Master Gator & Ava
Master Gator has been an active member of the Leather community since he came out to his first NLA meeting September of 1999. Though he has looked back several times over the decades, he has never regretted the decision. Since then, he has been involved in several groups including NLA-Dallas, NLA-International, Leather Honor Guard, DFW Leather Corp, ERD, DFW Bound, and Dallas Mentors Program. He serves the community by volunteering his time and resources to support, promote, and work several kinky and leather events and gatherings.
Gator found a taste for the kinky lifestyle at an early age when he found that the books and stories that included domination, bondage, or discipline were the ones that interested him the most. In his early twenties he stumbled through the trappings of the kinky lifestyle with his girlfriends and made a lot of the common mistakes. He could tell that there was a part of this that spoke to him, but it was not until he came out to the NLA meeting that he found the support, guidance and examples he was looking for to understand and accept who he is.
During Gator’s time in the leather community, he has been honored with his leather Master’s cover, presented by several of the covered Masters of the Dallas area in November 2010 for his steadfast support of the leather and kinky communities. Although he swore he never wanted to be a 24/7 in “charge type”, in 2014 he met Ava and their relationship has slowly evolved into the Master/slave dynamic that it is today.
In her late teens, Ava found that she was plagued with fantasies that incorporated dominance and restraint. The discovery of romance books focused on power exchange based on this really cool concept of a dungeon excited and intrigued her. However it was not until much later that she dared share her desires with a friend, which led to her going to a local dungeon for the first time in 2014. Since then she has never looked back and has found how fulfilling being a part of the kinky community could be. With a little bit of rope and tying up her hair she met Master Gator with whom she would eventually enter into a power exchange relationship. This relationship fills a deep need she didn’t realize she had.
Having (eventually) realized that the Leather path was something she desired to walk, Ava has been presented with her boots and vest. Ava is actively involved in the Women of Leather group and has served as the Program Director for NLA Dallas. She now uses the teaching skills she has to share all the new things she has learned in kink.