This is a non-commercial women-only community space with free membership, run by leatherdykes, for leatherdykes. Everything about this site, right down to the webhosting company that hosts it, is owned by leatherdykes, and is done on a volunteer basis by BDSM-loving lesbians for other kinky women-loving-women.

 

Membership Criteria for LeatherDyke.com

You are all 4 of the following to be a member.

(Don't fit the LeatherDyke.com criteria? Go to LeatherEveryone.)

  1. You are a homosexual woman who appreciates lesbian-only space and culture actively in your life and bring that paradigm to this mailing list and forum.
    You are NOT: Identified in the real world as
    1. a man
    2. in transition to male
    3. bisexual
    4. heterosexual
    5. You are not currently in a heterosexual legal marriage or commited heterosexual relationship nor would consider it ever a possiblity for yourself in the future.
      *note that for the purposes of this site, we do NOT by default consider a dyke who is dating a transguy a heterosexual woman.

  2. You are committed publicly to your identity as a woman: whether you are a genetic female, butch, femme, post-op, pre-op MTF... or even if you use male personas or genderfucks of any type when in a kinky scene.

  3. You are kinky/leather/BDSM/D.s identified regardless of how little or extensive your experience level.

  4. You are 18 or over.

Special Note: The use of the term *Dyke* on this mailing list and forum is to honor the reclaiming of the term that was once used to insult proud homosexual women. We see it as a term to indicate the pride and strength in our homosexuality that was won by the blood and tears of our lesbian elders in previous generations and is continued to be upheld as term of pride and identity by the present lesbian community.

More info on our dykes-only policy.