{"id":9535,"date":"2022-06-07T06:18:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T06:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/?p=9535"},"modified":"2022-12-20T14:22:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T14:22:57","slug":"leather-pride-respectability-politics-by-kitty-stryker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/leather-pride-respectability-politics-by-kitty-stryker\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re ALL Obscene in Their Eyes: Leather, Pride &#038; Respectability Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9535\" class=\"elementor elementor-9535\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ecfc4f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8ecfc4f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4191e2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4191e2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We're ALL Obscene in Their Eyes:<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4204c7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d4204c7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78d983a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78d983a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Leather, Pride & Respectability Politics<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc202c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc202c0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ae4629\" data-id=\"4ae4629\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56a33f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56a33f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By Kitty Stryker<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a85698a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a85698a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f51ef3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f51ef3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/collage-768x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-10849\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/collage-768x300.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/collage-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/collage.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59134de e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"59134de\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-649651e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"649651e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clips4sale.com\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VM-NEW-YES.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12703\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2156c5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f2156c5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06d73f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06d73f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ah, June. \u2018Tis the season for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/corporate-americas-rainbow-virtue-signaling-is-not-just-hypocritical-its-harmful\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">corporations to wave their rainbow flags<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before ignoring us for the rest of the year, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/san-francisco\/san-francisco-police-officers-wont-participate-in-pride-parade\/2898799\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the cops to act surprised that LGBTQ+ people don\u2019t typically consider them safe or allies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and, my <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">favorite<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, for social media to be awash with the debate around <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themarysue.com\/kink-at-pride-this-incredible-master-doc-proves-why-it-belongs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">leather and kinky folks at Pride<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s so predictable I can set my rainbow Rolex to it (or I could if I could afford such a thing &#8211; as a queer, bisexual woman, I have a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrc.org\/resources\/the-wage-gap-among-lgbtq-workers-in-the-united-states\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">29% likelihood of being in poverty alongside my trans sisters<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Happy Pride!).<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I marched in my first urban Pride parade in 2003, before I moved from Boston to San Francisco. Growing up in Massachusetts, I was quite lucky &#8211; we\u2019ve had a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thecspc.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Youth Pride<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> event since 1995, which happened in May and offered resources and community to LGBTQ+ youth. I had even skipped my school\u2019s prom to go to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/a\/bagly.org\/temp-website2\/home\/programs\/social-support-community-building\/bagly-prom\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth\u2019s Prom<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> event, which had been running since 1981 (the nation\u2019s oldest queer youth prom event). Boston Pride, therefore, was far from my only Pride event, but it was the first one I was marching in as an adult. It was also the first one where I felt free to not only be a queer person, but a kinky one &#8211; I marched with the leather and kink contingents, feeling fully seen for the first time. When I moved to San Francisco, I marched with the leather and kink contingents again, finding family and community and a sense of home.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, when I began to notice <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xtramagazine.com\/power\/kink-at-pride-bdsm-201775\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the debate raging about whether or not kink\/leather belonged at Pride<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, I was absolutely bewildered. First, there was a conflation of leather and kink which felt oversimplified &#8211; the leather and kink communities overlap, certainly, but from my research, they historically haven\u2019t been the same thing. My understanding is that whereas the leather community is a subset of the gay community with a rich tradition and protocol (the Old Guard), the kink community resulted from folks in the leather community meeting and melding with the fetish community to create something with its own interpretation and dynamics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Secondly, when this discussion came up, the reasons why sounded awfully similar to arguments I had heard in the 90s about queer self-expression generally. