstrations and classes she presented. <ref name=LeatherJourn>"Chicago Hellfire Club, Cynthia Slater, and John Embry to be inducted to Leather Hall of Fame at CLAW in late April".The Leather Journal. Online Periodical. 26 January 2014[https://www.theleatherjournal.com/news/national-news/item/898-chicago-hellfire-club-cynthia-slater-and-john-embry-to-be-inducted-to-leather-hall-of-fame-at-claw-in-late-april]</ref>Slater also contributed to "developing and disseminating kink friendly safer sex technologies".<ref name=LeatherJourn/>It was in 1981 that "Dr. Lourea and bisexual / leather icon Cynthia Slater presented safer-sex education workshops in bathhouses and BDSM clubs in San Francisco."<ref name=Health> "The Bisexual History of HIV/AIDS, in Photos". Faith Cheltenham. LGBT HealthLink [https://blog.lgbthealthlink.org/2015/01/29/the-bisexual-history-of-hivaids-in-photos/]</ref> |
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Slater was also recognized at the [[San Francisco South of Market Leather History Alley]], where her bootprints are immortalized alongside 27 other important figures in San Francisco alternative culture history.<ref name=SanFranAlley>Paull, Laura. "Honoring gay leather culture with art installation in SoMa alleyway – J". Jweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-06-23[https://www.jweekly.com/2018/06/21/honoring-gay-leather-culture-with-art-installation-in-soma-alleyway/]</ref><ref name=ArtEx>http://www.artandarchitecture-sf.com/ringold-alleys-leather-memoir.html</ref> |
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==Founding The Society of Janus== |
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According to the Leather Hall of Fame biography of Slater, she said of Janus, "“There were three basic reasons why we chose Janus. First of all, Janus has two faces, which we interpreted as the duality of SM (one’s dominant and submissive sides). Second, he’s the Roman god of portals, and more importantly, of beginnings and endings. To us, it represents the beginning of one’s acceptance of self, the beginning of freedom from guilt, and the eventual ending of self-loathing and fear over one’s SM desires. And third, Janus is the Roman god of war--the war we fight against stereotypes commonly held against us."<ref name=LHF/> |
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