Numerous honors and exhibitions on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Touko Laaksonen, better known as Tom of Finland, mark the year 2020. The MSC (short for Motor-Sport-Club) Finland Tom’s Club, for example, unveiled a plaque in front of his former house in August in Helsinki. Galerie Judin in Berlin-Schöneberg opened an exhibition on …
Vegan has become chic and a prevailing megatrend. Besides numerous other animal alternatives, we are more and more faced with so-called “vegan leather”. After all, leather is always an animal by-product and the connection with the adjective vegan is misleading for consumers. As a matter of fact, meat consumption is declining in many countries and …
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I was surprised when I found the invitation to the Pride parade in Graz on September 5 in my mailbox. I assumed that the Pride parade, usually held in June, would not take place in my hometown this year, like all other events, due to Corona. The announcement says: “A little later than usual, but …
Leatherfolk | Radical sex, people, politics, and practice edited by Mark Thompson non-fiction S/M book, third edition published in 2004 by Daedalus Publishing, Los Angeles ISBN: 1-881943-20-8, 360 pages Certainly, there is no group more cloaked within the mystery and wonder of gay life than leatherfolk, an odd tribe within a tribe that arouses …