Leather Families

I’m getting all warmed up to go to Leather Reign. And of course I can’t sleep ’cause I have to take a bus at 5:30 a.m.

I’ve been having conversations lately with someone that centre around “Leather”. Recently we were talking about “Leather Families”. Not having had the option/opportunity to experience “Old Guard” gay men’s leather, my sense has come from readings, tellings and scant personal experience.

Do you you have a Leather Family? What makes it something that you woudl use those words to describe it? How did it come to be? Are they useful? Relevant? What does it look like? How does it operate? Initiation rites?

I appreciate that this may be deeply personal and request that if you are willing to share but not publicly, that you contact me directly.

I seven hours I’ll be embarking on a two-day theory conference of “Leather Life” called Leather Reign. I’m just getting started early with my thinking.