Hardy Haberman

{{Short description|American writer}}

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| birth_place = Dallas, Texas

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| alma_mater = Baylor University

| occupation = Author, director, educator, gay rights activist

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| boards = Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance

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| partner = Patrick Ryan (1995-present)

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| awards = NLAI Man of the Year Award (1999), NLAI Lifetime Achievement Award (2007), National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Leather Leadership Award (2009), Pantheon of Leather President's Award (20011)

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Hardy Haberman is an American author, filmmaker, educator, designer living in Dallas, Texas. He is a prominent figure in the leather/fetish/BDSM community, and a frequent speaker at leather events and contests.{{cite web|title=NLA Dallas: Old Guard Traditions and Why You Don't Need Them, with Hardy Haberman|url=http://nladallas.org/?p=533|accessdate=6 February 2014}}{{cite news|title=How The Internet Killed (Or Maybe Just Changed) Dallas' Leather Scene|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/2011-08-25/news/how-the-internet-killed-or-maybe-just-changed-dallas-leather-scene/|accessdate=4 February 2014|newspaper=Dallas Observer|author=Anna Merlan|date=25 Aug 2011|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222070424/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2011-08-25/news/how-the-internet-killed-or-maybe-just-changed-dallas-leather-scene/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Leather Life: Minnesota Leather Pride 2013 features appearance by Hardy Haberman|url=http://www.lavendermagazine.com/our-lives/leather-life-minnesota-leather-pride-2013-features-appearance-by-hardy-haberman/|accessdate=4 February 2014|newspaper=Lavender (Minneapolis, MN)|author=Steve Lenius|date=30 May 2013}}

