Minneapolis, MN: The board of Minnesota Leather Pride (MNLP) has narrowed our selection of potential themes for 2017 to two: F*ck It! and Walk in Her Boots. The board is now accepting design and concept submissions for both potential themes to be used for the annual MNLP dog tags, t-shirts, and other marketing materials. The […]
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2017 is approaching fast, and it’s time to start putting together the Minnesota Leather Pride theme for 2017. This theme is the foundation for design, marketing, and events for the year. Because MNLP’s mission is to celebrate, honor, nurture and facilitate the leather/kink/BDSM community, we want to hear your suggestions for a theme. We have […]
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June Pride Month reaches its peak this week with the Twin Cities Pride Festival and Ashley Rukes GLBT Pride Parade this upcoming weekend. Minnesota Leather Pride will have a large booth in Loring Park, on our sponsoring groups will serve as hosts throughout the weekend. We invite our kink and leather family to come hang […]
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In our busy world of social media and instant everything, it is too easy to miss upcoming events and activities in our communities. Minnesota Leather Pride is making it easier to find Minnesota and regional leather and kink events by gathering what we see and publishing it in our monthly Flashmail events emails. If you […]
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American Leather Story: Finding My Queer
Republished with permission © Copyright Michael Holt When I was young “queer” was a slur, slang for homosexual, and that’s the only meaning it had. Pretty much all of society was very homophobic. We used “queer” to emphasize the difference between us normal people and those dreadful homosexuals. Except I wasn’t quite one of the […]
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2016 MNLP Weekend Wrap Up
Congratulations to the amazing contestants – Sir Roman, boy Bolt, Angie, and Syn! We are so proud of all of you! Congratulations to Aurora, boy Woody, and Sir Ivan on a great year as the inaugural titleholder! Minnesota Leather Pride Weekend 2016 kicked off early on Friday night at the Meet & Greet in Mason’s. […]
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The organizers of Minnesota Leather Pride Weekend contest, April 1-3, are proud to announce the 2016 contest judges.
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This year we are pleased to announce that in an effort to expand our inclusiveness and serve the needs of our entire community, we have removed all government-ID gender requirements for all of our title contests. So long as a person self-identifies as a Sir they are welcome to compete for the Sir title, if […]
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Robert Smith started his leather journey back in 1985 in Salt Lake City, Utah. This interview took place behind the Minnesota Leather Pride booth at the Twin Cities Pride Festival.
Continue readingMore TagAmerican Leather Story: David Coral
David Coral tells us how he get involved with Minnesota Leather Pride in 2000, and how it grew from a bar night to a series of events. This interview took place behind the Minnesota Leather Pride booth at the Twin Cities Pride Festival.
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