Introducing Dodo Talks: a new space for dialogue, culture, and community by Leather Club Roma

Leather Club Roma is opening a new chapter in its cultural and educational mission: Dodo Talks, an editorial and multimedia format created to tell the stories of our fetish and kinky community through its voices, experiences, history, and evolving identities.

In recent years, our community has grown not only in numbers, but in its awareness of its role within the LGBTQIAPK+ landscape. More and more people recognize in the fetish and kinky world not just an aesthetic dimension, but a culture, a memory, an identity, and a space for self-determination.
The new LCR board has chosen to invest decisively in education, communication, and storytelling, expanding the places where the community can meet, discover one another, and share knowledge.
From this vision, Dodo Talks was born.

A format that gives voice to the community

Dodo Talks is a series of interviews and conversations published on YouTube, curated with sensitivity and depth—yet accessible and welcoming, in the spirit that defines our association. Interviews are generally conducted by Gius (@mr_lehis) and Stefano (@shaiwolf81), with technical production by Antonello (@diegoland).

The project highlights the voices and stories of the Italian and European fetish and kinky scene: Misters, activists, club representatives, volunteers, experts, and community members with personal journeys to share.
We are not only seeking “spokespeople,” but perspectives—the many angles that, together, build a real community made of diversity, values, and lived experience.

The Dodo isn’t extinct. It’s just kinky.

The club’s mascot—the Dodo—has always been a playful and ironic figure, but also a symbolic one.
Its new identity, paired with the slogan “not extinct, just kinky”, offers a perfect lens through which to read this new phase of our collective journey.

We are not a footnote, nor a curiosity. We are a living, resilient community—growing because we are grounded in authentic relationships, consent, solidarity, and a shared culture that does not fear visibility.

Our Dodo, proudly refusing extinction, embodies exactly that: a world often labelled as “niche,” but which thrives because it speaks to freedom, exploration, mutual care, and the legitimacy of fetish and kink as forms of personal expression rather than deviations.

Why Dodo Talks?

Because telling our stories means protecting them.
It means shining a light on everything our fetish and kinky community builds every day: safe spaces, informed practices, paths of self-discovery, and relationships that rise above prejudice and superficiality.

Dodo Talks aims to be a space for learning, listening, and preserving knowledge—yet also a fresh, accessible entry point. A place where newcomers can explore our world without fear, and long-standing members can recognize themselves in shared stories and reflections.

It is, in the most meaningful sense of the word, a political act: building a more informed, respectful, and free culture of fetish and kink.

Looking ahead

With Dodo Talks, LCR reaffirms its commitment to investing in multimedia content as a central tool of its mission. Not just events and parties: but culture, training, community education, and collective memory.
This is the direction we want to pursue in the years ahead, expanding collaborations with clubs, communities, and experts, and creating a living archive of our stories.

And this is only the beginning.