1 June 2026
For Leather Club Roma, Pride Month 2026 begins with an important political achievement.In the Roma Pride 2026 political manifesto some of the demands long advanced by the fetish and kinky community find explicit…
24 May 2026
20 May 2026
1 April 2026
In recent years, the term kinky has increasingly entered everyday language, often used in a superficial or imprecise way. To truly understand its meaning, it is essential to start from its origin: kinky derives from the English word kink, which literally means a twist, knot, or bend in something that […]
8 May 2025
Tom of Finland, the pseudonym of Touko Valio Laaksonen (1920–1991), was a Finnish artist renowned for his unmistakable homoerotic drawings. Laaksonen began his career as a commercial illustrator but was already producing what he called his “dirty drawings” in his youth—illustrations of muscular men in overtly homosexual scenarios that would […]
22 January 2025
David Kloss: An Indelible Memory of the First International Mr. Leather With immense sadness, the international leather community mourns the passing of David Kloss, the first winner of the prestigious International Mr. Leather (IML) title in 1979. Kloss was not only a pioneer, but a symbol of pride, authenticity and […]
23 October 2024
Explore WeFetish, the international fetish photography contest organised by Leather Club Roma in 2014–2016: photographers, exhibitions, award records and archive images.
6 October 2024
6 October 2024
11 July 2023
Origins The origins of the harness can be traced back to ancient civilizations that utilized leather (a flexible and durable material) for military purposes and to control animals. Even today, leather harnesses are used as horse harnesses and headstalls, and more rarely, as full-body harnesses for attaching vehicles to animals […]