Leather & BDSM Links Page

John on stage wearing a blue leather shirt, talking into a microphone
Jan 2007 - Hosting the Mr Chicago Leather contest
Photo credit: Chuck Goes


BDSM/ Civil Rights Campaigners

American Civil Liberties Union (USA)
Amnesty International - LGBT Network (worldwide)
Backlash (UK)
Free Speech Coalition (USA)
Lambda Legal (USA)
Liberty (UK)
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (USA)
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (USA)
Peter Tatchell (worldwide)
Revise F65 Project (worldwide)
Sexual Freedom Coalition (UK)
Spanner Trust (UK)
Stonewall (UK)
Woodhull Freedom Foundation (USA)

Publications and Resources

The Art of BDSM - Personal website of SM educator "Fifth Angel"
Chicago Leather Kennel Club - support and advice for leather contestants and contest winners
Colors of Leather - documenting leather history
Daedalus Publishing company - publish books on SM
Dungeon Monitors Association - useful information on hosting play parties
GMFA (gay men's health charity) - UK based sexual health website
Green Candy Press - publish books on SM
Hard Sell - UK based sexual health website for SM players
Howard Brown Health Center - Chicago based LGBT health organisation
Instigator Magazine - glossy colour magazine for the fetish community
Informed Consent - UK based pansexual BDSM website
John's (my) Guide to London - updated weekly
Kink Aware Professionals (KAP) - directory of legal, medical and mental health practitioners
Kinky Books - Chicago based fetish bookseller
Leather Archives & Museum (LA&M) - "based in Chicago, serving the world"
The Leather Journal - free monthly newspaper, published in the US
Leather Journey - Minnesota based BDSM website
Leatherpage - created by Joe Gallagher (IML 1996)
Magnet - sexual health center in San Francisco
Men In Rope - Personal website with lots of useful information
Mister Marcus's weekly column - written for the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco
Planet Midori - Personal website of author and SM educator "Midori"
Rope Dojo - very good rope bondage events
Rope University - rope workshops in St Louis, MO
San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI) - Free information and referral switchboard
SM Gays - UK volunteer group providing SM information
Society for Human Sexuality - Promoting understanding of diverse sexual expression
True Tales - Gay Leather News, Narratives and Fiction
Two Knotty Boys - rope bondage presenters from SF

Clubs and Events (Europe)

Amsterdam Leather Pride - in the Netherlands
Berlin Leder und Fetisch (BLF) - Leather group in Berlin, Germany
Breeches and Leather Uniform Fanclub (BLUF) - European hosted website, worldwide membership
European Confederation of Motorcycle Clubs (ECMC)
Folsom Europe - Berlin, Germany
MSC Belgium - Leather group in Belgium
Rheinfetisch E.V. - Leather group in Cologne, Germany
SLM Oslo - Leather group in Oslo, Norway
Smil's International Summer Camp (SISC) - Denmark
Spike Hamburg - Leather group in Hamburg, Germany
Vagevuur - Eindhoven, the Netherlands
VSSM - largest SM society in the Netherlands
World Leathermen - part of a range of fetish contact sites provided by RECON, worldwide membership

Retail (Europe)

Black Body - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Bound to Please - bondage rope and accessories from Birmingham, UK
Coffee, Cake & Kink - Coffee shop and SM bookstore in London, UK
Expectations - London, UK
Fetish Freak - London, UK
Fettered Pleasures - London, UK
FleshBlack Images - fetish photographer in Brussels, Belgium
HM Leder - Bremen, Germany
Invincible Rubber - Nottingham, UK
Kinkinprint (Ulli Richter) - professional fetish photographer
Master U - leather tailor in London, UK
Mr B - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Regulation - London, UK
RoB of Amsterdam - stores in Amsterdam, Berlin, London and Manchester
RoB - Berlin, Germany
SpeXter - Munich, Germany
WESP Leder Design - Germany

Clubs and Events (Canada)

Edmonton "O" Society - Pansexual group in Edmonton, Alberta
FFN - fetish weekend held in Toronto, Ontario
Lupercalia - BDSM educational weekend in Edmonton, Alberta
Mr Leatherman Toronto (MLT) weekend - leather contest and SM workshops
Northern Chaps - Pansexual group in Edmonton, Alberta
Toronto Leather Youth - for 19 to 35 year olds
Vancouver Men In Leather - social group for gay men in Vancouver

