Greetings from the Minnesota Leather Pride Board of Directors! It’s been a while since we’ve reached out to our community’s members, organizations, and business owners regarding what we use to call sponsorship. The pandemic gave us time to evaluate this structure and determine if it best served our needs and community. As a result of […]
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2022 Dog Tag
MNLP is proud to announce that the 2022 Minnesota Leather Pride dog tag will be available for the first time at TANK WEEKEND – Presented by The Saloon and TCL. The dog tag cost is $10, which helps to support MNLP projects like our booth at TC Pride and other community events. Look for the […]
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Twin Cities Spectrum Bowling
Thank you to Twin Cities Spectrum for hosting a fun night of bowling at Memory Lanes. There were members from Twin Cities T-Rexx, Twin Cities Sirens, Ladies Of the Lakes, Atons of Minneapolis, and Knights of Leather. It was a blast socializing while throwing balls and (hopefully) knocking down some pins.
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Seeking Art for 2022 Dog Tags
The Minnesota Leather Pride board has chosen “The Beat Goes On” for our 2022 dog tag theme. We believe this theme reflects the persistence of our leather hearts through the pandemic. We’re seeking volunteer art submissions for the 2022 dog tags with this theme. If you are feeling creative, we are accepting completed art, sketches, […]
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Minnesota Leather Pride Titleholder Step Asides
On Friday, September 17th, Minnesota Leather Pride held a small event at The Black Hart of St. Paul. We gathered to thank our 2019/2020 titleholders and to give them an opportunity to speak about their title years. Here are videos and photos from the titleholders:
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Minnesota Leather Pride Weekend Update
The Minnesota Leather Pride board has decided not to have a 2021 title contest or extend our 2019 title holders for another year. Our reason for not holding a 2021 title contest is the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. When we needed to start planning for the event, vaccination rates were still too low, and the results […]
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Thank you to everyone who came by the Minnesota Leather Pride booth this weekend at the Twin Cities Pride Festival. Our aim was to create a space in the Festival where leather and kink folks could gather and relax. And judging by the times that our chairs were full of people relaxing, we think we […]
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Our weekend of leather and pride concluded with a Celebration for Chaz at the Saloon. Friends and frenemies came together to remember Chaz through photos, stories, and fond farewells.
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Remembering Chaz.
On Sunday, June 13 we lost an amazing leader in Minnesota’s Leather/Kink community. Chaz was not just a past Minnesota Leather Pride President and Board member, Chaz was a longtime community member and cherished friend to so many. As news of his passing started to break, we were all struck by the many, many wonderful […]
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2021 Minnesota Leather Pride Flag Photo
Earlier this month, the Minnesota Leather Pride board approved a plan to invite the community to gather for a photo with the Minnesota Leather Pride flag. If you would like to be part of the photo, we are inviting you to join us! Minnesota Leather Pride Flag Photo Date: Saturday, June 26th – there is […]
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