Safe to Be is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to creating a tiny home community for marginalized LGBTQ+ individuals. Their focus is to provide emergency transitional, and permanent housing for at-risk and/or homeless LGBTQ+ persons with a significant emphasis on being trans inclusive. “Frequently, homeless LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) persons have great difficulty finding […]
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Sir Tender and Maverick Great Plains Olympus Leather (GPOL) is an annual contest founded in 1996, hosted at the Dallas Eagle, and produced by Master TC and slave Audra. Their mission is “to promote a positive image of the Leather/BDSM/Fetish lifestyle, and to promote representatives of the entire leather community regardless of race, religion, political
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Beyond Vanilla is a multi-day event in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex celebrating its 30th year in 2020! In 1984, as the AIDS crisis was gaining momentum, a men’s BDSM group called the Disciples of de Sade was founded. They began holding seminars in the small meeting room in the back of the Dallas Gay Alliance, with
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I have always been a big fan of Valentine’s Day. It is strange I hate chocolate (yes I know that is weird lol ) and I am not big on flowers. I tell Sir every year that I do not need a showy act of love in the middle of February. I feel his love
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This Month we turn our member spotlight on Charles who is the current NLA Membership director. What first brought you to NLA? Beyond Vanilla 18 in 2008. What is it about NLA that makes it feel like home to you? A diverse community thanks to the inclusiveness of the group. If pressed, I’d identify myself
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By Bushido_Bard M/s dynamics and relationships are as rewarding as they are difficult. It is not a lifestyle choice that anyone should rush into for themselves. There are just as many, if not more, pitfalls of “normal” relationships to navigate through; choose this path carefully. Neko and koneko have been on this journey together for
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1. What first brought you to NLA? · I was looking to explore leather and stumbled into Shades of Grey. At the front of the store was a stack of yellow sheets of paper that listed all the years workshop topics and advanced workshops for NLA and it piqued my interest. I asked the owner,
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This month we turn the spotlight on our Communions Director and your NewsLeather editor Mclanahan. Mclanahan has been a member of NLA Dallas for the last 3 years and a member of the EC for the last 2 of those years. He as been a part of the Dallas Kink Community since 2007 1. What first brought you
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By Bushido Bard I sat down to discuss TC’s presentation for NLA Dallas’ Leather Perspectives and what follows is a tale of one man’s journey through Leather and the wisdom that he shared. TC did not start out perhaps as everyone else did. He grew up identifying as a hetero male and it was during
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Currently, TC is the Vice President for NLA-International; a Member at Large for NLA-Dallas, a board member of MAsT-DFW as well as MR Great Plains Olympus Leather 2013! 1. What first brought you to NLA? After attending Beyond Vanilla I became interested in NLA and began attending meetings. 2. What is it about NLA
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