Is Leather Dead?
Erik Will
In July of 2011, we hosted a rather controversial panel featuring Guy Baldwin, Gayle Rubin, Race Bannon, and Michael Thorn. It drew over 300 people for a lively discussion of the state of the leather community. While we may not take complete credit for the renaissance in active, visible leather community which began around this time, we do believe this discussion which brought MANY people to the table and out of the woodwork played a non-trivial part.
For additional context, you may be interested in looking at the remarkable commentary on the original facebook event page.