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.
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LEATHER BULLDOG HARNS; AN SENTIAL PART OF EVER GAY MANS WARDROBE
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