Hi my little Leatherpagers. Did you miss me? What do you mean you’ve only written one post how could I possibly miss you? Okay. I admit I’ve been neglecting you. There are no excuses, but I will say that I’ve been having bandwidth issues (both literal and figurative).

I promise I’ll pay more attention to you from now on. I do have some great ideas for a few articles, but in the meantime, let me give you some lesbian bondage…

A little back story: my lesbian girlfriend (“lg”) asked me if I would take some pics of her for an online profile. I’ve done a lot of erotic photo shoots with boys/men but this was my first time with a woman (really? the joke is too easy) that wasn’t just strictly a headshot.

Now I’m not one of those gays who gets all prissy around naked women. I think some queens are borderline misogynist when they make such a big deal about how disgusted they are. I think the female body is absolutely beautiful. You don’t have to have sex with something to find it lovely.

Having said that, it’s different when it’s your buddy. So while I had a little trepidation, I’m a good friend and took the plunge. Surprisingly,  the challenge for me wasn’t seeing my friend’s boobies. No, the hard part for me was tying her up!

I like bondage. But I have the attention span of an amphetamine-addicted squirrel. So I don’t have the patience for someone who takes hours to tie me up before ever getting down to the good stuff. And as a top (don’t laugh), I have even less patience for rope. So I really never learned how to tie someone up.

So enjoy the pics, but be warned that you will probably laugh at my knots. Maybe I need some hand’s -on training?

(And I promise I will be a good pup and be more regular about my postings.)

“PERFECT MATCH”
boy in cocksucker – daddy in blow me.

I love it when a plan comes together… even when it was never intended to be that way.

a perfect pairing

It’s friday, it is the eve of a super full moon, and the day before cinco de mayo.

PLEASE BE CAREFUL OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND.

Mitch,
the bearded guy or thebeardedguy.com

>> Rogue Leatherwomen: Andrea Zanin

SAN FRANCISCO EVENT CALENDAR

Make sure to look farther down this calendar at some of the links under Kink Event Resources that will list recurring or other events that this calendar might not otherwise capture.

Check out the Scott Brogan’s latest calendar entries in the B.A.R. http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=leather

Ongoing

Gear Up Weekend registration is open. http://www.gearupweekend.com/

April 20, 2012

EDGEing with Michael Brandon, 9pm-Midnight, Edge Bar, SF.

April 21, 2012

- Red Hanky Party, Mr. S, 385A 8th Street, SF, 8pm-2am.

- Tony Hunter Bare Chest Calendar Fund Raising Party, 7-10pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/332931823429157/

April 22, 2012

- Bears in the Park, not an overtly kinky event but a lot of kinksters attend, Dolores Park near the tennis courts (Dolores and 18th Street), 1-5pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/115724968559482/?ref=ts

- ACLC, Hearts of Gold Benefit for Gold Star Moms, Hearts of Gold Bike Run: Start time TBA to 2pm Bootblacking and Cigar Fundraiser: 2pm to 6pm At the World Famous Turf Club 22519 Main Street Hayward, CA 94541. Hearts of Gold Bike Run: Riders, meet up in San Francisco (location and time TBD). Dykes on Bikes will lead a run from the city to the World Famous Turf Club in Hayward. This ride is open to all club affiliations and individuals. Requested donation of $10 per rider coversthe run fee, BBQ and a raffle ticket at the fundraiser. Please look for more ride info coming soon! For ride info and to RSVP pleaseemail: rides@)dykesonbikes.org. Bootblacking and Cigar fundraiser: Boot lovers, cigar aficionados and non-riders, join Miss BethieBee and Curren Dresser at 2pm on the beautiful garden patio of the World Famous Turf Club. We’ll have a host of bootblacks, aselection of cigars for you to purchase and enjoy, and BBQ. We’ll also have a silent auction of fabulous prizes, with all of the proceedsbenefiting Gold Star Moms!

