Just like the spring sees the sap rising in trees, February sees fetish men from across Europe rise after the dark winter and come together in one of the biggest fetish events of its kind. Antwerp is the host city for Belgium Leather Pride, which from the 15th to 20th February sees [...]
‘Tis the season for giving and let’s be honest, Leathermen love to give in so many ways! Once again Tom Bristol has been keeping his eye out for special gifts that any discerning leatherman would love to find under his tree tree this year. There is nothing like opening a special package that promises [...]
A brand new worldwide photo competition is about to get off the ground in December 2016 and you're invited to be a part of it. Join in and submit your best gay fetish photos. If your photographs are successful in the competition, you could be the winner one of the following cash prizes: 1st [...]
We all want to stop the spread of HIV, but it takes each of us to accept our responsibilities to make it happen. It Starts With Me is a national campaign from the Terrance Higgins Trust and which aims to bring together real people and their stories to stop HIV. In the leather community, [...]
As LeatherWest celebrates its fifth birthday, it’s a good enough time as any to reflect on the past few years and to celebrate all that has been achieved. LeatherWest started in August 2011 as a way of highlighting and publicising the gay leathermen’s community in the south west of the England and south Wales. [...]
Collaboration (n): the action of working with someone to produce or create something. One hot afternoon in Soho, London saw a collaboration that combined the talents of two creative lovers of leather to produce a set of stunning images. Matt Spike is one of the UK’s top photographers who has a passion [...]
Sunday 31st July 2016 saw another piece of leather history being written with the first ever Mr Leather Wales being appointed. This great achievement comes against the furtherance of gay leather culture in south Wales, championed by both our Mr LeatherWests (2015 & 2016) and our #LeatherDragons campaign. Five sexy and eligible candidates stepped [...]
Ok. First a quick history lesson. Pride has its origins in protest, and specifically in the Stonewall riots of 1969. This was when New York saw the gay community protest against unprovoked police raids on a gay bar called the Stonewall Inn (the UK Charity Stonewall took its name from this). The following year the [...]
Going along to the second Leather Social: Cardiff, Phil S’Berg “finds where you get a mix, you get a buzz” and the afternoon makes him recall a classic 1970’s Leatherman’s Handbook. The streets of Cardiff were thronged with cyclists, spectators and with quite a lot of lycra on display as the city played host to [...]
Some of the guys enjoying the Leather Social: Cardiff. Image courtesy of The Eagle Bar, Cardiff (all rights acknowledged). On 17th April 2016, a new chapter was begun in story of Leather Wales and the Rise of the Leather Dragons with the establishment of The Leather Social: Cardiff. The Leather Social is [...]
