2026 Contestants
Suzy (She/Her)
Running for: San Diego Bootblack
Our Ms. San Diego Leather 1998–1999 returns as a bootblack contestant! Wear your sunglasses at night if you expect to be around her high shines.
Mistress Kay (She/They)
Running for: MS. San Diego Leather
A fashion maximalist and long-time activist using her platform to defend queer, trans, nonbinary, refugee, immigrant, and non-white Leather folk.
Honey (He/They)
Running for: MX. San Diego Leather
A Two-Spirit Latinx Deaf/HOH Queer Leather Little who believes, “Our community is made stronger by the diversity of our roles and the radical authenticity of our play.”
Alex Bravo (He/Him)
Running for: San Diego Leather Bear
Alex brings a little mischief to everything he does and says, “I am committed to honoring values of respect, consent, and service while helping San Diego’s bear and leather communities feel connected, seen, and supported.”
Sanjay (He/Him)
Running for: MR. San Diego Leather
Sanjay aims to uplift the South Asian experience and his various communities with honor while “taking the Hindu belief of cows being holy in a literal, yet unconventional way.”
Keith (He/Him)
Running for: MR. San Diego Leather
A self-described “laid back academic” who found San Diego’s leather community uniquely welcoming. “If I can help foster that feeling in the community, I’d be humbled.”
Sal Leon (He/Him)
Running for: MR. San Diego Leather
Local tattoo artist focused on modeling safe, sane, and consensual leather connections, welcoming newcomers, showcasing the diversity of San Diego’s leather community, and raising funds for animal shelters.