April 23, 2012

- SF Ring, Combining Bondage with Caning, Spanking and Flogging, with Master Morris. See http://www.sfring.org/

- ACLC, Education at the Lighthouse community center in Hayward, open to everyone 18 years old and up, this month we arehaving along with Marilyn discussing and demonstrating “Things that make you bleed!” This will be a class to remember!

April 25, 2012

Leathermen’s Discussion Group, Leatherati (www.leatherati.com) with Loren Berthelsen and Alex Lindsay, Mr. S Playspace, 385A Eight Street, SF, 7:30-9:30pm. Leatherati.com launched in 2009 after a long (and productive!) gestation in the minds of Loren Berthelsen and Alex Lindsay. Sensing a gaping hole in the informatosphere for things leathery but not adult-rated, the duo leveraged their long-standing involvement in the leather community to bring you the most comprehensive leather content site available today. Leatherati explores our unique lifestyle of contests and titleholders, travel and events, dining and drinking, entertainment and shopping and of course, news and opinion. http://sfldg.org/, https://www.facebook.com/events/200566206713822/.

April 26, 2012

ACLC Leather Nights at the Turf Club in Hayward, 5-8 this month we are celebrating Bondage..be sure to bring your rope!

April 28, 2012

- Community Gear Swapmeat, Rubbermen of San Francisco is teaming up this month with Ms SF Leather Bethie Bee. Bethie will be dedicating proceeds from gear sales and donations to The Community United Against Violence. Jeremy Novy will be back again as the Featured Artist showing his kinky street stencils. Check out details on our website where you can post gear for sale or your wishlist before the Swapmeet. http://www.rmsf.org/events-2/swap-meet/

- Come out and vote for which image they’ll use for the 2012 Folsom poster, Powerhouse, 10pm – 1am. Proceeds from the night benefit the charities of Folsom Street Events. $5 entry gets you a ballot to vote for your favorite.

May 4, 2012

Red Light District “May The Fourth Be With You”, 8:30pm-Midnight, Edge Bar, SF. Get Your Lightsabers Ready! That Galaxy Far Far Away gets a bit kinky when the Rubbermen of San Francisco Strike Back! Join Michael Brandon and RMSF for a live reenactment of some of you favorite epic scenes with an erotic twist! https://www.facebook.com/events/220007854771400/

May 12, 2012

SF Intergenerational Tribal Council, a social group comprising numerous families, clans or generations together with slaves, dependents or adopted strangers, project of EJ Sanchez, 4:30pm-6:30pm, Powerhouse. www.sf-itc.com

May 18-20, 2012

“Springtime in Yosemite”, Golden Gate Guards. Spend a weekend in Yosemite with the Golden Gate Guards in El Portal, CA. Further information about the event can be found at the Golden Gate Guards web site at www.ggguards.com, and by contacting the 2012 Road Captain, Jack Goodall, at rc@ggguards.com.

May 19, 2012

Red Hanky Party, Mr. S, 385A 8th Street, SF, 8pm-2am.

June 2, 2012

Leather Elegance, Elieo’s in San Leandro, CA. Uniform/ Formal Leather Dinner. Tickets available soon.

June 16, 2012

Red Hanky Party, Mr. S, 385A 8th Street, SF, 8pm-2am.

June 29-30, 2012

Mr. & Ms. Alameda County Leather 2012. The Meet and Greet for the 21st Mr. & Ms. Alameda County Leather contest will be held at the World Famous Turf club Fri. June 29th starting at 6:30pm with a bbq and meet the contestants. Sat. June 30th continues with the Mr. & Ms. Alameda County title contest at the Humanists Hall in Oakland, CA. Tickets availible soon.

July 12-15, 2012

Gear Up Weekend. http://www.gearupweekend.com/

July 28-29, 2012

Up Your Alley Weekend. http://www.folsomstreetevents.org/alley

Bay of Pigs on Saturday night (10pm-4am)

Up Your Alley on Sunday (11am-6pm)

with PLAY! T-Dance to follow the Fair

August 18, 2012

Red Hanky Party, Mr. S, 385A 8th Street, SF, 8pm-2am.

