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The only museum dedicated to leather, kink and fetish history, open 4 days per week in Chicago (18+ only). @_leatherarchives_ on Instagram.
Chicago, IL
Joined January 2009
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Michael “Red” Bentzinger was a leathercrafter and manager of Mr. S. Leather in San Francisco. Before moving to San Francisco he owned an antique clock business in Scotland.
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Jeff Britton (d. 1994) was a leather activist and member of National Leather Association: Metro New York, GMSMA, and Excelsior MC. Brittons leather crafting business was called Paradox Leathers. He donated leather roses to charitable events to raise funds for HIV/AIDS.
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"Captain Bloomer" and "Captain Cincher" from Bizarre No 12 (1953).
#crossdressing
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Ron Moore was a member of the Denver Gay Men's Chorus and the Metropolitan Community Church. He was Mr. Leather Colorado 1984 and became the first Black leatherman to be titled International Mr. Leather in 1984.
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Folsom Street Fair 1998, from the Bill "The Hun" Schmeling collection at the LA&M.
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Quote from The End of Genderqueer by Rocko Bulldagger (in Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity ed. Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, 2006). Photo by Bonnie Daley from On Our Backs Sep-Oct 1992.
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Quote from Unlimited Intimacy: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking by Tim Dean (2009). Photo from Drummer No 3 (1975).
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Sunday, June 12th, 2pm. Come in to check out our hot new exhibit of leather portrait photography by Mike Ruiz. You can meet Mike, explore the museum and enjoy some beer, wine and snacks. Admission is free, and open to everyone 18 and over.
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Happy Birthday Etienne! Dom Orejudos was born July 1, 1933, and was a successful artist, ballet dancer, choreographer and business man. His art is one of the star attractions here at LAM.
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Quote from Boy Steven in Sexual Magic: The S/M Photographs by Michael A. Rosen (1986). Still image from Born to Raise Hell (1974).
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Quote from Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green (2004). Photo by Torrey from Manscape 2 (Winter 1986).
#Pride
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Quote from Caretaking in So Many Ways: A Conversation with Mistress Velvet, interview by Kirin Wachter-Grene in The Black Scholar Vol 50 No 2 (Summer 2020).
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International Mr. Deaf Leather 1996 Daniel Sonnenfeld at Folsom Street Fair.
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Quote from Coming Out All Over Again by Lee Lambert in The Leather Journal No 87 (Oct 1996). Photo by Efrain J. Gonzalez (Living in Leather 1992).
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Quote from A Sexual Culture for Disabled People by Tobin Siebers (in Sex and Disability ed. by Robet McRuer and Anna Mollow, 2012). Photo from Hogtie Vol 3 No 9 (1970s).
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Deborah Hoffman-Wade, San Francisco Leather Marshal 2014 (center in red). Photo by Rich Stadtmiller.
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Leatherpeople at New York Pride in the 1990s, from the
@leatherarchives
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#nineties
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Foot Fraternity poster designed by Dom "Etienne" Orejudos (1980s).
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Dykes on Bikes at the 1987 San Francisco Pride Parade, from the Tony DeBlase collection at the
@leatherarchives
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#DykesOnBikes
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A glimpse of our new pony play exhibit, from Victorian fantasy, to John Willie, to the community today.
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Rod's bar in Madison, Wisconsin (Gay Chicago, July 26, 1984). Rod's closed after a fire that destroyed the Hotel Washington complex in February 1996.
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LGBTQ rights attorney Mauro Walden-Montoya died on December 16, 2023 at the age of 65. He was the first legal director of Whitman-Walker Health, a leather titleholder, minister, husband, and community leader who served on many non-profit boards throughout his career.
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Quote from The Loving Dominant by John and Libby Warren (2008). Photo from Born to Raise Hell (1975).
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Folsom Street Fair 1996, from the photography collections of the LA&M. Do you have photos of Folsom and other events? Contact the LA&M to donate them to the community archives.
#CommunityArchives
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Mr. & Ms. Bunny Contest flyer, a charitable event produced by the Grand Ducal Council of San Francisco at the SF Eagle.
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Photo of the 1998 Folsom Street Fair, from the Bill "The Hun" Schmeling collection at the
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Show your love and support today, and every day.
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Los Angeles Leather Association of the Deaf's first event at Griff's in 1992. Photos by Luke Owens from The Leather Journal No 38 (Sep 1992).
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Quote from The Dominance Playbook by Anton Fulmen (2019). Photo from Bizarre Fantasies Vol 4 No 1 (1984).
