(From left) International Leatherboy 2016 boy Jake, International LeatherSir 2016 Sir Ivan and International Community Bootblack 2016 boy Patrick. (Photo by Ryan Brown) DALLAS — The Great Lakes region’s own Sir Ivan won International LeatherSir 2016 on Saturday, Sept. 3, in Dallas. The South Central region dominated the rest of the titles with boy Jake winning International…
DALLAS, TX – The Great Lakes Den would like to congratulate the Great Lakes Leather Sir 2014, Sir Mark & Great Lakes Leather boy 2014, boy Paul on their victory at ILSb and in becoming International Leather Sir 2014 & International Leather boy 2014 respectively. We are proud of you and your accomplishments. Thank you…
CLEVELAND, OHIO- May 30th-May 31st, was the first ever Ohio Annual Leather Weekend. A weekend held to contain the Ohio Leather Master/slave, Ohio LeatherSir/boy, and Ohio Leather Bootblack contests. The bar was significantly packed both nights, with an amazing attendance of people from all over the Great Lakes Region. The contestants all did an amazing…
Cleveland, Ohio- May 30th and 31st, 2014, Ohio will have their first Ohio Annual Leather Weekend. It will consist of the first ever Ohio Master/Slave contest on Friday, and Ohio Leather Sir/boy/Bootblack on Saturday, at Cocktail Daddies in Cleveland. The judges are: Jeffrey Payne, International Mr. Leather 2009; Johnny Flex, American Leatherboy 2009; Sir Merrill Squiers,…
TORONTO — Contestant registration is open for the inaugural Central Canada LeatherSIR / Leatherboy 2014 contests. Who will be the first to hold the titles of Central Canada LeatherSIR and Leatherboy? In January, the former Eastern Canada region that has existed since 2003 was reorganized to create three new regions — Central Canada, Quebec and…
CHICAGO – Regional producers were pleased with the reversal on transgender contestants and in the clarification of the new rules on regional feeder contests. Ms. Kendra, producer for the Great Lakes region had this response when contacted by the Great Lakes Den: I am very happy to see that the board of ILSb-ICBB was open…
DALLAS – Jeffery Payne and the board of International LeatherSir/Leatherboy announced Friday morning that the board has changed its decision on allowing transmen to compete in the ILSb contest. Both cisgender and transgender gay men can compete. In a lengthy letter on both Payne’s and ILSb’s Facebook pages, the board explained their reasoning in last…
CHICAGO – Organizational response to the decision by the board of International LeatherSir/Leatherboy has been mixed. Leatherati has reported that the Northwest Region, MidAtlantic, Florida and Northern California regions have all cancelled contests in response to the ILSb’s changes. In the Midwest, reaction has been more restrained. When contacted for a reaction on the new…
Unless you’ve been offline for the past few days and stayed away from Facebook or Fetlife, then you know of the decision by the board of the International LeatherSir/Leatherboy contest. While they made several decisions that could create conflict, the one on limiting contestants to gay “bio-men” is far and away the most controversial. Judging…
DALLAS – The International LeatherSir/boy contest announced Sunday that it was dissolving all regional producer contracts and limiting contestants to only contest winners (no appointed) and only cisgendered (born) male contestants, removing transgender men from consideration. Leatherati quoted ILSb owner Jeffery Payne as saying “For any person who wants to run for International Leather SIR,…
