It’s generally assumed that leather culture got s start the 1940s, as an offshoot to post-World War II motorcycle clubs that began poppg up around the same time. Gays had flocked drov to large ci followg Blue Discharg om the army, a way of removg homosexuals om service, as dishonourably dischargg and imprisong gays beme impractil wh the huge number of recs durg WWII. It led to large groups of homosexuals ci like Los Angel, San Francis and Chigo.
Contents:
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF LEATHER AND THE GAYS
- IN HONOR OF LGBT HISTORY MONTH: GAY LEATHER HISTORY.
- WHAT EXACTLY IS THE GAY LEATHER PRI FLAG, AND WHAT DO IT MEAN?
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LEATHER AND THE GAYS
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IN HONOR OF LGBT HISTORY MONTH: GAY LEATHER HISTORY.
When I burst through the closet doors, my first expensive purchase was a leather harns. I wanted to f , and knew the harns was a staple garment for gay men. But how did we get here? How has the leather harns bee such a veted and symbolic garment among gay men? Unfortunately, the harns, like much of leather history, is one of myth and legend, and very ltle is ncretely rerd. * gay leather origin *
The gay esystem has a rich taxonomy of subcultur that all somewhat stem om one Adam(4Adam)’s rib – the leather muny. Gays had flocked drov to large ci followg Blue Discharg om the army, a way of removg homosexuals om service, as dishonourably dischargg and imprisong gays beme impractil wh the huge number of recs durg WWII. It led to large groups of homosexuals ci like Los Angel, San Francis and Chigo.
WHAT EXACTLY IS THE GAY LEATHER PRI FLAG, AND WHAT DO IT MEAN?
Free Onle Library: In honor of LGBT history month: Gay Leather History. by "Liberty Prs"; Women's issu/genr studi Gay men Appreciatn * gay leather origin *
Gays who viewed themselv as butch and mascule were drawn to the look. Gay-foced motorcycle clubs began appearg the 1950s, like the LA-based Satyrs Motorcycle Club and Oedip Motorcycle Club. By the 1970s, Tom of Fland (full name Too Val Laaksonen), a – you gused – Fnish artist, was able to qu his job and pursue his homoerotic art full time.
Orejudos, who was also known by the nom plume Etienne, was another homoerotic artist, who, along wh Gee Quatance, spired Tom of Fland’s work.