John's Guide to Leather & Bear London
  • Contents
  • New to London
  • LEATHER & FETISH RETAIL
  • LEATHER & FETISH CLUBS
  • LONDON BEAR SCENE
  • First time on the scene
  • My Leather Bio
  • Coaching
  • Workshops
  • BDSM Model
  • Reply to JK Rowling
  • Worldwide Links
  • Contact Me

Leather and Kink Links

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Civil Rights & Sexual Freedom Campaigners
African American Policy Forum - dedicated to advancing and expanding racial justice, gender equality, and the indivisibility of all human rights, both in the U.S. and internationally (USA)
American Civil Liberties Union (USA) 
Amnesty International - LGBTI Network 
Black Lives Matter
Color of Change - freedom from racism and injustice (USA)
CrossRoads Antiracism Organizing & Training - (USA)
Fair Fight - voter protection (USA)
ILGA Europe
ILGA World
Innocence Project - exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice (USA)
Inquest - provides expertise on state related deaths and their investigation to bereaved people, lawyers, advice and support agencies, the media and parliamentarians (UK)
Lambda Legal (USA) 
Liberty - challenges injustice, defends freedom and campaigns to make sure everyone in the UK is treated fairly (UK)
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (USA) 
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (USA) 
Peter Tatchell (worldwide) 
Reprieve (worldwide) 
Revise F65 Project (worldwide) 
Sexual Freedom Coalition (UK) 
Social Justice in Action - List of 100 Social Justice Organisations (USA) 
Spanner Trust (UK) 
Stonewall (UK)
Stop Hate UK - supporting people affected by all forms of Hate Crime (UK)
United Families & Friends Campaign - coalition of those affected by deaths in police, prison and psychiatric custody, supports others in similar situations (UK)
Woodhull Freedom Foundation (USA)
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​Publications and Resources
Alphatribe - fetish magazine
BDSM Events page - list of worldwide BDSM events
Bearguide.net - list of bear, fetish and pride events worldwide
Big Black Boots - great set of boot FAQs
BIPOC Mental Health Resources - list of mental health resources for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities
BLUF educators & coaches - List of BDSM educators and coaches on the BLUF website
Daedalus Publishing company - publish books on SM 
Dismantling Racism Works - web workbook by dRworks
Down an Dirty - "A rough and gritty guide to filthy sex"
FetLife - social networking site for the BDSM community 
​Fetish.com - BDSM dating and events directory
Fundacion Triangulo - Support for LGBTIQ community in Spain
Gay Leather Fetish History - personal website by Dutch gay couple 
GMFA (gay men's health) - UK sexual health charity 
Gay Men's Mindfulness - meets in Central London, UK
Great Lakes Den - leather and bear news site for Midwest USA
Hard Sell - UK based sexual health website for SM players 
Howard Brown Health Center - Chicago based LGBT health organisation 
Kink-Aware Professionals (KAP) - worldwide directory of legal, medical and mental health practitioners 
Leather Archives & Museum (LA&M) - "based in Chicago, serving the world" 
Leather Hall of Fame - founded in 2009 
The Leather Journal - free monthly newspaper, published in the US 
Leathermen Travel - worldwide guide to leather friendly clubs, events and businesses
Lthr.club -  worldwide database of leather clubs, events and shops
Mermaids - UK based charity helping gender diverse kids and their families
New York City Anti-Violence Project - working for New York's LGBT and HIV-affected communities 
Neurodivergent Practitioners - Searchable database of neurodivergent coaches, therapists and assessment services
PAHS Without Borders - Pup play info, including list of social groups
Pink Therapy - UK network of therapists working with kink and LGBTI communities 
Planet Midori - Personal website of author and SM educator "Midori" 
Puppy Play - Information for human pups and handlers, including list of community groups worldwide
Race Bannon - personal website with excellent blog 
Rope Dojo - rope bondage events 
San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI) - Free information and referral switchboard 
SM Gays - UK volunteer group providing SM information 
San Francisco AIDS Foundation - sexual health resources based in San Francisco 
Team Friendly - campaign to remove the stigma of HIV, also on many social media sites 
Terrence Higgins Trust - UK sexual health charity 
Thorne Harbour Health - supporting people with HIV in Victoria, Australia
Tickle.Life - sexual wellbeing resource: stories, podcasts, information and helplines
TPAN - HIV support (USA based) 
Two Knotty Boys - rope bondage presenters from SF


