[flagallery gid=119] COLUMBUS, Ohio — For decades, the leather contingency in Columbus has participated in the PRIDE parade. Whether it was individuals jumping in and doing what we needed to do or fragmented groups, we were there. For the last four years, several leather organizations (this year Mid-Ohio Rose and Leather, Trident International – Columbus,…
DALLAS — The Leathertarian Awards announced their 2018 winners on Thursday, June 21. They are: Lifetime Award Winner Vi Johnson Female Award Winner Tyesha Nicole Best Male Award Winner Nitro Hankinson The Male and Female winners will receive a check in the amount of $500.00. The Lifetime Award winner will receive a check in the…
CHICAGO — News broke over the weekend that The Jackhammer Complex, home of The Hole bar, host of both Mr. Fetish Jackhammer and Mr. Leather 64TEN, and the Leather 64TEN leather store, is facing closure in the next month. According to a press release, the mortgage on the building has been bought by an out-of-state…
ST. LOUIS — The Gateway Alternative Lifestyle Center (GALC) will have its grand opening event on Saturday, Sept. 29. The GALC will be at 2753-2 Magnolia Avenue in St Louis. The vendor list and RSVP page is still in the process of being developed, but there is a rough schedule of events set up: Open Celebration…
CHICAGO — The Leather Archives & Museum will host HP Lehkonen, a trans-masc artist from Finland, on Thursday, May 31.
Lehkonen is the author of the Queer Prism Award-winning “Short Gay Stories” from Cow House Press. He will be doing a reading at the LA&M.
The event is free but donations are encouraged. A $5 donation will get an art print and people who donate $10 will get an art print and a goodie bag. All donations go to the LA&M.
CHICAGO — IML founder Chuck Renslow was honored with a street dedication on Saturday, May 19, the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago. Clark Street between Argyle and Winnemac was renamed Chuck Renslow Way. That stretch of Clark was also the site of both the Chicago Eagle and Mans Country. In the coming months, it will become…
WASHINGTON — The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is urging people to support the first Sex Worker Lobby day on June 1 in Washington, D.C. Organizations and sex workers will be lobbying members of Congress and direct action across the country on June 1 and 2. From the NCSF: The recently enacted FOSTA-SESTA laws have directly…
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Health’s (MDH) reported last week that cases of sexually transmitted diseases increased in 2017. HIV cases remained stable, but there are disparities when it comes to communities of cover and men who have sex with men. MDH’s new report shows a 10 percent increase in new syphilis cases and a…
DES MOINES — LGBTQ rights group One Iowa announced Monday evening that former executive director Donna Red Wing had passed away. Red Wing had been fighting lung cancer. “Donna was a force to be reckoned with and will be greatly missed by individuals across the country. She called herself an activist and an agitator and…
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…
