One of the many pleasures that keeps me engaged in this wonderful leather and kink scene of ours is seeing our kinky kind coming together at the many events where we can socialize and connect.

The Chicago Hellfire Club has opened its doors to trans leathermen after more than a decade-long battle for inclusion that shook up the leather community throughout the U.S.

Developer 4Terra Investments, as part of the capital improvements it is required to pay for, has worked with leather community members and city officials to reimagine Ringold Alley into a streetscape that honors local leather aficionados and their colorfu

From taking a selfie to checking their cellphones, these four guys also checked out the Up Your Alley street fair Sunday, July 31. The South of Market tradition gets locals into the leather and fetish spirit for the much larger Folsom Street Fair in late

How could the horrific mass murder in Orlando unfold and me not comment here? It is clearly a watershed moment in our history and I would be terribly remiss not addressing it. But you might ask, what does that incident have to with leather and kink, the f

Women who are into leather, kink and the edgier styles of sexuality only have a handful of large events that are exclusively dedicated to them and their particular aspects of our kink culture.

Sexy, savvy stud's back at The Nob Hill Theatre

Anyone who has been around the leather world for a while has heard a lot of words uttered related to some version of building community. Outreach. Building bridges. Inclusion. And many other canned phrases meant to represent some leather version of foster

For the leather community to be honored in such a public and meaningful way is a historic moment.

At the recent Ms. San Francisco Leather contest held on October 3, 2015 at Hotel Whitcomb, four women competed to be Ms. SF Leather 2016. It was a fun and well run contest and I'll mention more about it in a moment.

Being a former Chicagoan, every time the International Mr. Leather (IML) weekend rolls around, I get excited. It's always a trip down hometown memory lane for me as well as a chance to reconnect with countless friends, some of whom I only see there once a

Yet again the fine folks at the San Francisco Bay Area Leather Alliance, along with a small army of dedicated volunteers and supportive sponsors, produced their Leather Alliance Weekend on March 5-8.

On Wednesday, January 28, the San Francisco Leathermen's Discussion Group (LDG) hosted a panel discussion named "Are Leather Titles Necessary?" at the SF LGBT Center.

Before you read any further, I know the title of this column is provocative. Obviously I'm going to talk about PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis), the once a day pill regimen to prevent HIV infection. I also seem to be implying that leathersex is lacking sex