ARGENTINA -- FOR GAY MARRIAGE!

It's a good day for human rights and marriage equality. By a six-vote margin, Argentina has become the first South American country to legalize same-sex marriage. Meanwhile, here at home in the Disctrict of Columbia, the DC Court of Appeals has upheld that city's Human Rights Act and denied an effort to place a repeal measure on that city's next ballot after same-sex marriage became legal this past March. Go, Argentina! Go, Washington, DC. Watch the video below for a street crowd's reaction to the Argentina announcement, which came roughly at 4:30 a.m.

Katie Melua - "The Flood"

I seem to be in a musical mood lately, and I'm finding a lot of stuff I like. I'd never heard of Katie Melua until I saw this video on joemygod.com. I'm sharing it here and looking forward to downloading it later. You can find the unmixed version on Youtube.com

And if anyone can tell me why about a quarter of my video posts get cut off on the right side, I'd appreciate the advice!





Broken people get recycled

And I hope that I will

Sometimes we're thrown off our pathways

What I thought was my way home

Wasn't the place I know.

No, I'm not afraid of changing,

I'm certain nothing's certain

What we own becomes our prison

My possessions will be gone

Back to where they came from

Blame

No one is to blame

As natural as the rain that falls

Here comes the Flood again

I'm not a huge fan of Lady Gaga, and this is not one of her videos. While I appreciate her showmanship, mostly, I find her music vapid, to say the least. On the other hand, I have to say that she's inspired some of the funniest musical spoofs I've seen, and this one, by drag performer Sherry Vines, may be the very best. It's not just a spoof- it's a spoof with a message! Enjoy!

CLAW ANNOUNCES LOGO CONTEST

CLAW - Announces Logo Design Contest



Calling all artistic brothers and sisters: your submission wanted!

CLAW is seeking the artwork we'll use on the CLAW 10 t-shirts, posters, advertising and more. They will choose one iconic leather image to represent CLAW 10. The winning artist will receive two weekend passes, the bragging rights and will enjoy having their image reproduced hundreds of thousands of times around the world. The deadline for submissions is Friday, July 23, 2010 with the winning design announced by July 31, 2010.

For more information about this contest, please see the CLAW Logo Contest Page




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IML RAISES $60,000 FOR LEATHER MUSEUM

(Photo by BullManX)


International Mr. Leather raises over $60,000 for Leather Archives & Museum

CHICAGO, IL - June 23, 2010 - The Leather Archives & Museum announces that International Mr. Leather raised over $60,000 during the Memorial Day 2010 event. Support was raised through donations made at the IML Leather Market, a Roast of IML 2009 Jeffrey Payne held at the museum, silent auctions, a raffle, a membership drive and museum store sales.

Executive Director Rick Storer said "International Mr. Leather is a major fundraising vehicle for the museum, with a total budget of approximately $250,000 nearly 25% of our support comes from this weekend." In addition to fundraising events, approximately 300 people toured the museum during the weekend and thousands saw the temporary exhibition mounted in the IML Leather Market.


About Leather Archives & Museum
The Leather Archives & Museum is a library, museum and archives pertaining to leather and alternative sexual communities. The geographic collection scope is worldwide and includes all sexual orientations and genders. The library collection contains books, magazines, scholarly publications, films and electronic resources related to the subject matter. The museum collection contains original erotic art and artifacts from alternative sex organizations and individuals. The archival collection contains unpublished papers and records from notable activists, artists, businesses and organizations related to the subject matter. For more information about the LA&M, please visit http://www.leatherarchives.org.

LEATHER ARCHIVE HOSTS AMERICAN BROTHERHOOD WEEKEND!

Leather Archives Proud Host And Sponsor of American Brotherhood Weekend 2010


The Leather Archives & Museum is pleased to welcome the contestants, judges, organizers and participants of the American Brotherhood Weekend, which takes place in Chicago July 16-18, 2010.

The final portion of the contest, including the announcement of the winner, will take place in the Etienne Auditorium on Sunday, July 18. For more information, visit the ABW website at:

http://www.americanbrotherhood.com/ABW/Home.html

TYLER McCORMICK - NEW MR. INTERNATIONAL LEATHER!

Tyler McCormick won the title of Mr. International Leather 2010 on Sunday night, May 3ist at the world's largest annual gathering of leathermen and kink-folk.

McCormick, a disabled female-to-male transexual and previous Mr. Rio Grande from New Mexico, won out of a field of fifty competitors. The win marked several "firsts," as discussed by the winner himself in the video.

Congratulations to Tyler McCormick, as well as to Lance Holman (1st runner up) and Jack Duke (2nd runner up) for a great job!