PSLOD presented Palm Springs Leather Pride
Palm Springs Leather Pride - Eruption featured the Mr. Palm Springs Leather 2023 contest the weekend of October 27-30 at venues in Palm Springs and Cathedral City which was produced by the Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert. Emcees Karen Ultra and Brian Dawson were stellar.
LGBTQ Leather at Pride World Wide
This is the summer where the world came out from shelter as they felt safe enough from COVID-19 that they could do so. To be sure, the virus has not thrown up the white flag and it doesn't look like it ever will; and many are still cautious because it "ain't over yet."
Tom of Finland Foundation is back with the biggest TOM’s Bar in history
Tom of Finland Foundation produced the biggest TOM’s Bar in history on Sunday, June 19 at the Avalon & Bardot in the dead center of Hollywood, CA - at Hollywood and Vine - across the street from Capital Records and James Dean's star on the Walk of Fame only a few feet from the entrance.
Off Sunset Festival draws huge crowd
The Off Sunset Festival, held in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, June 5 in perfect weather, was back from a two-year hiatus with a bang. The huge street festival was held at Santa Monica Blvd. at Hoover and Myra next to Eagle LA which saw long lines of Leatherfolk waiting to get in. It seems every type of kinkster was there.
Smokeout Las Vegas
Spring of 2022 was when people began to emerge from hiding after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like people coming out of the debris and fallout from a nuclear war on a set of the 1960s television series The Twilight Zone people were gong to find what awaited them.
CLAW - back with a vengeance
CLAW 22, which was held at the Westin Cleveland Downtown and the Hyatt Regency Cleveland at the Arcade the weekend of April 28 - May 1 was only a few thousand dollars from reaching the $1,000,000 funds raised at all CLAW events over the years - and when the final tally is announced in a coupe months, that milestone might be reached.
LA Leather Pride 2022 - Dark Angel
Saturday, March 26
Angel Rincon is Mr. Los Angeles Leather 2022
Years of frustration for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence - Los Angeles House ended on stage at Jewel's Catch One Dance Club in Los Angeles, CA on Saturday night, March 26 when members of the LA House stormed the front of the stage in joy the second Mr. Sister 2019 Angel Rincon was named the winner of the Mr. Los Angeles Leather 2022 contest. Only a couple minutes before, Mr. SoCal Leather 2020 Romyn LeMuerte was named second runner-up then Mr. Sanctuary Leather 2019 Francisco Perales was announced as first runner-up. The Brotherhood Award 2022, selected by the contestants, was Christian Medina
Smaller MAL a Big Hit!
by Rodney Burger Photos by Rodney Burger, Todd Wolfstryker and from Facebook
Mr. Mayhem Leather 2021 Duke, from Alexandria, Virginia, was sashed Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather 2022 during Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend (MAL), January 14-17 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. Runner- up was awarded to Mr. Pittsburgh Leather Bear 2020-2021 Josh Englert. Also competing were Mr. Northwoods 2021 Buck Wilder and Roberto Calabrese from Washington, DC.
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