Fifty Shades of Bilious
By Caro Recently in a News to Abuse article on Leatherati, there was an article entitled BDSM E-books Take Over Kindle Chart that reported that roughly 10% of the best-selling e books contained...
View ArticleAtlanta Leather Bash – Mr/Ms International Transgender Leather
by Caro The Atlanta Leather Bash, held weekend of September 14-16 at the Atlanta Eagle, played host to a “coming together of the tribes” and notably the first International Transgender Leather Contest...
View ArticleTampa Bay Leather n Fetish Pride
by Caro, Two Contests In St. Petersburg, Fl Over Veteran’s Day Weekend, November 9-11, 2012, the Flamingo Resorts at St. Petersburg was home to the Tampa Bay LeatherSIR/boy 2013 Contest and the...
View ArticlePolari – Gay Banter From Another Time
In the 1970s, the only time I heard the word, “Diva” was either from my gay friends or at the opera; likewise, “drama queen.” While those words originated as “camp speak” of the 60s and 70s, now, every...
View ArticleFlashback to GRID?
On April 13, 2013, the New York Times reported that there were 22 cases of bacterial meningitis reported since 2010. Thirteen infections occurred this year, resulting in 7 deaths and prompting city...
View ArticleCLAW Your Way to the Top
Approximately 1500 people took over two hotels in downtown Cleveland last weekend for CLAW12 (Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend), and few events offer the variety of activities that CLAW does and...
View ArticleIML 35 Afterthoughts
IML Afterthoughts….by Caro IMLXX5–hard to imagine that what started out over three decades ago as a “bar contest” would grow into the joyous behemoth it’s now become, and each time I go, I enjoy it...
View ArticleEvery Thirteen Minutes…
" According to the CDC, in 2013, suicide was the 10th leading cause of death for Americans of all ages.1 A staggering 41,149 suicides were reported, roughly one almost every 13 minutes.2 The CDC sites...
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