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Those of us "of a certain age" have warm remembrances of "The Hun" series. Bill Schmeling was best known for his gay male erotic art, with scenes of raw, rough sex that went far beyond what anyone else was doing at the time.
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The bar at The Gold Coast, Chuck Renslow's first, most famous Leather bar. Photo from the Chuck Renslow collection at the
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Cover illustration for The Chicken Slave's Golden Shower by Franklin Books (1983).
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Men at Folsom Street Fair in the early 1990s, from the
@leatherarchives
collections.
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Quote from Anna Mollow and Robert McRuer's introduction to Sex and Disability (2012). Photo by Jim Wigler from Val Breaks In A House Slave (Drummer special issue, 1980s).
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Johnny's Handlebar, a leather bar in Seattle, from Drummer No 15 (1977).
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Leather people at the 2017 San Francisco Pride Parade, photographed by Rich Stadtmiller.
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Photo of Eric Paul Leue by Rich Stadtmiller from the 2014 Folsom Street Fair.
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BDSM: bollard discipline and sadomasochism.
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Chuck Renslow, beloved community leader, entrepreneuring activist, an original leatherman and man of courage and vision, our founder, was born today on this day.
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Quote from Fetish: Fashion, Sex & Power by Valerie Steele (1996). Photo from Inguz Productions from Drummer No 177 (1994).
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Quote from Sexuality and its Discontents: Meanings, Myths, and Modern Sexualities by Jeffrey Weeks (1985). Photo from Colt Men No 1 (1975).
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Centaur MC at the DC Pride parade in the mid-1990s. Photo from the Vern Stewart collection at the LA&M.
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Larry Townsend was a writer, best known as the author of The Leatherman's Handbook (1972), one of the first books about the leather community. Townsend was a former president of the Homophile Effort for Legal Protection in Los Angeles.
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Happy National Pet Day! The 25th Anniversary of The Eulenspiegel Society, a pansexual kink club based in New York, included a human dog show.
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Quote from Celebrating Queer Lesbian Desires with Dorothy Allison by Mélanie Grué (in Ilha do Desterro Vol 68 No 2, 2015). Photo by Honey Lee Cottrell from On Our Back Jun 1990.
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Gryphon Blackswan on the cover of Body Play (1992). Blackswan was a non-binary fashion designer, HIV/AIDS activist and member of the Radical Faeries.
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Photo from the AA Meat Market, a leather bar located on 2933 N Lincoln Ave until 1994.
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Quote from Identity and Ideas by Liz A. Highleyman (in Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries and Visions ed. Naomi Tucker, 1995). Photo from Mister SM No 23 (1979).
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Andrew Borden was titled Mr. Leather New York 1995. Photo from the Vern Stewart collection at the LA&M.
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Brenda Howard (1946-2005) was dubbed The Mother of Pride for her work coordinating the very first Pride March and series of events in NY. She was involved in many activist orgs and is pictured here marching with TES.
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#kinkbelongsatpride
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Leathermen marching for the Positive Resource Center at Leather Walk 2001, from the John B. collection at the LA&M.
#PositiveResourceCenter
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Anyone who arrives by human pony carriage may also have a free 'Freaks in the Sheets' keychain for
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Quote from Skipping the Life Fantastic by Wayne Hoffman (in Policing Public Sex, 1996). Photo by Doris Kloster from Skin Two No 15 (1994).
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The Stud was a leather bar located on 4216 Melrose in Los Angeles from 1974 to 1984. Photo from Drummer No 3 (1975).
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Stop by LAM today for the Kinky Car Wash from 12-3pm. We promise to have better looking dancers asap!
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Photo of the old Gold Coast on Clark and Winnemac in Chicago. The Gold Coast, established in the late 1950s by Chuck Renslow, was one of the first and oldest gay leather bars in the country.
#chicagohistory
#leatherbars
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George Whaley was an accountant and board member of Gay Male S/M Activists. He was known for his whip skills and helped maintain antique clocks for the city. His club brother Ray described him as "one of the kindest, most generous, warmest, and most genuine men I have ever met."
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Quote from Toward a Conversation about Sex in Feminism: A Modest Proposal by Carole S. Vance and Ann Bar Snitow (in Signs, Autumn 1984).
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Eric Stanton (1926-1999) was a prolific fetish artist and cartoonist. Stanton comics can be found on the Internet Archive and for more check out Eric Stanton and the History of the Bizarre Underground by Richard Pérez Seves.
#fetishart
#bdsm
#archives
#femdom
#ericstanton
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