EUROPE: Clubs and Events
AgendaQ - French fetish information with a great calendar of European wide fetish events
Amsterdam Kink Academy - educational workshops in the Netherlands 
Amsterdam Leather Pride - in the Netherlands 
ASMF Paris - leather club in France, part of ECMC
Arctic Pilot - annual leather event in Tromsø, Norway
Baltic Battle - fetish weekend for gay men in Stockholm, Sweden
Berlin Cigar Men - meets monthly
Bikers Without Borders (BOG) - group for gay motorcyclists in Berlin and Bradenburg, Germany
Breeches and Leather Uniform Fanclub (BLUF) - European hosted website, worldwide membership 
Darklands - huge fetish event in Antwerp, Belgium
Dutch Rubberman - organise the Dutch Rubbermen Weekend in the Netherlands
Easter Berlin - large leather event in Berlin at Easter
European Confederation of Motorcycle Clubs (ECMC) - over 20 member clubs in 11 countries
Europerv - fetish parties in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Evidence - fetish events in France
Fetish Week London - held in London, UK in the second week of July 
Folsom Europe - huge leather event in Berlin, Germany 
Frankfurt Leather Club (FLC) - Germany
GearBlast UK - weekend for guys into motorbike leathers
Geared Ireland - events in Dublin, Ireland
German Fetish Ball - Berlin, Germany
HunCon - BDSM Conference in Hungary, Budapest
International Leather & Boots Spain (ILBS)
Kink Club - BDSM venue in Herning, Denmark and run a convention in April
LCNW Bremen - Germany
Leather & Fetish Club Dresden (LFCD) - Germany
Leather & Fetish Community - umbrella organization of German-speaking gay fetish clubs
Leather Club Roma - part of ECMC, organise Fetish Pride Italy
Leather Club Stuttgart - leather club in Germany
Leathermen of Switzerland
Leather Pride Dublin - Dublin, Ireland
Leather Uniform Gummi Mannheim (LUGMAN) - club in Germany
LeatherWest - events in Bristol and the south west of England, UK
Leguan Hanover - German leather club, part of ECMC
LMC Estonia - leather part, part of ECMC
LMC Vienna - leather club in Austria, part of ECMC
Male Space - Berlin, organises fetish cabarets, Berlin Cigar Men, black weekend and 'folsom on stage'
Manchester Rubbermen - organise Manchester Rubber Weekend, UK
Maspalomas Fetish Week - Gran Canaria
Mr Puppy Netherlands
MLC Munich - leather club in Germany
MS Amsterdam - Netherlands leather club, part of ECMC
MSC Belgium - leather club, part of ECMC
MSC Finland - leather club, part of ECMC. Also organise Finlandization and Winterization in Helsinki
MSC Hamburg - leather club in Germany, part of ECMC
Den Norske Bamseklubben - Norwegian bear club mainly in Oslo
Nurenburg Leather Club (NLC) - leather club in Germany
Oslo BDSM - BDSM club also used by pups
Oslo Pups - puppy play
Prague Fetish Weekend - held in the Czech Republic
Pup & Co - Puppy play in France
Puppies Hamburg - Puppy play in Hamburg, Germany
Puppy Cologne - Puppy play in Cologne, Germany
Puppy Germany - puppy play
Puppy Pride - social network for human pups and their handlers (website based in UK)
RECON Events - fetish contact ad website which sponsors kink events around the world 
Rheinfetisch E.V. - Leather group in Cologne, Germany, run Cologne Fetish Pride
Rogaland BDSM club - in Rogaland, Norway
Scuola Di Bondage Japanese rope bondage school in Rome, Italy 
Sleazy Madrid - "electronic music gay fetish festival" in Spain
SLM Aarhus - fetish club in Denmark
SLM Bergen - fetish club in Norway
SLM Copenhagen - the largest fetish club in Scandinavia, based in Denmark
SLM Gothenburg - leather club in Sweden
SLM Malmo - leather club in Sweden
SLM Oslo - group in Oslo, Norway, also organise Leather Pride Oslo
SLM Stockholm - leather club in Sweden
SM Bergen - BDSM club in Bergen, Norway
SMil Copenhagen - BDSM club in Copenhagen, Denmark
Sørlandet BDSM - club in Sørlandet Norway
Spanish Leather and Fetish Community - Spanish events including Mr Fetish Spain & Mr Puppy Spain
The Swiss Gear Heads - Swiss social group for many fetishes, not just leather
Thuringer Leather Club (TLC) - leather club in Germany
Swiss Rubbermen - events in Switzerland
Top of Europe - organisation uniting leather clubs in Northern Europe
UK Black Pride - "Europe’s largest celebration for LGBTQ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Middle Eastern and Latin American descent."
VSSM - largest SM society in the Netherlands
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Retail
Alcova - shop in Rome for fetish, BDSM, toys and more (Italy) 
Alpha Whips - bespoke whips made in Germany
Black Body - Amsterdam, the Netherlands 
Black Dog Shop - hand crafted leather and fetish clothes and accessories in Hungary
Boxer Barcelona - fetish shop in Spain
Coffee, Cake & Kink - Online store run from the UK 
Duo Shop - BDSM toys and Mr B leather in Oslo Norway
Fetish Daddy - Bespoke leather and rubber gear based in London UK. Also offer courses
Fetish Freak - London, UK 
F-Machine - manufacture and sell sex machines, including 'the Temblr' (UK)
GAYT - fetish store in Vienna
​Gear Berlin - Germany
Homoware - the largest gay shop in Denmark
Invincible Rubber - Nottingham, UK 
Kiiroo - Interactive sex toys for men and women, Amsterdam
Libidex - latex clothing, London, UK
London Alternative Market - monthly fetish fair (UK)
Monkey Sergeant - London, UK
Mr B - Amsterdam, Antwerp and Berlin 
Mr S Leather at Clone Zone - UK
​Parus Leather & Metal - Munich, Germany
R&Co - Berlin, Germany
Regulation - London, UK 
RoB of Amsterdam - stores in Amsterdam and Paris 
Rubberpigs - Rubber gear based in Manchester, UK
Sadistens Toolbox - Denmark
Second Skin - fetish and gear second hand marketplace for gay kinksters
Serious Kit - specialist vacuum equipment, including 'estim vacuum suit' and 'Venus2000' (UK)
Sh! Women's Emporium - London, UK (shop and runs classes)
​Sling King - Berlin, Germany
SpeXter - Munich, Germany 
Trussed UK - BDSM toys and equipment (UK)
UberKinky - BDSM and sex toy company for men and women (UK)
WESP Leder Design - Germany