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/geekyjustin.com\/questions-from-christians-4-why-do-you-have-to-tell-people-youre-gay-cant-you-keep-it-in-the-bedroom\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why couldn\u2019t we keep it to the bedroom<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Christian talk radio complained, why did we need to parade in the streets? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Why-Are-Faggots-Afraid-Objectification\/dp\/1849350884\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why couldn\u2019t gay men act more masculine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Butch-Noun-S-Bear-Bergman\/dp\/1551523698\/ref=sr_1_12?crid=1RDTB6WG76JD4&amp;keywords=butch&amp;qid=1655075506&amp;rnid=283155&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=butch%2Cstripbooks%2C130&amp;sr=1-12\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lesbians act more feminine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, why did they have to rub it in our faces by fucking with gender and not playing by the rules?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Except now, I was hearing people younger than me, who were presumably in the LGBTQ+ community, saying they just didn\u2019t think it was appropriate for people to \u201cwhip or fist each other in public\u201d, that having kink or leather at pride was inappropriate for children, or triggering to asexuals. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/voices\/bdsm-kink-pride-lgbt-rights-celebrations-why-b1853859.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That people wearing collars were violating onlookers&#8217; consent by existing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why couldn\u2019t we just be more \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appropriate<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ad4b2c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ad4b2c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor-pro\/assets\/css\/widget-animated-headline.min.css\">\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline elementor-headline-animation-type-drop-in\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">\n\t\t\t\t#leatherhistory:&nbsp;&nbsp;\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd09d83 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bd09d83\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa3d224 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aa3d224\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-351d59e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"351d59e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/key-moments-in-u-s-leather-history\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AdobeStock_432703160-300x169.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-11113\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AdobeStock_432703160-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AdobeStock_432703160-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AdobeStock_432703160-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AdobeStock_432703160-1536x863.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AdobeStock_432703160-2048x1151.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9e69c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e9e69c3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52903f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52903f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/key-moments-in-u-s-leather-history\/\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">Key Moments in U.S. Leather History<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaeeb22 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eaeeb22\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f085617 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f085617\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, first of all, maybe I\u2019ve missed it, but even at San Francisco Pride, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have yet to witness explicit sex on a Pride float. I\u2019ve seen spanking, certainly, but I\u2019ve also seen dancers on corporate floats dry humping; I don\u2019t see how one is inherently more obscene than the other.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Plenty of my friends with children <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2021\/06\/29\/pride-month-kink-consent\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bring their kids to Pride and use it as a teaching moment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about the beautiful, wild variety in human love and expression, and the kids are just fine. And while I can\u2019t and wouldn\u2019t speak for all asexuals\u2026 I am both ace and kinky, so I\u2019d like others not to speak for me, either.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What bothers me, besides the trickling of deeply conservative values into my queer community, is the total lack of awareness of the hard-won history of LGBTQ+ rights that runs alongside this debate. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leather and kink have <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">always been at Pride<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s not a new phenomenon.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> One of the people who helped plan the first Pride parade in 1970, Brenda Howard, loudly and proudly identified as a bi-poly switch, and she\u2019s called the Mother of Pride.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd198b0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bd198b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-561847b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"561847b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"645\" height=\"860\" src=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-10853\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4.jpg 645w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/4-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e1b381 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9e1b381\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f3212c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f3212c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cI\u00a0marched in my first pride in 1976,\u201d said Robert Lawrence of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/centersexculture\/\">Center for Sex and Culture<\/a>\u00a0when I asked for his thoughts. \u201cI was stationed on the Presidio in the Combat Engineers next to GG Bridge. Some of us were there, but not in uniform &#8211; just that year a dyke had been outed and hung herself in her uniform. Being out or outed in the military was dangerous.\u201d Was there a leather contingent back then? \u201cThe rigid organization of what is \u2018leather\u2019 was not locked in, so there were many people involved wearing a wonderful range of style and colors,\u201d Robert responded. \u201cWe would stop and wait for other friends to come along to walk with. Yes, there was the black leather hyper-masculine look right along with brown suede and skimpy jockstraps; collars were there but not yet consolidated into affinity groups as it is today.