Quote from Screw The Roses, Send Me the Thorns by Philip Miller and Molly Devon (1995). Illustration by R.A. Shultz from Bound & Gagged 26 (1992)
#powerexchange
#domsub
#bdsm
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.
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.
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.
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.
#Genderqueer
#Gender
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.
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.
#leather
#leatherart
#kink
#etienne
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).
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).
#pride
#leatherbelongsatpride
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).
#cripsex
#sexualfreedom
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.
#LeatherBars
#GayBars
#LGBTHistory
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.
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
#FolsomStreetFair
Mr. & Ms. Bunny Contest flyer, a charitable event produced by the Grand Ducal Council of San Francisco at the SF Eagle.
#sfeagle
#sfducal
#leathercontests
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).
#QueerLA
#DeafQueerHistory
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.
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).
#queertheory
#cripsex
#histsex
#bootlover
Chuck Renslow, beloved community leader, entrepreneuring activist, an original leatherman and man of courage and vision, our founder, was born today on this day.
#ChuckRenslow
Quote from Sexuality and its Discontents: Meanings, Myths, and Modern Sexualities by Jeffrey Weeks (1985). Photo from Colt Men No 1 (1975).
#ColtMen
#LeatherCulture
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.
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.
#queer
#lgbtq
#queerlib
#identitypolitics
#pride
Quote from A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: Notes on the Materialization of Sexual Fantasy by Michael Bronski in Leatherfolk edited by Mark Thompson (1991). Photo from Toy No 60 (1988).
#masc
#gaylib
#butch
#leather
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).
#identitypolitics
#lgbtq
#bisexuality
#biphobia
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.
#pridemonth
#nypride
#leatherbelongsatpride
#kinkbelongsatpride
Quote from Skipping the Life Fantastic by Wayne Hoffman (in Policing Public Sex, 1996). Photo by Doris Kloster from Skin Two No 15 (1994).
#queer
#lgbtvisibility
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
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."
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