Dave Rhodes' Hump Day June 22, 2023
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Pride across the globe
Here is a gallery of photos from Fresno, California all the way to Norway. There was more than one Pride parade and festival in Los Angeles. While most of the big boys will be held the fourth weekend of June, the same weekend of the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion, many, including Chicago, Baltimore and Albuquerque, held their pride events earlier so their communities could attend the half-a-million people strong events.
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IML 2023 is Marcus Barela
The International Mr. Leather 2023 Contest saw Mr. Eagle LA Leather Marcus Barela best 53 other men at the Auditorium in Chicago, IL on Sunday night, May 28. First runner-up was Christopher Gonzalez and second runner-up was Matthew Moody. Read the full story and 115 photo gallery at
https://theleatherjournal.com/news/iml-2023-is-marcus-barela
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Centaur MC's record-breaking donation to LA&M
The Leather Archives & Museum is very pleased to share some great news to end the week. The Centaur Motorcycle Club has made a record-breaking donation to LA&M of $90,000. Half of this will go
Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather 2022 Duke interview
By Rodney Burger. Photos by Todd Davidson including main photo, Todd Wolfstryker, Rodney Burger, Dave Rhodes, John O'Brien, Facebook.
On January 15th, I sat across the judge’s table and interviewed Mr. Mayhem Leather 2021 Duke as he competed for the title of Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather 2022. Although clearly nervous, he opened up and answered the wide variety of questions tossed at him by the distinguished panel of judges. On February 5th I interviewed Duke again after he captured the MAL 2022 title on January 16th. Dressed all in black with his signature black cowboy hat, he was beaming, confident, and relaxed. With his sites on the International Mr. Leather 2022 Contest in May, this cowboy was clearly ready for the ride.
IML 44 Class and IMBB 30 Class
IML and IMBB 2022
Gael Leung Chong Wo was named International Mr. Leather 2022 and Alistair Leather Hiraeth was chosen to be International Mr. Bootblack 2022 at the Arie Crown Theater at McCormick Place on Sunday night, May 29. For the full schedule and registration options go to the IML IMBB web site. Note - there have been some changes, so it might worth it to take a look.
IML Class of 2019.
IML IMBB 2022 Contestants Preview
It has been a long time waiting, but the day is coming when a new International Mr. Leather and International Mr. Bootblack will be sashed, and that will be on Sunday night, May 29 at the Auditorium in Chicago, IL. The following is The Leather Journal's annual IML and IMBB Preview of contestants. This will be online and not in the print edition. New this year, each contestant was provided the opportunity to include a link to their web site and/or social media page so readers can find out more than they can from a 100-175 word bio. Thank you to IML IMBB Contestant Coordinator Jeff Tucker for his help with this.
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