Joint Interview: Ryan Brown, Mr. Minneapolis Eagle 2013 and Kyle Truss, Mr. Twin Cities Leather 2013 This column is a double interview with the two local titleholders (also known as sash brothers) who will be representing Minnesota [...]
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Leather Life: Power, Education and Society
April 4, 2013 by Steve Lenius
If you haven’t seen your humble columnist out and about lately, it’s because I have gone back to college. I now am enrolled as a degree-seeking student in the College of Individualized Studies at Metropolitan State University [...]
Leather Life: Kyle Truss is Mr. Twin Cities Leather 2013
March 7, 2013 by Steve Lenius
Kyle Truss and Tommy Rosengren were the two competitors in this year’s Mr. Twin Cities Leather contest weekend, with Truss being awarded the title and sash. Twin Cities Leather, the new leather-and-gear store in Minneapolis, presented a [...]
Leather Life: Community First
February 7, 2013 by Steve Lenius
I recently interviewed the three co-owners of Twin Cities Leather, the new leather store in town. Karri Plowman is the head designer; Luke Wallrich handles finances, merchandising and event planning; and Tynan Fox is working with outreach, [...]
Leather Life: Atons Holiday Fundraiser
January 10, 2013 by Steve Lenius
The Twin Cities leather community’s collective holiday season got off to a great start at the 2012 Atons Holiday Fundraiser. The event was held Sunday afternoon and evening, Dec. 2, in the Bolt Underground. In addition to [...]
Leather Life: Ryan Brown is Mr. Minneapolis Eagle 2013
December 13, 2012 by Steve Lenius
Year after year, the Mr. Minneapolis Eagle contest has been a fun and hot event that packs the bar to capacity. This year’s version continued that tradition with four great contestants, seven judges (including out-of-town judges from [...]
Leather Life: Thank You, Allies
November 15, 2012 by Steve Lenius
This column is being written before Election Day, November 6. You won’t be reading it until after the election has been held. That doesn’t matter, because whichever way the election turns out, the message of this column [...]
Leather Life: Book Review: American Ecstasy by Barbara Nitke
October 18, 2012 by Steve Lenius
Time: Sometime in the 1980s. Place: New York City (actually Queens). You are on a movie set at Adventure Studios, watching the filming of The Devil in Miss Jones, Part II. Next to you is the staff [...]
Leather Life: Meet Mr. Friendly
September 20, 2012 by Steve Lenius
Interview with Derek Harley, Mr. Minneapolis Eagle 2012 Allow me to introduce you to Derek Harley, Mr. Minneapolis Eagle 2012. Allow him to introduce you to Mr. Friendly, the new face (literally) of HIV stigma awareness. [...]
Leather Life: Atons Celebrate 40 Years
August 23, 2012 by Steve Lenius
The Atons of Minneapolis recently celebrated “40 Years of Devotion” in high Egyptian style at their Gopher XX run. In addition to celebrating a milestone anniversary, the Atons hosted a semi-annual meeting of the Mid-America Conference of [...]
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