Life After IML - May 2006


John standing next to Jason Hendrix. Behind Jason's head is a vertical roulette wheel used for fundraising

Sunday 30th April - Meeting Jason Hendrix at CLAW. His halo seems to have slipped.


April came and went in a flash. London celebrated Bear and Leather Pride 2006 over Easter and two weeks later I flew to Cleveland for CLAW. The roads were closed around the CLAW host hotel as Spiderman 3 was being filmed outside, so we watched New York taxis drive past over and over again from our hotel room window. It was fun watching one of the hotel guests trying to hail a NYC cab to take her to the airport.

Last November I wrote a web column about attacks on the leather and SM community. The column described three campaigns against censorship on both sides of the Atlantic led by the Free Speech Coalition, Backlash and the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom. A lot has happened in the last six months, so here's an update on the campaigns.




Please continue to support the FREE SPEECH COALITION, BACKLASH, THE SPANNER TRUST and THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR SEXUAL FREEDOM.

If you sit back and do nothing our attackers might come after your personal freedoms next.


Thanks for your help.


John Pendal
International Mr Leather 2003


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