In the mid-1970s, Haberman become involved in LGBT activism as part of the Dallas Gay Political Caucus (later known as the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance), the city's first LGBT advocacy group.{{cite web|title=The Task Force will honor activists for their outstanding contributions to LGBT equality at Creating Change in Dallas, Texas|url=http://www.thetaskforce.org/press/releases/pr_012710|publisher=National Gay and Lesbian Task Force|access-date=6 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221163727/http://www.thetaskforce.org/press/releases/pr_012710|archive-date=21 February 2014}}{{cite news|title=Razzle Dazzle returns to its roots|url=http://www.dallasvoice.com/razzle-dazzle-returns-roots-10149184.html|accessdate=6 February 2014|newspaper=Dallas Voice|date=31 May 2013|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222022112/http://www.dallasvoice.com/razzle-dazzle-returns-roots-10149184.html|url-status=dead}} In late 1976, he became interested in the leather subculture.{{cite book|title=Soul of Second Skin|year=2007|publisher=Nazca Plains Books|isbn=9781934625385}} In 1980, Haberman co-produced the first Cedar Springs Carnival, held during Gay Pride Week in Dallas. The Carnival coincided with the Dallas Gay Pride Parade, an event organized by a committee of Oak Lawn merchants and the first in Dallas since 1972.{{cite web|title=Parade History|url=http://www.dallastavernguild.org/pdf/2012/Parade_History-Pg46.pdf|publisher=Dallas Tavern Guild|access-date=6 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222225634/http://www.dallastavernguild.org/pdf/2012/Parade_History-Pg46.pdf|archive-date=22 February 2014}} In 1984 Haberman joined the board of the Dallas chapter of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). By the late 1990s, Haberman was a well-known educator in leather circles, teaching classes at events such as Texas Leather Pride in Austin, Spring Iniquity{{cite web |url=http://www.nlahoustontx.org/iniquity/default.html |title=NLA-Houston - Spring Iniquity |access-date=2014-12-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141218073322/http://www.nlahoustontx.org/iniquity/default.html |archive-date=2014-12-18 |url-status=dead }} in Houston, Southeast Leatherfest in Atlanta, Kinky Kollege in Chicago, Leathermans Discussion Group in San Francisco, and in many other events in the United States and Canada. In 1999, Haberman and Bill Schmeling received the Steve Maidhof Award for National or International Work from the National Leather Association International.{{cite web |url=https://www.nla-international.com/list-of-winners-2.html |title=List of winners |publisher=NLA International |date=2019-03-14 |accessdate=2020-05-08 |archive-date=2020-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103035305/http://nla-international.com/list-of-winners-2.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=NLAI announces Man, Woman of Year, Lifetime Achievement and Chapter of Year|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm/xl3tK6V8N5E|publisher=NLAI|accessdate=4 February 2014}} In 2007, the NLAI presented Haberman with a Lifetime Achievement Award.{{cite web |url=https://www.nla-international.com/list-of-winners-1.html |title=List of winners |publisher=NLA International |date=2019-03-14 |accessdate=2020-05-08 |archive-date=2020-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626200121/https://www.nla-international.com/list-of-winners-1.html |url-status=dead }} In 2010, he received the President's Award as part of the Pantheon of Leather Awards.🖉{{Cite web|url=https://www.theleatherjournal.com/pantheon-awards/recipients|title=Pantheon of Leather Awards All Time Recipients - The Leather Journal|website=www.theleatherjournal.com|access-date=2020-12-21|archive-date=2020-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228055005/https://www.theleatherjournal.com/pantheon-awards/recipients|url-status=dead}} In January 2014, he became a columnist for Leatherati.{{cite web|title=Olympic Moments? Introducing Hardy Haberman|url=http://www.leatherati.com/2014/01/olympic-moments-introducing-hardy-haberman/|accessdate=6 February 2014}} In addition to his regular columns he has written for many print and online publications.{{cite web|title=AUTHOR ARCHIVES: HARDY HABERMAN|url=http://www.lonestarq.com/author/hardy-haberman/|access-date=6 February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221173711/http://www.lonestarq.com/author/hardy-haberman/|archive-date=21 February 2014}} In 2017, Haberman received the South Central Regional Award as part of the Pantheon of Leather Awards,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theleatherjournal.com/pantheon-awards/recipients|title=Pantheon of Leather Awards All Time Recipients - The Leather Journal|website=www.theleatherjournal.com|access-date=2020-12-21|archive-date=2020-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228055005/https://www.theleatherjournal.com/pantheon-awards/recipients|url-status=dead}} and joined the Jeffrey Payne 2018 Texas gubernatorial campaign as media director.{{cite news|title=Dallas Voice|url=https://www.dallasvoice.com/jeffrey-payne-opens-campaign-office-10244552.html|accessdate=3 November 2017|publisher=Voice Publishing|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107055251/https://www.dallasvoice.com/jeffrey-payne-opens-campaign-office-10244552.html|url-status=dead}} In 2019, Haberman received the Mr. Marcus Hernandez Lifetime Achievement Award (Man) as part of the Pantheon of Leather Awards.

Haberman is an active member of the Cathedral of Hope Church in Dallas, TX, known for having the largest predominately gay and lesbian congregation in the world.{{cite web|title=Reuters Picks Up Cathedral Of Hope Story|date=22 April 2007 |url=http://dungeondiary.blogspot.com/2007/04/reuters-picks-up-cathedral-of-hope.html|accessdate=6 February 2014}} He is formerly the chairperson on the board of directors of the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance.{{cite web|title=Hardy Haberman, Chairperson, Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance|url=http://www.woodhullalliance.org/about-us/board-of-directors/hardy-haberman/|accessdate=4 February 2014|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222200954/http://www.woodhullalliance.org/about-us/board-of-directors/hardy-haberman/|url-status=dead}} He also writes a column called Flagging Left for Dallas Voice, a Dallas LGBT newspaper.{{cite news|title=Happy Birthday, Hardy Haberman!|url=http://www.dallasvoice.com/happy-birthday-hardy-haberman-1036099.html|accessdate=4 February 2014|newspaper=Dallas Voice|date=27 July 2010|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222015731/http://www.dallasvoice.com/happy-birthday-hardy-haberman-1036099.html|url-status=dead}}