New England Leather Alliance (NELA) is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to making a safer place in the world for all leather/fetish/sm people through education, advocacy, and charitable giving. We are a diverse, pansexual group of adults who share a common interest in leather/fetish/sm and who want to be active in building our community. We are women and men, transgender folk, heterosexual, bisexual, lesbian, and gay, married and single, young and old. We are from CT, ME, MA, NH, RI & VT.