A journey worth taking. Do you know what a leather titleholder is? Have you ever been to a leather contest? Do you know any leather titleholders? If you’re even the least bit curious, I’ll address all these questions and more to help uncover the world of leather titleholding and the systems that exist for it in our region and nation.
Presenter: girl Bettie
girl Bettie is a queer, polyamorous, submissive-leaning switch currently living in Asheville, NC. She has been in the kink community for over 20 years and has been a part of the Leather community since 2007. She holds three Leather titles: Ms. North Carolina Leather 2007, Ms. SouthEast LeatherFest 2008, and is the 2025 SouthEast Person of Leather. When she stepped down from her role as current Ms. SELF, she accepted a place on the operational board for SouthEast LeatherFest. She worked her way up from Operations Assistant to Associate Producer of Operations, and finally to Website Content and Contest Coordination before she stepped down from the board in 2022. Bettie has been a presenter, mentor, volunteer, and leader. Since 2007, she’s presented and volunteered for groups and events all over the southeast. From Tennessee to Louisiana, Florida to North Carolina, Bettie has been honored to serve her community in whatever capacity was required at that time. girl Bettie loves spending time with her leather family, Casa de la Unicorn, her Leather/Levi club, the Tarheel Leather Club, and her chosen family, Unsupervised Chaos, wherever they happen to be. Her passions in play include flogging, sensation play, electricity, blood, and needles. She has been called by many names, but Bettie is still her favorite.