Leather Pride

Friday, June 17

Lesbian Sex Mafia presents Tell Me What You Want, What You Really, Really Want with Laura Antoniou
Often, when we try to tell our partners what we like or want, those words are filtered through things like expectations, projection, fear, shame and verbal shortcuts. Play a little card game with Laura and push your flirting talents up a notch! Expand your creativity and verbal skills beyond “I like flogging” or “anything you want” through an interactive game and exercise. Learn how creative communication and courageous risk-taking can make your relationship and play more intimate, satisfying and fun. Say what you mean, and mean what you say – and make it seductive
http://lesbiansexmafia.org/

Switch
SWITCH is your monthly genderqueer/women/trans bdsm party in a room of our own behind closed doors at PADDLES.
http://fetlife.com/events/57321

Saturday, June 18

Instigate NYC Presents “Choking and Breath Play” with Don (not that Don)
Surrendering the ability to breathe. Fighting for the last scraps of available air. Controlling someone’s oxygen supply to the point of unconsciousness. Predicaments that feel like they really could choke the life out of you. Gags, plastic bags, gas masks, and nooses. For those willing to take the risk, breath play is an amazing and intense ride. For others, it is a reckless and dangerous kink. Let’s talk about it. This class will be a lecture and demonstration of various techniques of air and breath control, as well as carotid artery restriction. Safety techniques and health concerns will be discussed in depth. There will be short demos throughout.
http://www.instigatenyc.org/

28th annual Leather Pride Night auction
The Leather Pride Night Auction will take place on Saturday, June 18th, 2011. This year the festivities will be at a new location: ARENA at 135 West 41st Street. ARENA’s doors will open for LPN at 6:00 PM, and the auction will run from 7 PM until 10:00 PM. Leather Pride Night is sponsored by nine NYC S/m-leather-fetish organizations: Imperial Court of NY, Iron Guard BC, Lesbian Sex Mafia, MAsT Metro NY, MetroBearsNY, New York boys of Leather, OnyxNY. Pariah’s MC, The Eulenspiegel Society and many committed individuals. This year’s auction benefits The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, Trinity Place Shelter, the Carter / Johnson Leather Library, the Youth Enrichment Services at The Center and as has been our tradition, an annual donation to Heritage of Pride, the producer of New York’s annual Pride Parade.
http://www.leathepridenight.org

SPAM Annual Pride Performance Party!
http://www.submitparty.com/

TES Leather Pride Night Afterparty at Paddles
http://www.tes.org

Underbear
Sponsored by Metrobears New York
http://www.rockbarnyc.com/

Sunday, June 19

Folsom Street East
The largest outdoor fetish street festival on the eastern coast, which brings thousands of sexy kinksters out onto the streets of New York City on a summer afternoon to celebrate sexual diversity and expression. Named after the famous Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco, this annual block party brings our S/M-Leather-Fetish brothers and sisters together for a great celebration, while raising money to support worthy causes.
http://www.folsomstreeteast.org/

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NEW YORK, NY May 4, 2009 — The 26th annual Leather Pride Night Auction will take place on Saturday, June 20th, 2009. This year the festivities will be at Splash, 50 West 17th Street. Splash’s doors will open for LPN at 6:00 PM, and the auction will run from 7 PM until 10:00 PM. Liquor, beer, wine and soft drinks will be provided at a cash bar. Light finger food will be served. A sign language interpreter will be present throughout the evening. This year, as every year, there will be a team of bootblacks to keep your boots and shoes looking sharp. All tips go toward the event’s total for the beneficiaries. We encourage everyone to come early to view the items up for auction, get your boots blacked, and be seen!

Jo Arnone, LPN’s veteran auctioneer, will preside over almost a hundred items being auctioned, including leather and latex fetish clothing, unique toys and equipment, art objects, event passes and tickets, and much more.

Leather Pride Night is sponsored by ten NYC S/m-leather- fetish organizations: Gay Male S/M Activists, Iron Guard BC, Lesbian Sex Mafia, MAsT Metro NY, MetroBears NY, New York boys of Leather (NYboL), Pariah’s MC, The Eulenspiegel Society and ONYX NY and many committed individuals.

Over the years, Leather Pride Night has donated over $300,000 for local and national charities. This year, Leather Pride Night will donate the 2008 Auction proceeds to: The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, Carmen’s Place, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, By The Grace of George: The Pitbull Angel Fund and as is customary, an annual donation to Heritage of Pride, the producer of New York’s annual Pride Parade. Tickets for Leather Pride Night are $15 in advance, and $20 at the door. Paypal payment is available at the LPN website www.leatherpridenight.org. Tickets can also be obtained at any of the sponsoring organizations or the beneficiary organizations, as well as the following supporting commercial venues: The Baroness, David Samuel Menkes Custom Leatherwear, DomSubFriends, Purple Passion / DV8, The Leather Man, Passional, Nasty Pig, Le Chateau Exotique and Come Again.

Leather Pride Night is part of a season of fabulous leather and fetish- oriented events in New York City.

Kicking off the weekend of leather events, on Friday June 20th, Lesbian Sex Mafia will be hosting a talk and demonstration by LPN committee member Lady Sabrina, on Spanking Techniques from Sensual to Discipline and More. Held at the LGBT Center in Manhattan, 208 West 13th Street. For information, call 212 726-3844 or go to: http://www.lesbiansexmafia.org/.

Immediately following Leather Pride Night on Saturday, keep the Leather Pride energy going at the all-gender Eulenspiegel Society (TES) play party, “A Midsummer Night’s LPN After Party” at Paddles from
10pm to 3am. For more info: www.tes.org.

On Sunday, June 21st, GMSMA presents FOLSOM STREET EAST, an S/m-
leather-fetish block party on West 28th Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues) in front of the Eagle NYC Bar. Over 10,000 leathermen and women cap off Leather Pride Weekend with the largest outdoor festival of its kind on the East Coast. For more info: www.folsomstreeteast.org.

That night, following Folsom Street East, women and trans are invited to LSM’s Leather Pride Women & Trans Play Party. LSM’s annual party is their biggest with folks traveling from all over the country to join in the fun. From 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM. For tickets and location, call 212-726-3844 or write LSMNYC@hotmail. com.

This year, leather pride continues into July with TESFest 09. Held on July 4-6, 2009 in New Jersey. With special events, over 100 classes, a 24-hour dungeon space and vendors, TESFest 09 promises to be the must-attend event of the summer. It also promises outdoor play and nude swimming in the hotel pool. All info can be found at www.tesfest.org.

The Leather Pride Night Committee is dedicated to promoting freedom of sexual self-expression, and actively works to improve the image and understanding of S/m and fetish lifestyles. It meets on the first Thursday of the month (October through June) at 8:00PM at the LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street.

There is no photography or cellular telephone usage allowed at the event. Media photography inquiries can be directed to Darrell at Darrellblackandblue@yahoo.com

LPN is run by volunteers! If you want to volunteer, send email to LPNnyc@aol.com

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