Feature stories on the Great Lakes Den (interviews, profiles, fun stuff).
On Sunday, April 15th, the Trident International WIndy City hosted the 5th Annual Cupcake Wars at Touché in Chicago. This year’s event benefited the Broadway Youth Center. The Broadway Youth Center (BYC) of Howard Brown Health is a haven for LGBTQ youth and young people experiencing homelessness or housing instability. Here they seek refuge and community…
Pup Pawlympics was a result of conversations Iowa Puppy 2018,Mal Orion (who is also the producer) had with other pups in Iowa as he was coming out as puppy. They felt there wasn’t a community here and he wanted to be part of changing that impression. Mal wanted to do something that was less…
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis leather store and community space Twin Cities Leather & Latte announced during the Twin Cities Leather contest that the store needs help to remain open. The business is the sponsor of the contest and has been open for about five years. The announcement was made at the end of the contest. They…
CHICAGO — The Great Lakes Den has been growing steadily on both our website and social media. But we’re always wanting to find other ways to serve you, our readers, better. The survey takes just two minutes to complete and can be completely anonymous. When you’re done, please go ahead and share the survey with others so…
Many people were surprised by the choice of Executive Director for the Leather Archives & Museum. So I did some research about how their Board of Directors works and possibly how the selection was made. When work on this article was starting, you were not able to find out the terms of the board members…
Editor’s Note: Ivan Nunez of Minneapolis, International LeatherSir 2016, is the next writer in our Archiving the Future series. This was originally posted on his Facebook page and is reprinted here with permission. If you are involved in the leather community, you may know of the Leather Archives and Museum (LA&M) and that it recently…
Editor’s Note: Since the Leather Archives & Museum board of directors selected Gary Wasdin as the new executive director, the community has been expressing frustration, confusion and anger. The choice of a library system professional over a longtime volunteer with museum management and development experience and a longtime employee of the LAM has sparked discussion…
– Cincinnati, OH, November 17th to November 19th A little history on Tri-State Leather weekend: Starting in 2011, the Tri-State area (Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana) has come together and held the Mr. Tri-State Leather Contest. The title was awarded to Danny. In 2013, the first Mr Tri-State Rubber title was awarded to Ben. In 2014,…
CHICAGO — This past weekend, Mr. International Rubber (MIR) played host to what is likely the first formal meetup for People of Color to be part of an official event schedule and not hosted by a club.
About 25 people gathered in the third-floor lobby of the Center on Halstead, during MIR Weekend. While African-Americans did make up the largest part of the group, people from the Asian, Native American and Latinx communities were also present. Those present spoke about their experiences as people of color both as LGBTQ and kinky people.
When you open the event guide to GLLA you are met with a letter from Ms. Kendra, Owner and Executive Director of GLLA. GLLA was formed to bring many facets of our community together. From our Educational Program to the displays of our history that is available to you. Learning and growing is a big…
