8 May 2025

Tom of Finland Day: Celebrating a Fetish&Kinky Art Icon

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 […]
15 May 2025

Ban “conversion therapies”: sign the petition to outlaw these practices across Europe!

Some battles go beyond individual communities. They are about rights, freedom, and the respect of each person’s identity. One of these battles is the fight against conversion practices targeting LGBTQ+ people. So-called “conversion therapies” – which are anything but therapeutic – are a form of psychological and physical abuse. Behind […]
21 June 2025

Pride Milan 2025 – We will be there!

Pride is never just a party. It’s a political act. It’s the moment when our identities become visible, when queer bodies take up space, when our differences unite into a collective voice.And this year, for the first time ever, Italy’s leading fetish and kinky clubs will march together as one […]
7 July 2025

Gear Up. Play Proud. Stand Out.: the fetish and kinky community launches its first political manifesto

The Italian fetish and kinky community presents Gear Up. Play Proud. Stand Out., a political manifesto launched by Leather Club Roma on the occasion of Pride Month 2025. In a historical period marked by new waves of discrimination and censorship, this document firmly declares that the presence of fetish and […]