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Community Comment: My Leather Identity

by Great Lakes Den Staff • August 13, 2013

I think many of you readers know me from either my educational presentations at lifestyle events, my unique performance art, or perhaps from watching the fetish porn I have made or modeled for. Currently, I am the reigning Great Lakes Ms. Leather Pride, but to most people I am “TheFabulous Ms CherriesJubalie.” For the last two…

Community Comment: Pride and Joy

by Great Lakes Den Staff • July 3, 2013

I don’t know if I have come down yet from the high that I got riding my first float in Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade Sunday. I am still riding the wave of energy and it feels amazing. The Leather Pride float was one of the last ones to make its way down the parade…

Community Comment: How to Survive Fetlife!

by Great Lakes Den Staff • May 18, 2013

1. Get a good genital shot preferably close enough to show off your cervix. Nothing says approachable like a cervix and for the men, make sure we can see the veins bulging on your erect cock shot, and if you have a Coke can, all the better. 2. Approach all female led threads with caution.…

Community Comment: Is The Leather And Kink Scene Ageist Against Young People?

by Great Lakes Den Staff • April 30, 2013

I had a rather troubling Facebook chat with a friend last night and it made me realize that I’ve had this same discussion many times before. My friend is a young, good looking, smart and savvy younger kinkster who feels that his predilection toward dominance is discounted due to his age. I think he’s right.…

Community Comment: A Year in the Life of an IML Sash Widow

by Great Lakes Den Staff • April 29, 2013

The year in the life of a Leather titleholder has been examined discussed at many round table discussion groups and blogs. My intent is to examine a year in that life of a titleholder from a different perspective, from their partner’s viewpoint. As the partner of Mr. Michigan Leather 2011, Woody Woodruff, things went…

Community Comment: My First Boot Licking Experience

by Great Lakes Den Staff • April 22, 2013

I’ve seen my friends do it. I’ve seen them enjoy the hell out of it on both the giving and the receiving sides. For a long while, I just didn’t understand what the big deal was. Actually, I found the thought of doing it kind of gross. I thought that boot worship/licking was just about…

Community Comment: Memorial for Foxy Goat Lisa

by Great Lakes Den Staff • March 6, 2013

I drove home stroking my pink fuzzy press-on mustache Tuesday night pondering the loss of a remarkable woman. Foxy Goat Lisa as she was known in the Chicago Burlesque and Alternative community had an enigmatic smile and wanted everyone to appreciate their own ideas of what “Smutastic” meant to them. The party was originally planned…