All posts tagged "mal"
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Puppy Love
From the pups to their handlers and the bonds they share, an inside look at the increasingly popular leather subset. Just call them MAL's best...
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Mid-Atlantic Leather 2016: Event Calendar
Ultra Nate surprised the crowd at a Toronto Pride party last summer. “A lot of people were shocked by my DJ’ing,” she says. “‘We need...
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Kinky Camaraderie: A Report from MAL 2015
This year's Mid-Atlantic Leather may have been the largest yet, eagerly embracing newcomers and veterans alike
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Event Calendar: Mid-Atlantic Leather 2015
More than 3,000 people are expected to attend this year’s Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend, which will fill every nook and cranny of its host hotel, the...
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Reactionary
Former Tracks DJ James Graham makes a return to MAL's popular Reaction Dance
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Steel City Streak
''I was always the one in the back of the bar,'' Joe Birdwell says. Up until fairly recently the 37-year-old lived a kind of shadowy...
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A Helper's Heart
''For a long time,'' Ramien Pierre says, ''I would surreptitiously look at leather images, watch leather porn and follow it on the Internet.'' In other...
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Pittsburgh Proud
Some might say that 2011 was the year Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather took the easy way out. Doug Pamplin, competing at the Mr. MAL contest as...
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Leather Laureates
Dan Noël competed for Mr. MAL in 1989 as a 28-year-old, active-duty Army police officer. He even used his real name at a time when gays...
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A Year in Leather
Matt Bamford may look like a little guy, but he's had a big year. After all, serving as Mr. Mid-Atlantic Leather is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity....
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Comic Relief
Meet Dick and Duane. The beefy, furry comedic team from New York don't want to be called bears, and they're not leather enthusiasts but the...
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Seeing the Light
''I hate when people are posting on Facebook and everything has an exclamation point,'' says Guy Smith. For the same reason, you won't find lighting...
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Evolution to MAL: Revolution
Over the years, the leather/BDSM/fetish communities have seen a lot of change. The evolution includes ''plushies,'' motocross gear, athletic wear and other twists and turns...
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Life in Leather
It's the roar of motorcycles on 14th Street. The crisp smack of leather on flesh. All those leatherfolk standing in front of the Washington Plaza...
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Brotherhood of Love
Centaur Motorcycle Club has been producing Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend's official events long before its current president, Steve Kenney, discovered the organization 20 years ago. ''MAL...