September 21, 2012

FULL FETISH San Francisco will be held at Sound Factory, 10pm-4am

Presented by RECON.com. Experience a European style play party!

September 22, 2012

2nd Rainbow Leather Cruise will be on Saturday, 3pm.

September 22, 2012

Magnitude will be held at Sound Factory, 10pm-4am

With full dungeon downstairs. And dancing upstairs.

September 23, 2012

Folsom Street Fair, www.folsomstreetevents.org

Main stage bands. Two dance areas. Women’s play space.

Erotic artists’ area. Over 200 exhibitor booths for kink shopping!

October 20, 2012

Red Hanky Party, Mr. S, 385A 8th Street, SF, 8pm-2am.

October 27, 2012

Ms. San Francisco Leather Contest, Hotel Whitcomb. www.mssfleather.org

November 17, 2012

Red Hanky Party, Mr. S, 385A 8th Street, SF, 8pm-2am.

KINK EVENT RESOURCES

Leathermen at the Movies. A movie group for SF leather/kink men.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/150644498348320/

The Rubber Men of San Francisco (Facebook group). https://www.facebook.com/groups/RubberMenofSanFrancisco/

15 Association (play parties). http://www.the15association.org

Leatherpage. Great site managed by SF’s own Leland Carina that often lists various kinky events and happenings in the SF/Bay Area. http://www.leatherpage.com/

Leather Buddies, Blow Buddies, 4th Wednesday of every month (but always check against their website). http://www.blowbuddies.com/

Golden Shower Buddies (piss event), Blow Buddies, 2nd Wednesday of every month (but always check against their website). http://www.blowbuddies.com/

San Francisco Bay Area Leather Alliance Calendar. The Alliance keeps a great calendar of events in the SF/Bay area. http://www.erobay.com/calendar/Calcium40.pl?Op=ShowIt&CalendarName=Leather_Alliance

SF Ring – A BDSM educational group serving the gay and bisexual male community in Northern California with bimonthly meetings. http://www.sfring.org/

Folsom Street Events Leather Week Calendar. http://folsomstreetfair.org/leather-week/

Bay Area Reporters September 2011 leather kink event guide. http://www.bartabsf.com/2011/08/on-the-tab-september-2011-leatherkink-edition/

Bar Information. These four bars seem to have the most kink-related events in SF. If anyone thinks another bar should be added to the list, let me know. They often list events through group might be interested in on their web sites or send out notices to their email subscribers.

Powerhouse, http://www.powerhouse-sf.com/events.html

KOK Bar, http://www.kokbarsf.com/

The Edge, http://www.edgesf.com/

Truck, http://www.trucksf.com/

Sober Kink Together, Friday nights, 9:30 pm – 10:45 pm at the Castro Country Club, 4058 18th St., officially a CMA meeting but open to all Anonymous 12-step Fellowship members. http://soberkink.wetpaint.com/page/Introduction

HIV/STD Testing: Since many of the guys in this group are sexually active, it’s a good idea to get tested regularly. If your primary care doctor doesn’t do such testing during your regular visits, here are some local resources (I personally use Magnet the most often for my regular 3-month checkup when my doctor hasn’t done it).

Magnet (once you have a member ID, you can make appointment reservations online too). 4122 18th Street, San Francisco. http://www.magnetsf.org/

San Francisco City Clinic, 356 7th Street, San Francisco. http://www.sfcityclinic.org/

LIVE IN OR VISIT LOS ANGELES? CHECK OUT THE MIKE’S BAR FACEBOOK GROUP (run by Mike Gerle):

https://www.facebook.com/groups/mikesbar/

I’m currently working on a series of articles for Leatherati, entitled Rogue Leatherwomen. Gayle Rubin contributed some amazing thoughts to it which will be published in the upcoming month.

As part of our correspondence, she sent along an article that she wrote in 1999. With her permission, here is a link to download it.

In it, Gayle writes about Leatherfolk expressing concerns about the community not being what they would like it to be. (A complaint that we still hear quite often.) It also discusses, specifically, the women’s community in San Francisco.