CANADA: Clubs and Events
Bizarre Bazaar - Stoney Creek, Onatario
Black Eagle Kennel Club - Toronto
​Edmonton "O" Society - Pansexual group in Edmonton, Alberta 
Edmonton Pups and Handlers (YEG-PAH) - puppy play
Maritime Pups and Handlers (MAR-PAH) - puppy play
Montreal Fetish Weekend - in Quebec
Ottawa Bears
Ottawa Knights - leather club
Ottawa Wolves - Rugby Football Club
Phoenix Leather Club of Montreal
Rascal's Club - fetish parties in Vancouver, BC
Rubbout - Rubber fetish weekend in Vancouver, BC
RUFF Vancouver - fetish events
Sagacity Alternative Lifestyle Society - BDSM organisation in British Colombia
Sin City Fetish Night - Vancouver
Spearhead Toronto - leather/ denim social club, running since 1970
Westcoast Bound - BDSM educational weekend in Vancouver
Wicked in the West - BDSM educational weekend in Edmonton, Alberta
Vancouver Fetish Weekend - in British Comombia
Vancouver Men in Leather - for leathermen and kinksters
Vancouver Rubbermen
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Retail
Dayton Boot Company - boot manufacturer in Vancouver, British Columbia
Doc's Motorcycle Gear - Toronto
Dreams of Leather - Floggers, leather cuffs and more in Vancouver, BC 
​Erotic Candles - Edmonton, Alberta
Kinkstore.ca - Alberta
Northbound Leather - excellent store in Toronto, Ontario
Priape - gay fetish store in Montreal
Sir-Canada Toyworks - Floggers, paddles and custom leatherwork in Edmonton, Alberta

