 NLA yakabatsira kuronga musangano wezvematehwe uyo wakatangira 1987 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. Pamwe chete nokusikwa kweNLA imene, musangano iwoyo wakaparira Musangano weDallas wakashata, uyo wakasangana muna February 1988 kukurukura kusikwa kwesangano renyika reSMleatherfetish. Rinoyeukwa zvikurusa nokuda kwokukakavadzana kunotyisa uko kwakaratidzira kuparadzana munzanga pakati pavarume navakadzi, East Coast neWest Coast, makirabhu ekare neatsva, uye avo vasina kubatanidzwa nekirabhu ipi neipi, gungano racho rakagadzira sangano idzva rinonzi Safe Sane Consensual Adults SSCA. Yakaremerwa nokurwisana kwezvematongerwe enyika kweDallas, SSCA yakakundikana kuwana rutsigiro uye yakabatanidzwa neNLA, sangano reBDSM renyika rinoshanda chete. Mumakore 26 apfuura, mapoka anenge gumi nemaviri eNLA akaumbwa, kunyange zvazvo anenge gumi nemaviri bedzi eaya ari kushanda iye zvino. 