\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Queen Cougar, meanwhile, came out in 1975 and marched in 1977 with a\u00a0Black Lesbian Consciousness-Raising Group. She didn\u2019t start attending leather events until 1991 &#8211; \u201cI watched the Leather contingent and was surprised as they were cheered along the way. Of course,\u201d Queen Cougar added,\u00a0\u201cI also saw people who were disgusted by the attire and behavior of some of the BDSM marchers &#8211; I was very aware that many gay people felt we were presenting an image that some gay people were embarrassed by. In the fight for gay rights, some opinions were that any alternative behavior such as BDSM would turn people away from supporting the greater gay movement.\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cI marched at Pride for the first time the year after I moved to San Francisco (in 1983),\u201d said musician and personal trainer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccliver.com\/\">B.C. Cliver<\/a>. \u201cI actually marched with the leather contingent! It was a colossal eye-opener for me. I loved finally being able to see so many other folks like me (or at least similar to me) in the same place, celebrating ourselves.\u201d I asked what the response was to the leather contingent back then; \u201cThe leather contingent was placed toward the back of the parade due to the fact that we were still considered very controversial.\u00a0Back in the &#8217;80s, BDSM was still a taboo subject, especially among lesbians. There were too many parallels being drawn between our version of play and \u2018abuse\u2019; the concept of consent was not well understood, and the women&#8217;s community, in particular, tended to shun BDSM folks.\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>And then, AIDS ripped through the queer community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6605eb7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6605eb7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b469c90 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b469c90\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2d467f elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"b2d467f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=uDRsfkSURkI&amp;list=PL56EVFXpyKY57ahSV4JpcMPHGsfucnQ64&amp;index=8&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-video .elementor-widget-container{overflow:hidden;transform:translateZ(0)}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper{aspect-ratio:var(--video-aspect-ratio)}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper iframe,.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper video{height:100%;width:100%;display:flex;border:none;background-color:#000}@supports not (aspect-ratio:1\/1){.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper{position:relative;overflow:hidden;height:0;padding-bottom:calc(100% \/ var(--video-aspect-ratio))}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper iframe,.elementor-widget-video .elementor-wrapper video{position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0}}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-open-inline .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0;background-size:cover;background-position:50%}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{cursor:pointer;text-align:center}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay:hover .elementor-custom-embed-play i{opacity:1}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay img{display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:var(--video-aspect-ratio);-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover;-o-object-position:center center;object-position:center center}@supports not (aspect-ratio:1\/1){.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay{position:relative;overflow:hidden;height:0;padding-bottom:calc(100% \/ var(--video-aspect-ratio))}.elementor-widget-video .elementor-custom-embed-image-overlay img{position:absolute;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0}}.elementor-widget-video .e-hosted-video .elementor-video{-o-object-fit:cover;object-fit:cover}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-video,.e-con>.elementor-widget-video{width:var(--container-widget-width);--flex-grow:var(--container-widget-flex-grow)}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db9ad81 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"db9ad81\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7ceccd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7ceccd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What\u2019s crushing to me about the debate on whether or not leather or kink belongs at Pride is that leather folks did so much during the era of AIDS. \u201cLeatherfolk started several of the major charities that did the bulk of the hard \u2018boots on the ground\u2019 type of work raising funds for AIDS funding and research,\u201d Queen Cougar told me. \u201cLeatherfolk raised millions of dollars&#8230;millions at a time when the world had still not begun to see AIDS as more than just a gay problem.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cOne of the things that the leather community started doing on a regular basis was fundraising,\u201d agreed B.C. \u201cWe were always coming up with creative ways to help AIDS organizations\u2026 anything from beer busts at the local leather bars, auctions, and fantasy shows.\u201d In honor of World AIDS Day in 2015, the HIV Story Project and the AIDS Memorial Grove came together to honor the leather community in San Francisco for their work, producing a short video project called, fittingly, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wA27CM3qER4\">Unsung Heroes: The Leather Community of San Francisco\u2019s Response to AIDS<\/a>\u201d. It\u2019s a heartwrenching piece of our history, and one I rarely hear about from queer folk younger than me. It\u2019s not terribly surprising &#8211; I don\u2019t know that they\u2019re even aware of that history. If they were, how could they possibly say that leather and kink doesn\u2019t belong at Pride?