USA: Clubs and Events
The 15 Association - BDSM group based in San Francisco
Arizona Pups and Handlers (A-PAH) - puppy play
Atlanta BearFest - annual weekend for bears and their admirers
AVATAR Club Los Angeles - LA based BDSM educational/ social group 
Bay Area Pups and Handlers (BAY-PAH) - puppy play
Beat Me in St Louis - BDSM educational weekend in Missouri
Beyond Leather - BDSM educational weekend in West Palm Beach, Florida 
Beyond Vanilla - BDSM educational weekend in Dallas, Texas
Black Rose - BDSM education in Washington DC 
Boston based Pets and Handlers (Wicked-PAH) - puppy play
Capital Pups and Handlers (Capital-PAH) - puppy play
Chicago Hellfire Club - BDSM club with associate members worldwide
Chicago Puppy Patrol - puppy play
CLAW - Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend
Coastal Empire Sentinels - Georgia
Coastal Leather Allegiance to Wisdom & Service (CLAWS) - South Carolina
Colorado LeatherFest - weekend conference
Dallas Discipline Corps - Men only BDSM group based in Dallas 
Dark Odyssey - events in Washington DC, Maryland and San Fransisco
Desert Brotherhood Motorcycle Club - Las Vegas
DomCon - BDSM expo and workshops in Los Angeles 
The Eulenspiegel Society - New York based BDSM group
Fetishmen San Diego - group for gay, kinky men
Folsom Street Fair - San Francisco 
Guild Of Deviated Standards - BDSM educational weekend in Denver, Colorado
International Deaf Leather (IDL)
International Mr Leather (IML) - annual leather contest held in Chicago 
International Ms Leather (IMsL) - annual leather contest held in San Francisco
International Puppy and Handler Weekend (IPAHW) - puppy play
Kinkfest - BDSM educational weekend in Portland, Oregan 
Kinky Kollege - BDSM educational event in Chicago 
Knight Hawks of Virginia - leather club
Leather Leadership Conference - annual educational conference in Atlanta, Georgia
Leather Uniform Club of Las Vegas
Los Angeles Leather Coalition 
Mates Leather Weekend (also hosts Snowbound) - Provincetown, MA
Men of Onyx - club for Men of Color
Mid America Fists In Action (M.A.F.I.A.) - Chicago based group for FF players who identify as men
Mid-Atlantic Leather (MAL) - annual leather contest held in Washington DC 
Minnesota Leather Pride 
Mr International Rubber - annual contest weekend in Chicago, IL
New England Leather Alliance (NELA) - fundraising, education and events in New England 
New Jersey Pups and Handlers (NJ-PAH) - puppy play
North-Central Florida Pups and Handlers (NCF-PAH) - puppy play
North Star Kennel Club - puppy play in Minnesota
Northwest PAH Association (NW-PAH) - puppy play in Seattle
Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert (PSLOD) - social club 
Pandemonium in the Prairies - BDSM conference for kinky women
Portland Pets and Handlers (PDX-PAH) - puppy play in Portland
Rocky Mountain Rebellion - BDSM weekend convention in Utah
Seattle Pups and Handlers (SEA-PAH) - puppy play
Smokeout - cigar convention in Las Vegas for bears and leathermen
Southeast Conference of Clubs - list of clubs in Southeast USA
Southeast Leatherfest - BDSM educational event in Atlanta, Georgia 
South Florida Kennel Club - puppy play
South Florida Minotaurs - leather club
Southwest Leather Conference - BDSM educational weekend in Phoenix, Arizona 
TES Fest - BDSM educational event in Piscataway, New Jersey 
Winter Wickedness - BDSM weekend in Ohio
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Retail
665 Leather - Los Angeles 
Adam's Toy Box - online retailer, sex toys for men
Autoblow - "blowjob machines that use A.I."
Bear Gear - clothing and accessories for bears, Indianapolis
Bear Things - BDSM supplies 
Boss Bondage - bondage and SM supplies (USA) 
BoyzShop - online retailer, sex toys for men
Bulldog Custom Leathers - Atlanta
Burly Shirts - t-shirts and other accessories for lovers of bears and kink
CheapLubes.com 
Cockeye Kink - custom harnesses and dog tags
deGiotto Rope - rope supplies 
The Dehner Company - boot manufacturer in Omaha, Nebraska 
Dirty Sheep - BDSM supplies: floggers, canes, metal work
Dungeon Beds - San Fransisco
Fort Troff - USA based but can ship from Amsterdam for European orders
Full Kit Gear - Chicago and Provincetown 
Gear Essentials - accessories for cock, balls and nipples, based in Palm Springs 
Happy Tails - whips and floggers from the West Coast 
The Kink Shop - BDSM toys including fire play floggers and static electricity
Langlitz Leathers Inc. - high quality leather clothing from Oregon 
Leather Bonding - leather harnesses and arm bands
Leather Masters - Dallas
The Leatherman - leather store based in New York 
LeatherWerks - Fort Lauderdale 
Male Kink - BDSM and sex toy store
Mr S Leather - San Francisco 
Nasty Pig - butch clothing from New York (not leather) 
Off Ramp Leathers - bespoke leatherwork in Palm Springs
OxBalls - Chatsworth, California
Palm Springs Piercing Company - Palm Springs
Pup Gear - pup themed clothing, Indianapolis
Rubio Leather - New York 
Ryder Gear - Motorbike gear suits, gloves and boots
StationHouse Leathers and Gear - also has police uniforms 
The Stockroom - Los Angeles 
Stompers Boots - boots and gloves, Fort Lauderdale
Taylor's Leatherwear - leather jackets from Tennessee 
Toolworks Chicago - Hand made floggers
Tough Gloves - San Francisco 
Twisted Monk - hemp rope from Seattle 
Vanson Leathers - Fall River, Massachusetts 
The West Coast Shoe Co. (WESCO) - Oregon
TLS Rubber Gear - The Woodlands, TX
TribalSon - custom metal jewellery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Wolfstryker Leather - handmade leather products in Collingswood, NJ
Workforce by Inseam - masculine, tailored, military inspired clothing made in Boston, MA 

