This weekend, while attending Philadelphia Leather Pride Night (more on that later), I learned that IML 2010 is Tyler McCormick, a disabled transman. Never before has a transman won IML, and never before has a disabled man won IML (though IML 2009 was Jeffrey Payne, who – like me – is late deafened). That he [...]
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Memorial Service
Today was the memorial service for Robert Davis, an incredible figure in the leather community in Baltimore and surrounding areas. This man cared so much. He did work in Baltimore for homeless people and people living with HIV/AIDS. He had time for everybody, somehow his days had over 24 hours. He was so encouraging to [...]
Philadelphia Leather Contest
I’m standing on a podium – actually it’s a gogo platform – at the Philadelphia Leather Contest. The music is rocking, the deaf people are here, I’ve got my water, fairerhiannon is awesome, the lighting is passable, I feel so awesome. The Broadway version of Nine Inch Nails’s Closer is going to be supertastic.
18 Hours, Pt. 2: Contest
I made it to the DC Eagle without incident and chatted with the awe-inspiring (among other-things-inspiring) preppyperv as she got the contestant information packets ready for the judges. The deaf contestant, Sir Y, had said in an e-mail that he’d be there between 6-6:15, but he didn’t show up until about 10 minutes to 7. [...]
So Much Lost
It is now 1:15am. I am finally back in bed. I had some…adventures. Much getting-lost and going-crazy ensued.
Mr. Maryland Leather 2007 Contest
Mr. Maryland Leather 2007 Contest, originally uploaded by woofiegrrl. My friend (and co-interpreter) fairerhiannon took this picture for me after the contest was over. I was exhausted, but I had a big smile because I knew she was about to let me out of the corset! It looked great, and I got tons of compliments, [...]
Home Again
We’re back! I have about a bazillion feeds and friends to catch up on, and I have to unpack, etc. I got a bunch of stuff in the mail, including my purple corset from Meschantes (I need to re-lose the six pounds I gained on vacation before that will fit) and the original Japanese editions [...]
World Leather Weekend
Highlights of the weekend included working with fairerhiannon (a delight as always!), meeting worldwalkerdc (all too briefly), and giving dawnmarie727 her present (her reaction was awesome). Other happenings included buying an embroidered leathergirl t-shirt, trying on a couple of corsets and finding a 26″ fits quite well and a 24″ is not too far off [...]
A Day of Sexuality
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IDL Night, The Mall
Last night I actually went out! To a bar! To see friends! This is something I almost never do, actually. Most of the time :A: and I stay home and watch a movie, play on the computer, etc. When we do go out, it’s just to a movie by ourselves. But last night was IDL [...]