6 September 2025
“Corpi di Carta – Books and desires that speak of pleasure, sex and freedom” is born in Rome, a cycle of literary appointments that weaves together culture, activism and sexuality. Curated by Why Not – Book and promoted by Leather Club Roma together with the Mario Mieli Homosexual Culture Circle, […]
6 September 2025
A new queer literary series in Rome Leather Club Roma, together with the Mario Mieli Homosexual Culture Circle, launches a brand-new series: “Corpi di Carta – Books and desires that talk about pleasure, sex and freedom”, curated by Why Not. A cycle of literary events placing sexuality, pleasure, and bodies […]
20 July 2025
Leather Club Roma (LCR) is proud to announce that it has officially joined the European Confederation of Rubber Clubs, marking a significant milestone in the club’s history. This development comes after a months-long process initiated at the very first meeting of LCR’s newly elected board earlier this year. At that […]
7 July 2025
Leather Club Roma expresses its sincere and heartfelt solidarity with the person from the puppy community who was attacked and with the whole puppy community. We are deeply saddened and outraged by the serious episode of hate that took place in the comments on an Instagram reel featuring an interview […]
30 June 2025
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 […]
21 June 2025
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 […]
15 May 2025
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 […]
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 […]
28 April 2025
A heartfelt thank you to the city of Palermo — the beating heart of the very first Kinky Palermo — for hosting the Italian leather, rubber, and fetish community with love and respect. “First of all, I want to thank Palermo.Thank you to a city that welcomed us with open […]
25 April 2025
On 26 April 2025 Rome will host the first Italian Dyke March, on the occasion of the International Lesbian Visibility Day. A historic, courageous event, awaited for years: at last in Italy too lesbian voices will take the space of a march conceived and built by and for them, with […]
