Flash Back Gallery - American Brotherhood Weekend
American Brotherhood Weekend began in Boston circa 1991 and has moved around the country to cities including Washington, DC, New Orleans and Chicago where it currently resides. Regardless of where ABW is held, the organization has developed a strong sense of Leather Family. American Brotherhood Weekend is a celebration of the bond of Leather families. It is a weekend filled with great energy and camaraderie which surround the three title contests that comprise ABW and the American Leather family. Plans are to hold the next American Brotherhood Weekend in the middle of July next year. We have pored through our files and a couple other places to share these photos with you. Scroll down to see.
https://www.facebook.com/ABWLeather
http://www.americanbrotherhood.com/
Conversations With Leather
Dave Rhodes interviews Jim Neuman
Jim Neuman
James Walter "Jim" Neuman was born on the north side of Chicago, and over the next half century, he has become something of a pioneer, mentor and icon in the Kink, Leather, Uniform and Boot Community in California.
Flash Back Gallery - Mr. International Rubber
MIR 24: RubberLab was held November 6-8, a shiny and fun online experience with participants from around the globe. To celebrate the Mr. International Rubber contest we compiled a huge 60-plus photo gallery that goes back to the early days up to last year. Scroll down to see awesome photos.
DomCon - Atlanta and New Orleans - Flash Back Gallery
We take a look back as far as 2009 at DomCon: Atlanta and New Orleans which is produced by Mistress Cyan of Sanctuary Studios LAX. Atlanta/New Orleans was developed not long after the original held at the Hilton LAX in Los Angeles, CA. The New Orleans/Atlanta event draws between 650 and 775 pansexual guests while the main voyage draws over 1,500 to the largest pro domme convention in the world. DomCon features around 50-75 workshops, demos and classes, numerous socials including a Mistresses' High Tea, a Saturday night debaucherous Fetish Ball, a large vendor fair, play parties, and special entertainment. Early registrants, Wednesday through Thursday, get pro dom-oriented events then the mad rush on Fridays and beyond have more general BDSM convention fare added to the vast mix. Both Dom Con: LA in May and Dom Con: New Orleans were virtual events on Zoom with the same large draw the real conventions have enjoyed. This convention has some of the most loyal supporters who would give almost everything to not miss one of the conventions. Scroll down for photos and link.
Palm Springs Leather Pride - Flash Back Gallery
We take a look back as far as 2000 at Palm Springs Leather Pride which is produced by the Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert. Many on the west coast consider Palm Springs Leather Pride to be the Mid Atlantic Leather of the West. Both events are produced by a club and both events are huge with the center of activities being Leather contests with a who's who of Leather in attendance. Each have food with Leather Cocktails on the Saturday night in the nation's capitol and a huge formal Leather dinner on Friday night in the California desert. Both have satellite events such as cocktail parties, bar nights, vendors. Take a look at the almost 50 photos from Palm Springs that The Leather Journal has for your pleasure. Se who you recognize. Scroll down to see.
Mates Leather Weekend
While the official Mates Leather Weekend scheduled for the first weekend of October had been cancelled, a group of friends got together for a Mini Mates Leather Weekend at the Watership Inn in Provincetown, MA. Scroll down to see our Flash Back gallery of Mates Leather Weekends of the past. The event has raised approximately $75,000 for the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod since it was founded in 2000. Mates Leather Weekend is a kick-back, have a good time, meet some hot new friends weekend for those who want to hang out, socialize, relax or party with other like-minded people in Leather, Rubber and Uniforms. Mates Leather Weekend is produced by Rick Conley, longtime Provincetown resident and Leatherman. "I want to thank all MLW sponsors, friends and past participants who have contributed to the success of Mates Leather Weekend. I’m grateful for all the new friends that I’ve made along the way." While it is sad that Mates Leather Weekend was cancelled, Snowbound Leather Weekend XIV is still planned for February 19-21.
Empire City MC - Pennsylvania Ride
The riders of the Empire City Motorcycle club rode over 750 miles in six days, visiting four AMCC clubs and socially-distancing via motorcycle through Pennsylvania with stops in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Harrisburg trip this Labor Day weekend, September 4-7. Empire City MC met up with other AMCC bike-riding brothers along the way. The club and guests visited the Flight 93 National Memorial of the crash of United Airlines Flight 93, which was hijacked in the September 11 attacks, in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Plans are developing for ECMC's 56th Anniversary Weekend and Anniversary Dinner with details coming soon. See their link below to find out more.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/empirecitymc
Virtual Folsom Street Fair emcee is Margret Cho
We are excited to announce that our virtual Folsom Street Fair on September 27 will be hosted by the fabulously talented Margaret Cho and co-hosted by Alotta Boutté and Lance Holman. We'll bring you our usual amazing musical acts, performance artists, Leather/Fetish titleholder stage introduction. In addition, new interactive community content and leather/kink/alt sex history and education will bring us together and keep us connected when we can’t gather in person. Folsom Street Fair. There will be vendors. Virtual Vendor Mart applications are available. Learn more about applying for virtual booth space. Photo by Jen Rosenstein.
http://www.folsomstreetevents.org/exhibitors
https://www.facebook.com/folsomstreetevents/
Scroll down to see over 25 photos from the Folsom Street Fair dating back to 1996.
Tom of Finland honored for his centennial in Helsinki
To honor the centenary of the birth of artist Tom of Finland (born Touko Laaksonen, 1920-1991) he received a memorial plaque on the facade of the apartment building in Helsinki where he and his partner Veli Mäkinen (1932-1981) lived between 1969-1984. The building, housing cooperative Sampsa, is located at Tehtaankatu 7 in Helsinki. The memorial plaque wase unveiled on Saturday, August 22 at the Corner of Tehtaankatu 7 and Vuorimiehenpuistikko 6 in the Ullanlinna district of Helsinki. The memorial plaque was made possible by the support of MSC Finland – TOM’s Club ry; Tom of Finland Foundation, Inc., Los Angeles; Kuvittajat ry; Freelance-graafikot ry; Grafia ry,; Sarjakuvantekijät ry; Sarjakuvaseura ry; ECMC European Confederation of Motorcycle Clubs; ToP Top of Europe; SLM København; SLM Stockholm; and LMS Estonia. Cover photo - Durk Dehner, founder of Tom of Finland Foundation, was a close friend, beloved, co-worker, manager and sparring member of Tom (born Touko Laaksonen). He has made his life’s work to maintain and protect the art of Tom of Finland. In this upstairs bedroom, Tom slept and drew. Tom’s life in Los Angeles in the 1980s.
https://www.tomoffinland.org/tom-is-honored-in-helsinki-in-august-for-toms100/
CLAW 20 has been cancelled - Reset for next April
Due to the continuing global pandemic, we have reluctantly determined that we will not be able to hold our event in November. CLAW 20 has been cancelled. We are hopeful that the widespread distribution of a vaccine will come in time for CLAW 21 to be held on April 22-25, 2021. For information about refunds, donations or transferring your registration to CLAW 21, as well as information about existing hotel reservations, please see below. All CLAW 20 package holders may choose between a 100-percent refund, using their package at CLAW 21, April 22-25), or donating their package price to CLAW. CLAW is currently updating its registration database. Please come back to this page in the next couple of days for information on how to process your choice and more information. All reservations at the Westin and Hampton Inn that were transferred to Nov 2020 will be cancelled and deposits will be refunded. You will need to re-book your hotel for CLAW 21 when the hotel links become available later this fall. Virtual CLAW V is planned for August 28-30 and October 2-4. Stay tuned.
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