\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f3e35a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f3e35a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b41fbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b41fbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PXL_20220615_005709042-1-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11033\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PXL_20220615_005709042-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PXL_20220615_005709042-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PXL_20220615_005709042-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PXL_20220615_005709042-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/PXL_20220615_005709042-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-408f993 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"408f993\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e668887 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e668887\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It made me realize that one of the saddest legacies I\u2019m aware of is the lack of intergenerational idea exchange in the LGBTQ+ community. I feel like AIDS really impacted the queer community\u2019s awareness of our own development there &#8211; the generation older than me was devastated by AIDS, and our elders are few because of it. I consider myself damn lucky to have friends who are 20-40 years older than me, who can offer me context and unwritten history.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>One thing all three people I interviewed agreed on was that from the beginning, Pride was political. \u201cDarling Drag Queens and drag groups of various San Francisco neighborhoods wandered along; all of us together arrived at City Hall to let them know we existed. So yes, \u2018leather\u2019 was there but politics were more important,\u201d said Robert.\u00a0\u201cI was marching in my first parade and for a political purpose and it was very exciting,\u201d said Queen Cougar of her first march. \u201cI felt like I belonged and the overwhelming sense of love that I felt from my friends and strangers in the parade and crowd was very nurturing to my soul.\u201d B.C. concurred, saying, \u201cthere was a push in the &#8217;80s for LGBT folks to try to \u2018fit in\u2019, to conform to a pre-set standard. I call it the \u2018Look! We&#8217;re just like YOU!\u2019 attitude. I was of the opinion that the whole point to the parade was to let the general population know that we WEREN&#8217;T just like everyone else, and THAT should be the main reason for the celebration in the first place!\u201c<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-de0f97f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de0f97f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd0ad57\" data-id=\"cd0ad57\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aa7055 elementor-headline--style-rotate e-transform 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data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline elementor-headline-animation-type-drop-in\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">\n\t\t\t\t#leatherhistory:&nbsp;&nbsp;\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4622d14 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4622d14\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ccb647 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ccb647\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b964cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b964cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More from:<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52922a0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"52922a0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51da7f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51da7f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/living-leather-history\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\" src=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hand-300x78.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-8692\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hand-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hand-768x200.png 768w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hand.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50add46 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"50add46\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff3c7cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff3c7cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/living-leather-history\/\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robert Lawrence, <\/span><\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B.C. Cliver &amp; <\/span><\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queen Cougar<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28d3e79 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"28d3e79\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89e891e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89e891e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now, what it means in practice to have leather and kink at Pride is another whole discussion. The fact is,\u00a0not every LGBTQ+ person and not every leather or kink person agrees with what should and shouldn\u2019t be at Pride, and we\u2019ve never had a unanimous consensus.\u00a0\u201cOnce you are in a &#8220;playroom&#8221; I feel you can do almost anything the circumstances allow,\u201d said Queen Cougar. \u201cOn the street, however &#8211; we should retain our dignity and self-respect by presenting ourselves as mature individuals with particular interests which we have the right to pursue in the privacy of our designated spaces.\u201d B.C. had a different response;\u00a0\u201cit&#8217;s 2022&#8230;anyone who still thinks that leather is \u2018too obscene\u2019 to be in the parade needs to get over themselves. Technically, the proverbial \u2018religious right\u2019 lumps any and all queer folk together; we&#8217;re ALL obscene in their eyes.\u201d<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>There are, in my mind, a few ways forward for this discussion, action points if you will. I think rather than trying to make main Pride events more conservative for the sake of \u201cthe children\u201d, we should invest more money and energy as a community towards youth Pride events. I know the ones I went to were really formative for me, and offering LGBTQ+ youth and their families a space centered around them is valuable. It&#8217;d also be great for Pride events to have a hang-out decompression zone for people who feel overstimulated, whether it\u2019s because they\u2019re triggered by something they saw or they\u2019re just dealing with heatstroke. Having a quiet, shaded chill zone is a great idea for any big event.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>As for the leather and kink contingents &#8211; as long as they\u2019re in line with the Pride committee\u2019s decisions, and are street legal, I agree with something B.C. said that I think sums it up perfectly; \u201cLet&#8217;s celebrate our differences without having to chastise folks for their consensual behavior!\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b660697 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b660697\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a86fad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a86fad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"Leather and kink have always been at Pride. 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This kink is a lot more versatile than many realize too. 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