Links on the Military Men page have been added to fiction about submarine men's confrontation with hard truths, erotic navy art, an interview with a gay soldier about his relationship with his straight roommate, and a video that can only be summarized as "Hard fighters, erotic scenery."

Links on the Leathermen page have been added to fiction about ( Read more... )

FEATURE: True Tales Leather Journalism Awards 2005. Illustrated with a photo by Andy Cloud. The awards honor excellence in leather news, commentary, and information on current events. This year's awards commend well-crafted and useful leather news, commentary, and information about Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

NEWS: Hurricane Katrina Report. News about five weeks that forever changed the life of the American South's gay capital. With resources for leatherfolk, BDSM folk, and bears.

FEATURE: Leather and Disabilities: A Links Directory. Links related to the contributions to this issue.

NONFICTION: Speaking Hands and Hearts: The Deaf Leather Community. By Rob Ridinger. The leather world's most vocal disabled minority group is the deaf. Leather historian Rob Ridinger presents a history of deaf leather contests, organizations, and artifacts.
The difficulties [faced by deaf leathermen] are most visible in bar interactions, with many ( Read more... )

NONFICTION: Helping the Hearing to Hear: The International Deaf Leather and International Deaf Bear Contests 2005. By Meredith Peruzzi. An outsider to the leather community scrambles to meet the challenge of providing voice interpretation for the major deaf leather and bear contests.
This would be a primarily Deaf event with a few hearing judges, ( Read more... )