Please enjoy!

On behalf of Leatherpage.com, Leland Carina is offering a privately-funded scholarship for research and journalism in the amount of $1,000. This money is intended to cover the flight and hotel for a weekend-long stay in Chicago, providing an opportunity for the recipient to research at the Leather Archives & Museum (LA&M). Any funds remaining after travel costs may be used to further the recipient’s work.

Rick Storer, Executive Director of LA&M, will meet with the recipient to suggest resources that may be useful and provide training on using the museum’s in-house catalogs.

The winner will document their process on Leatherpage.com in blog format and also publish a series of articles based on their findings. Specific subjects may include a wide range of interests; particular proposals are to be made at the time of application.

This scholarship is open to all members of the Leather Community. Applicants will be required to submit a Leather community resume, samples of previous writing/projects, and references. In addition, applicants are asked to respond to a provocative question with a sample article. The most innovative answers will be published on Leatherpage.com.

The scholarship recipient will be determined based on merit. Experience will be considered in relation to time in the community; a promising newer member has equal chance to receive it as does a seasoned veteran. Leland may enlist the help of advisors during the review process.

The mission of this Scholarship is to support community research and journalism, to invite critical thinking about the structure of our community, and to spark engaged public discourse. It is Leland’s hope that this will start a new trend– inspiring organizations and individuals to sponsor similar investigations that will solidly and directly benefit our community.

Prospective applicants are encouraged to request the formal application, to do so please write to Leland (at) Leatherpage (dot) com.

Application deadline is June 30th, 2012. Scholarship will be awarded on or by September 1st. Applicants must be able to successfully complete the work before the end of 2012.

Please help spread the word to people to those you feel should apply!

Each year, we select a charity and dedicate all of our yearly fundraising to that group. In the recent past, these have been:

In Other Words, one of the few surviving women’s bookstores and community spaces:
Bradley Angle House, a home to protect survivors of domestic violence
the Q-Center, Portland’s queer community center
the Sexual Minorities Youth Resource Center
and many others

We also host monthly and yearly events such as:

The Kinky women’s munch
The Sinsations Sampler and Party
HOWL, an annual BDSM women’s camping event in the Gorge
Sunday School, a day of workshops as part of Oregon Leather Pride
bi-monthly workshops
Full Moon Fridays, a monthly discussion group
Fundraising events

After these years of parties, workshops, discussion groups, and fundraising, we’ve still got a strong group of women who are active in Portland and across the nation. Tonight, we’re celebrating with our larger community with a party and charity event including a silent auction and raffle, with all proceeds benefiting our charity of the year, SMYRC. (For more info on the charity visit www.smyrc.org.) We will also have displays of Bad Girls history and from the Oregon Leather History Project run by Andy Mangels.

We hope you’ll join us in celebrating women’s Leather activities and clubs across the nation and world. Here’s to wishing us all another 20 years and more of goodness!

Bad Girls
pdxbadgirls.net

Steve Lenius here, Leather Life columnist for *Lavender* Magazine in Minneapoils/St. Paul, Minnesota.

SAN FRANCISCO EVENT CALENDAR

Make sure to look farther down this calendar at some of the links under Kink Event Resources that will list recurring or other events that this calendar might not otherwise capture.

Check out the Scott Brogan’s latest calendar entries in the B.A.R. http://www.ebar.com/arts/art_article.php?sec=leather

Ongoing

Gear Up Weekend registration is open. http://www.gearupweekend.com/

April 6, 2012

Red Light Rubber District “Bait and Switch”, 9pm-Midnight, Edge, SF. https://www.facebook.com/events/254882957935335/ 

April 7, 2012

- “Daddy’s Dungeon” at the Powerhouse, an event put on by the SF K9 Unit – 8 pm to 11 pm. Demos, pups pupping out, come get to know the SF K9 Unit.