LATIN AMERICA: Clubs and Events
Alianza Lambda de Venezuela - LGBTI organisation in Venezuela
Alianza Leather & Fetish Latin America - non-profit organisation helping all fetish groups in Latin America
Evolution International Leather & Fetish Fest Mexico - the largest non-profit leather event in Mexico
Leather Club Chile - Chile
Leathermen Argentina
Leathermen Colombia
Leathers MX - Mexican leather social group with talks and workshops
Mr Leather Mexico - official page of the  Mexican Leather Contest
Mr Rubber Mexico
Puppy Play Mexico
Uruguay Fetish

Retail
Francuir - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sladom leather & BDSM store - Mexico City
Tom's leather bar - Mexico City
Whip It Leather - Buenos Aires, Argentina

AUSTRALIA: Clubs and Events
Adelaide Leather & Fetish - social club
Australian Pup And Handler Competition
Bears Perth
Harbour City Bears - community group for big, hairy men and their admirers
Melbourne Rubbermen
Northside Bizarre - street party fundraiser in Melbourne
Queensland Pups and Handlers (Q-PAH) - Puppy play
VicBears - social club based in Melbourne, organise BearFEST and Southern HiBearnation
Victorian Pup And Handlers (VIC-PAH) - Puppy play
WoofClub - fetish dance parties in Melbourne and Sydney

Retail
Eagle Leather - sex and BDSM toys + workshops in Abbotsford, Victoria
Hares & Hyenas - LGBT gay bookshop in Melbourne
Laird Melbourne - bar, hotel and community venue
Mannhaus - Melbourne
Marquis de Sade - 'corsets and other apparel for extraordinary people', Melbourne
Moose Knuckle Leather - Perth
Nikki Darling - 'sex toys for every body', Melbourne
Piercing HQ - Abbortsford, Victoria

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