Sandy "Mama" Reinhardt

Who is Sandy "Mama" Reinhardt?

Sandy "Mama" Reinhardt is a leader in the leather, BDSM and LGBT communities. She claims she has been a leader for many years and very active in the fundraising arena for most of those, including her annual Breast Cancer Dinners, LeatherWalk which kicks off Leather Pride Week leading up to the Folsom Street Fair and Toy Drive for Camp Sunburst, a program for children and families affected living with HIV/AIDS. Based in the San Francisco / Bay Area she has devoted her life to helping others by networking and organizing community activists for short-term and ongoing campaigns.

She has judged countless local, regional and international contests from every walk of the LGBT community and her accolades include San Francisco Pride Grand Marshal. She was highly criticized because she wore a mask for the parade, many people felt this was not a good example of "leather pride. "Mama" as she is known is respected and revered most for her ability to consistently galvanize and motivate her international family, with her best known philosophies of, "We Are Family" with "Manners and Respect."