- The Bolt’s Anniversary, The Bolt, 2560 Boxwood Street, Sacramento, CA 95815, 11am-2am. https://www.facebook.com/events/406553386026201/

April 9, 2012

- SF Ring, Full Body Immobilization Ties, with Ropemaster John. See http://www.sfring.org/

- ACLC members dinner, Giovanni Restaurant 2420 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704, (510) 665-7700, meet up around 6:30ish, http://originalgiovanni.com/menu/dinner

April 12, 2012

ACLS General Assembly, 7:30PM, Lighthouse community center in Hayward, 1217 A St, Hayward, CA 94541. Open to everyone.

- Gear Up for a Play Party. Join the men of Gear Up Weekend for a hot and kinky play party, Mr. S Playspace, 385-A 8th Street, SF, 9:00pm, doors close at 11:30pm, all gear (or none at all) welcome, $20, $15 for students and millitary with valid I.D. http://www.gearupweekend.com/2012/04/gear-up-for-a-play-party-on-saturday-april-14th/

April 22, 2012

ACLC, Hearts of Gold Benefit for Gold Star Moms, Hearts of Gold Bike Run: Start time TBA to 2pm Bootblacking and Cigar Fundraiser: 2pm to 6pm At the World Famous Turf Club 22519 Main Street Hayward, CA 94541. Hearts of Gold Bike Run: Riders, meet up in San Francisco (location and time TBD). Dykes on Bikes will lead a run from the city to the World Famous Turf Club in Hayward. This ride is open to all club affiliations and individuals. Requested donation of $10 per rider covers the run fee, BBQ and a raffle ticket at the fundraiser. Please look for more ride info coming soon! For ride info and to RSVP please email: rides@dykesonbikes.org. Bootblacking and Cigar fundraiser: Boot lovers, cigar aficionados and non-riders, join Miss BethieBee and Curren Dresser at 2pm on the beautiful garden patio of the World Famous Turf Club. We’ll have a host of bootblacks, a selection of cigars for you to purchase and enjoy, and BBQ. We’ll also have a silent auction of fabulous prizes, with all of the proceeds benefiting Gold Star Moms!

April 23, 2012

- SF Ring, Combining Bondage with Caning, Spanking and Flogging, with Master Morris. See http://www.sfring.org/

- ACLC, Education at the Lighthouse community center in Hayward, open to everyone 18 years old and up, this month we arehaving along with Marilyn discussing and demonstrating “Things that make you bleed!” This will be a class to remember!

April 25, 2012

Leathermen’s Discussion Group, Leatherati (www.leatherati.com) with Loren Berthelsen and Alex Lindsay, Mr. S Playspace, 385A Eight Street, SF, 7:30-9:30pm. Leatherati.com launched in 2009 after a long (and productive!) gestation in the minds of Loren Berthelsen and Alex Lindsay. Sensing a gaping hole in the informatosphere for things leathery but not adult-rated, the duo leveraged their long-standing involvement in the leather community to bring you the most comprehensive leather content site available today. Leatherati explores our unique lifestyle of contests and titleholders, travel and events, dining and drinking, entertainment and shopping and of course, news and opinion. http://sfldg.org/, https://www.facebook.com/events/200566206713822/.

April 26, 2012

ACLC Leather Nights at the Turf Club in Hayward, 5-8 this month we are celebrating Bondage..be sure to bring your rope!

April 28, 2012

Come out and vote for which image they’ll use for the 2012 Folsom poster, Powerhouse, 10pm – 1am. Proceeds from the night benefit the charities of Folsom Street Events. $5 entry gets you a ballot to vote for your favorite.

