Welcome to the Portland Leather Alliance

Who We Are

The PLA is an all-volunteer 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization formed in 1998, whose mission is focused on the education and awareness of alternative lifestyles. PLA serves the greater Portland metro area and SW Washington.

Mission

PLA's mission is to serve our community through classes, workshops, social gatherings, discussion groups, and community outreach/support. With proceeds going to groups such as St. Johns Food Share, Inc., The Kinky Library, Leather Leadership Conference, Community Elder Assistance, and more.

Upcoming Events

Subscribe to the PLA Calendar

Please note that the address of the PLA calendar changed December 10, 2021. You will need to subscribe to the new calendar.

It's easy to subscribe to the PLA calendar.

• From Google Calendar, click on the + icon next to Other calendars
• Choose Subscribe to calendar
• Type in pdxleatheralliance@gmail.com in the Add calendar box

News and Announcements

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Join Us

We host a variety of events each year ranging from Educational Workshops and Charity Fundraisers to Kinkfest! View our Code of Conduct and Party Rules.

Benefits of being a PLA member include:

• Discounts to hands on and how to workshops.
• Access to PLA members only Play Parties.
• Discount on registration for Kinkfest.
• Participation in the annual election of PLA Board Members.

Join the PLA!

Portland Leather Alliance is the largest membership based BDSM organization in the Portland Metro Area but can't put on the events and workshops it does without volunteers. Since PLA is a volunteer based organization it needs the help from our community to make these events happen from the simplest monthly workshop to Kinkfest.

You can now sign up to be a PLA Member Online using your debit/credit card. You will need to provide proof of your age at your first PLA event, so please remember to bring your photo ID with you. You can also update or renew your existing PLA Membership as well. You will need to know your password, which if you forgot you can reset from the same page. Check out the Join Page for more information.

Key Documents

• Code of Conduct (3/4/2025)
• Privacy Policy (3/4/2025)
• Position Descriptions (3/4/2025)
• Standing Committees (3/4/2025)

Getting Involved

Portland Leather Alliance is the largest membership based BDSM organization in the Portland Metro Area but can't put on the events and workshops it does without its dedicated volunteers. Since PLA is a volunteer based organization it needs the help of people from the community to help make all the events happen from the simplest monthly workshop, to the 3-day conference known as KinkFest.

To learn more about volunteer opportunities, contact volunteers@portlandleather.org.

Some ways to be involved:

• Provide Feedback PLA does everything it can put on the best events we can, but we can't make events better without feedback. We always welcome constructive feedback on events, processes, and of course ideas for new events. There are a few ways to give feedback to the PLA. A) Contact us directly though our website. B) Tell your local board members your thoughts so they can bring the ideas and feedback back to the rest of the board. C) Come to the board meetings and share your thoughts in person. This is the best way to get heard and have discussion about new ideas. PLA Board meetings are the first Tuesday of the month and open to everyone.


• Volunteer PLA needs help throughout the year from simple tasks like distributing flyers and promotional information to tasks like Dungeon Monitoring, and presenting at workshops. Anyone can volunteer to help PLA, and it is a great way to feel like a bigger part of the community, and meet new people. There is also something special about getting to stand back and look out at a group of Kinky friends all having fun and knowing that you were a part of making it happen.


• Take on an Official Role In addition to all the board positions PLA has other roles that need full time volunteers through the year. These can be things such as volunteering on a committee, helping organize our storage, or distributing flyers. You don't need to be a board member to take a more active role in the organization, so if you have something you are skilled at and think that it could help PLA, feel free to contact us about it.


• Talk to others about PLA If you like PLA events, tell others! PLA is committed to connecting to the local community. If you find people that don't know about PLA, or don't know how to contact PLA for get involved, share this information with them.