Retail (Canada)

Dayton Boot Company - boot manufacturer in Vancouver, British Columbia
Nick's Custom Boots - Toronto, Ontario
North Bound Leather - leather store in Toronto, Ontario
Priape - stores in Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver

Clubs and Events (USA)


The 15 Association - BDSM group based in San Francisco
Atlanta S/m Solidarity - Atlanta, Georgia
AVATAR Club Los Angeles - LA based BDSM educational/ social group
BDSM - The Local Scene - list of BDSM groups in the USA
BDSM Events page - list of BDSM events and organisations
Black Rose - BDSM education in Washington DC
The Chicago Hellfire Club (CHC) - Men only BDSM group and organisers of Inferno, members worldwide
Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend (CLAW) - Fundraising event
Dallas Discipline Corps - Men only BDSM group based in Dallas
The Eulenspiegel Society - New York based BDSM group
Fits Like A Glove (FLAG) - paid membership
Folsom Street East - New York
Folsom Street Fair - San Francisco
Gay Male S/M Activists (GMSMA) - New York based BDSM educational/ social group
Hot Boots - web based fan club
International Deaf Leather (IDL) - annual leather contest
International Mr Leather (IML) - annual leather contest held in Chicago
International Ms Leather (IMsL) - annual leather contest held in San Francisco
Kansas City Leather University (KCLU) - BDSM education around the Midwest
Leather Camp (part of Wichita Leather Pride) - Wichita, Kansas
Leather Invasion - New York based social events
Leather Leadership Conference - annual educational conference
Los Angeles Leather Coalition
Masters and Slaves Together (MAsT) - International organisation
Men In Gear - San Francisco based social events
Mid America Fists In Action (M.A.F.I.A.) - Chicago based, men only group for FF players
Mid-Atlantic Leather (MAL) - annual leather contest held in Washington DC
Minnesota Leather Pride
New England Leather Alliance (NELA) - fundraising, education and events in New England
New York Leather Weekend - fundraising, education and events in New England
Orange Coast Leather Assembly (OCLA) - teaches SM in Southern California
Oregon Leather Pride
Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert (PSLOD)
Palm Springs Leather Pride
SF Citadel - Community BDSM play space in San Francisco
ShibariCon - Rope bondage convention held in Chicago each May
Society of Janus - San Francisco based BDSM education/ support group
South Florida Bondage Club
South Plains Leatherfest - BDSM educational weekend in Dallas
Thunder in the Mountains - BDSM educational weekend in Colorado
Tribal Fire - BDSM educational weekend in Oklahoma

Retail (USA)

665 Leather - Los Angeles
Big Black Boots - San Diego
BootWerks - Fort Lauderdale
BullmanX - professional fetish photographer
Butt Boy Music - music for playrooms
CheapLubes.com
Classic Motorcycle Jackets - Oregon
Damascus Protective Gear - leather gloves from Rutland, Vermont
The Dehner Company - boot manufacturer in Omaha, Nebraska
Dungeon Beds - San Francisco
Gear Essentials - Palm Springs
Happy Tails - whips and floggers from the West Coast
Inseam Clothing - Provincetown
JT's Stockroom - Los Angeles
Kinky Medical - BDSM play equipment in New York
Langlitz Leathers Inc. - high quality leather clothing from Oregon
Leather Masters - stores in Dallas and San Jose
LeatherWerks - Fort Lauderdale
Marvelous Mayhem - Snellville, GA
Mind Fetish Bedding Company - New York
Mr S Leather Co. & Fetters USA - San Francisco
Nasty Pig - butch clothing from New York (not leather)
PaddleWerks - Fort Lauderdale
Palm Springs Piercing Company - read this before you get pierced
Rainbow Rope - cotton and hemp rope
Rubio Leather - New York
Screaming Leather - Los Angeles
SHEL-don - Chicago
StationHouse Leathers and Gear - also has police uniforms
Stompers Boots - boots and gloves from San Francisco
Taylor's Leatherwear - leather jackets from Tennessee
Tough Gloves - San Francisco
Twisted Monk - hemp rope from Seattle
Vanson Leathers - Fall River, Massachusetts
The West Coast Shoe Co. (WESCO) - Oregon
Woof Wax - Dallas (candles that smell of leather, ink, saunas etc. Not for pouring onto skin!)

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