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Boi Gwen Hardy   (contact)

Gwen has been in and around the leather lifestyle since April of 2001 and quickly became involved after attending boys Training Camp IV and V. Gwen is a fellow member of Code12 Jax Levi Leather Club and a full member and co-founder of Florida boys of Leather in Jacksonville, Fl. Gwen was also honored with the nomination to Pantheon of Leather in 2004.

Gwen has been a co-presenter twice at Together in Leather and has judged International Community Bootblack and Ms World Leather. Gwen continues to be a presenter on her local level.

Gwen held the titles of Florida LeatherSir/boy Bootblack 2003, and International LeatherSir/boy Bootblack 2003. Gwen also competed at Beyond Vanilla Bootblack in 2002 and International Ms Bootblack in 2004.

In her spare time, Gwen enjoys leather crafting, woodworking and collecting and searching for historical leather history memorabilia. (Her favorite find: 48 buttons and pins from levi-leather clubs that existed in the early 70's such as Serpents MC, Saddlebacks of LA, Febes bar, Barbary Coasters, NY Eagles Nest, NY Ramrod, Cellblock Philly and Monterey Dons to mention just a few) Gwen also has a rather large collection of Leather publications, including titles such as Drummer, Checkmate, On Our Backs, Dungeon Master and numerous others.

After several years of collecting leather club colors, Gwen opened a yahoo site called colorsofleather and is in the process of opening a website, www.colors-of-leather.com to showcase the colors of our past and present.

Her favorite quote is: "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader" by John Quincy Adams