KINK EVENT RESOURCES

Leathermen at the Movies. A movie group for SF leather/kink men.  https://www.facebook.com/groups/150644498348320/

The Rubber Men of San Francisco (Facebook group). https://www.facebook.com/groups/RubberMenofSanFrancisco/

15 Association (play parties). http://www.the15association.org

Leatherpage. Great site managed by SF’s own Leland Carina that often lists various kinky events and happenings in the SF/Bay Area. http://www.leatherpage.com/

Leather Buddies, Blow Buddies, 4th Wednesday of every month (but always check against their website). http://www.blowbuddies.com/

Golden Shower Buddies (piss event), Blow Buddies, 2nd Wednesday of every month (but always check against their website). http://www.blowbuddies.com/

San Francisco Bay Area Leather Alliance Calendar. The Alliance keeps a great calendar of events in the SF/Bay area. http://www.erobay.com/calendar/Calcium40.pl?Op=ShowIt&CalendarName=Leather_Alliance

SF Ring – A BDSM educational group serving the gay and bisexual male community in Northern California with bimonthly meetings. http://www.sfring.org/

Folsom Street Events Leather Week Calendar. http://folsomstreetfair.org/leather-week/

Bay Area Reporters September 2011 leather kink event guide. http://www.bartabsf.com/2011/08/on-the-tab-september-2011-leatherkink-edition/

Bar Information. These four bars seem to have the most kink-related events in SF. If anyone thinks another bar should be added to the list, let me know. They often list events through group might be interested in on their web sites or send out notices to their email subscribers.

Powerhouse, http://www.powerhouse-sf.com/events.html

KOK Bar, http://www.kokbarsf.com/

The Edge, http://www.edgesf.com/

Truck, http://www.trucksf.com/

Sober Kink Together, Friday nights, 9:30 pm – 10:45 pm at the Castro Country Club, 4058 18th St., officially a CMA meeting but open to all Anonymous 12-step Fellowship members. http://soberkink.wetpaint.com/page/Introduction

HIV/STD Testing: Since many of the guys in this group are sexually active, it’s a good idea to get tested regularly. If your primary care doctor doesn’t do such testing during your regular visits, here are some local resources (I personally use Magnet the most often for my regular 3-month checkup when my doctor hasn’t done it).

Magnet (once you have a member ID, you can make appointment reservations online too). 4122 18th Street, San Francisco. http://www.magnetsf.org/

San Francisco City Clinic, 356 7th Street, San Francisco. http://www.sfcityclinic.org/

LIVE IN OR VISIT LOS ANGELES? CHECK OUT THE MIKE’S BAR FACEBOOK GROUP (run by Mike Gerle):

https://www.facebook.com/groups/mikesbar/

Hello Leatherpagers. I’m very excited that Leland asked (finally relented to my begging) me to participate here. It’s a wonderful opportunity and actually solves a problem I’ve been dealing with. You see I have my own blog (why yes, thank you of course you can check it out here), but I realize that not everyone who reads it necessarily wants to hear about my sex life (I’m looking at you, Aunt Jody). So here I can explore some of the more randy aspects of my Randy life.

A bit about me. I moved to San Francisco last summer after living in NYC for thirteen years. The official reason is a mid-life crisis. The unofficial reason is I was just ready for a change. I’ve been playing around with leather/kink for almost fifteen years, but I’ve never really felt like part of a “community.” I think that being in San Francisco will give me more of an opportunity to embrace that. I’ve already made some inroads, mostly with the pups (thank you, SF K9 Unit) and am looking forward to exploring even further.

I’m a 36 year-old (soon to be 37) ex-musical theater queen who identifies primarily as a sub/pup, although I have been playing with my Dom/Handler side lately (hey if the twinks want me, who am I to deny them?). I’ve been HIV+ for ten years and while I don’t feel that has much relation to anything leather related, I feel that it’s still an important issue that many people downplay. It does not define me, but I won’t act like it’s not an issue. I feel that non-disclosure gives people an impression that it’s something to be ashamed of.

So I’ll be writing a bit about my experiences (hopefully not coming off as too egocentric) in the kink/leather/bdsm/pup worlds. I’m also an amateur photographer/designer (i.e., professional secretary) and I’ve had the opportunity to do a lot of fun photos lately, which I’m excited to share here. In fact, here’s a recent pic I took of some pups for some upcoming K9 Unit events. This is Alpha Kai and Blondie, two very fun pups (I know from experience).

So that’s me. I’m excited to be writing/photoblogging here and I hope you like what I have to say/show.

*wags