can fight.”The auction’s sexy spin was that the winning bidder could head onstage and take their purchased item off the model. That striptease paid off especially kindly with a latex bodysuit and, in one burlesque-worthy case, a tall pair of socks.Amid the risqué fun, ONYX also found time to welcome a new chapter, ONYX High Desert in New Mexico. And Dominion made a call for everyone gathered to come back and represent at World Pride in D.C., never forgetting that Pride is a protest.So is Leather Weekend, in its way, highlighted by this year’s 50th Leather Cocktails on Saturday night, and centerpiece event, the Mr.
MAL Contest on Sunday. A macho pageant steeped in tradition and transgression, the contest is always a highlight for me, if only for the parade of leather title holders from around the globe.Entering the Hyatt ballroom, I gladly took a seat surrounded by such leather royalty, between the handsome Mr. Firedancer 2024 and charming Mr.
Chicago Leather, Vince Jay, who educated me on the Leather Archives in Chi-town. I was just as interested in hearing about his private fetish club the Loading Zone, but we ran out of time.Onstage, the contest’s veteran emcee Frank Nowicki soft-launched co-host-in-training David Spivey, Mr. MAL 2020/21, who handled his duties gracefully for what turned out to be a fierce competition between eight compelling contenders.A ninth competitor had taken ill before being able to present his package in the categories of Bar Wear, Physique, and Formal Leather.
So eight was enough for the audience and the judges, which included the outgoing Mr. MAL, Fire Daddy Ken, and reigning Miss Glamorous, Sassy Devine, who had them stampeding down the aisle to tip her jazzy bump-and-grind to “Locomotion.”Aside from the Devine entertainment, we were well-served by contestants Mr. Loves A Lot (Mr.
Connecticut Leather), Sassquatch (Mr. Pittsburgh Leather Bear), Boy Luis (MidSouth Kink and Leather Boy), and Doctor Nick (Mr. Leather Sir Tom Productions).
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