Viola Johnson has been an activist, educator, writer, motivational speaker and author in and for the leather community for nearly four decades. She has served as a mentor to countless individuals, and was dubbed “Mom” by several generations of leathermen and women. She is delighted to now be “Grandmom” to a whole new generation.

She is passionately involved with preserving the history of the SM/leather/fetish communities, serving as the director and senior griot of the Carter/Johnson Library and Collection, a traveling library designed to bring history to the communities it serves. Previously, she sat on the board of directors of the Leather Archives & Museum. Johnson is a member of Tulsa Uniform Leather Seekers Association (T.U.L.S.A.), the Lesbian Sex Mafia (LSM), and the ONYX Pearls, as well as honorary member of many other organizations.

She has lectured at numerous academic institutions, including Bryn Mawr and Barnard Colleges, and Oklahoma State University. She continues to speak on panels at a wide variety of events and organizations.

In addition, Johnson has received numerous honors for her work, including Lifetime Achievement Awards from Black BEAT, Pantheon of Leather, and the National Leather Association. She is the author of two books, Dhampir: Child of the Blood and To Love, To Obey, To Serve: Diary of an Old Guard Slave. She is the wife of Jill Carter, International Ms. Leather 1996.

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Submissive Roundtable

Who are we? How do we define ourselves? Do the labels we use somehow clash with our cultural heritage? What are some of the problems and joys of being subs? Lets talk to each other about these topics and more! This discussion group is for those who identify as slave, sub or bottom only. Sorry no tops or switches allowed. This is a Safe Space. What's said here ... Stays HERE!