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Leather is a community first. Leather is who I am”. Our custom-made men's leather uniform is designed to make a statement. He was out of work for a couple of years until he got sober. While working in legal publishing, Q struggled gay addiction and lost his job.

Upstairs, large screens project porn. Explore a collection of leather-themed content and imagery on this Tumblr archive. Mr. Leather Shop presents the ultimate in Gay Leather Gear. Beyond being a time for the community to come together, IML also marked the celebration of a distinctly queer brand of positivity.

GEORGE Being a gay man who’s now nearing 60yrs of age, and who came out in NYC in the 80s, wearing leather always takes me muscle to my early years when I would go to the Saint At Large events at Second Avenue and to underground spaces like the St Marks Baths and The Anvil.

Q, 43, was born in Brooklyn to West Indian parents. There is also the requisite posing, flexing and cat-walking in gleaming fetish gear ranging from formalwear to jockstraps to harnesses. Every year, Mr. Eagle NYC prepares titleholders to compete in the International Mister Leather contest in Chicago, where Macchia contended with 71 guys from around the world from May 24th to 28th.

In addition to two dancefloors and a 2,square-foot roof deck, the Eagle boasts its own leather shop, barber, and bootblack. Sign up for our newsletter to get the best of VICE delivered to your inbox daily. The Eagle in its current location—West 28th Street between Tenth and 11th Avenues—opened inin a former 19th-century stable.

I wear something leather every day of my life. Upload your creations for people to see, favourite, and share. According to co-owner Danton, leather is also rooted in a darker history: Nazi uniforms. Eagle The annual search for Mr. Granted, the judges interview hopefuls about their kinks of choice—Macchia lists rope bondage, flogging and CBT among his—and quiz them on leather history.

The impetus of the Stonewall riots transformed the pub into a leather mecca. Burly men sip well drinks from straws on wooden benches while others, naked except for harnesses, swarm the dancefloor, swaying under red lights. It features men (and women) of the leather and BDSM community, generally in their gear.

When you looked at these soldiers, they looked powerful and strong, and you felt vulnerable. Outside, into the wee hours, leather-jacketed men of all ages stride down the deserted block, eyeballing other pedestrians for a sign that they may be headed to the same sanctuary for those that a love of leather unites.

For some, leather is a lifestyle and a family; for others, it remains a secret. But in order to be crowned Mr. Macchia, a Queens native and a longtime patron of the club, won the title on his second try, after placing as second runner-up five years ago.

Inthen-owner Jack Modica was sued for ejecting two black patrons from the Eagle. Inthrough a sober network, he met and married a high-school teacher who is not part of the leather community. Below a motorcycle that hangs from the ceiling, the walls are plastered with photographs of WWII servicemen.

Leather remains overwhelmingly white, he explained, and not geared to people of color. As a cancer survivor—whose mother is currently undergoing chemotherapy—he ran on a platform of raising awareness of cancer in the gay community.