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History of Leather at Pride 1965-1995

2021-09-28 04:05:18.64552+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

A long-time friend came out to me recently. This should not have knocked me for the loop it did. I know plenty of people all across various axes of the sexuality and gender spectrum. And yet, as I was processing that many of the identifiers by which I knew this person had suddenly shifted, I was off-balance.

There's a lot I'm still processing about that. I went back and found something I'd written back in the '90s about coming out, and realized that all sorts of my life is standing in the way of me feeling like my authentic fulfilled self, and the obstacle to that is, more than any social context, my own hang-ups and fears. Of course.

Anyway, this is a fantastic read on a history that it's easy to forget. On my nightstand is Lorna N. Bracewell's "Why We Lost the Sex Wars", and though it seems like there's been stagnation in a lot of social movements since the '90s, a hell of a lot happened in the decades preceding that.

And though the author doesn't make the connection explicit, just a few sentences about the anti-pornography statutes in Minneapolis way back when have now made a connection to current events in Texas that I cannot unsee.

Glad I took the time to read this evening.

A History of Leather at Pride: 1965-1995

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