#leatherboy

you need to be more specific. books? films? fiction? non-fiction? p*rn mags?

i'm staring at my bookshelf right now...

slapping leather by ford & scofield is a wonderful historical archive of queer and gay rodeo culture. not exactly capitol-L Leather, but (imo) tangentially related.

leatherfolk - radical sex, people, politics and practice by mark thompson is harder to come by but is an absolute must-read for the context of our leather culture and the intersectionality throughout, largely thru anecdotal accounts.

i'd already recommended in a past post the leatherboy's handbook (3rd edition) by vince andrews, and while focused primarily on leatherboys, it provides a ton of historical context and guidance for old guard protocols that a lot of us still use. (it does, however, defend the use of "leatherboy" as non-gendered and a role - just like how anyone can call themselves "daddy.")