Monthly Archives: April 2011

CLAW: Bears Out of Hibernation Party – April 29, 2011

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Bears out of hibernation - April 29th - The Leather Stallion Saloon, Cleveland, OH

Master Chuck, Eastern Canada LeatherSIR 2011 and boy iain, Eastern Canada Leatherboy 2011 will be invading CLAW‘s Bears Out of Hibernation Leather/Bear Party:

April 29, 2011 – 10 pm

The Leather Stallion Saloon
2205 St. Clair Ave.
Cleveland OH

This year’s party will include an evening of Leather Bear related anctics:

  • Leather Bear Base Balls – Hit the bound Bear in the balls using a Nerf Ball and Bat to win a prize  – $3 for 3 balls.
  • Tame the Caged Bear – An aggressive Bear in a cage will try to attack who ever comes near – $3 to shock using a electric shock collar on his nuts or feed the Bear into submission so he can be tamed enough to be petted/felt up and have clothes pins placed on him.  The fun begins at midnight with the removal of the clothes pins.
  • Bear Pick Me Up Raffle – Get picked up in a restrictive bear hug off the ground by Master Chuck, Eastern Canada LeatherSIR 2011 as boy iain, Eastern Canada Leatherboy 2011 measures your inseam from balls to boots. Prizes include a all inclusive week long pass to the SNOBears Northern Exposure 2011, a week long BDSM and Bear friendly camping event held North of Sudbury a $290 value and much more, among other prizes.

This is an official CLAW Bar Night – hope to see you there!

Cigar Night – May 13th, 2011

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Photo courtesy of Steve Thorson

Master Chuck, Eastern Canada LeatherSIR 2011 and i cordially invite you to join me at the Black Eagle in Toronto for Cigar Night – Friday May 13th at 10pm for a chance to win:

  • A Travel Humidor + Cigars
  • Pipe + 6 Piece Starter Kit
  • Cigar Minder + Lighter + Lighter Fluid

Special thanks to Steve Thorson for taking the picture a few years ago as part of a class he was taking.  From what I was told, the women taking the course were quite intimidated by the pictures he took.

I’ve always enjoyed the look of cigars ever from the first time I set foot into the patio at The Toolbox.  An early fantasy a friend of mine had told me about was being tied down and having his nuts shaved by cigar which stuck with me for years.  Yum!    Combine with a gas mask and some tit torture and I’m putty.

I also like pipes – the rich smell of the tobacco always stuck with me from a young age when I was living in Newfoundland.  Friends of mine, most notably the first man to tie me up, “Goody”, smoked a pipe and I always thought it was a hot look, especially when it involved bondage.

When I was in the UK for the Great British Bear Bash, I had a chance to hook up with two Daddies who were very much into pipes and I was in pig boy heaven – being fed pipe smoke, smoking from the pipe, feeling the warmth of the pipe on my nuts – I’m hard thinking about it.  In many respects it felt like a masculine right of passage for me.

Continental: A documentary

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My friend Malcolm Ingram (Small Town Gay Bar, Bear Nation) wants to put together a documentary on The Continental.  He is requesting pledges through Kickstarter – if he reaches his goal, then the documentary is a  go.  If he does not, then not only do you not have to pay your donation, but unfortunately the doco is a no go.

Here is the synopsis of what Malcolm is trying to accomplish:

What do sex without consequence, men in towels and Bette Midler have in common?

The Continental Baths was a seminal gay New York City hotspot that existed from the late sixties to 1974.  The baths themselves were a lavish Roman style affair, which were opened in the late 60’s in a newly post-stonewall NYC. Owner Steve Ostrow wanted to create a decadent and luxurious clubhouse where newly liberated men could explore with wanton abandon.

“A gay man with $15 can get both sex and entertainment at the Continental and know he is mixing with the beautiful people. He might still turn up to work on Monday and be fired for being a fag” – Dennis Altman-1971

Along with the baths, The Continental was home to glamorous shows that attracted first class performers such as Cab Calloway, Peter Allen, Wayland Flowers, Patti Labelle and a then unknown Bette Midler, who (with her piano player Barry Manilow) became ringmaster to the revelry.

Continental is a stylish examination of a lively and lascivious piece of real estate that transcended sexual identity and acted as a beacon to the hip, beautiful and infamous.  Housed at the former site of the legendary Ansonia Hotel at 230 W. 74th St., the Continental ultimately became one of the most important metropolitan keystones for a sexual revolution, fostering an environment of tolerance and indirectly contributing to a level of mainstream gay acceptance the likes of which has never been seen again.

Told through archival footage, photographs, music and the voices of owner Steve Ostrow as well as patrons, performers and opponents,Continental will be a thorough examination of a time and a place not so long ago when the word positive wasn’t so negative.

Directed by Malcolm Ingram (Small Town Gay Bar – Sundance 06, Bear Nation –SXSW 10)

What we are up to:

We are looking to put together enough money to get our project off the ground and go film our initial set of interviews. Most importantly our interview with Steve Ostrow who now lives in Australia. This interview will create the spine for the documentary.

Why ‘Continental’ ?:

Having had the privilege of making a documentary a few years back on the proud owners and patrons of some gay bars in the South called ‘small town gay bar’, I began to realize how important it was to present as many varied voices of my community as possible. Documenting our history while the key players are still around isn’t only an opportunity…it is a duty.

Continental existed in a very unique period, post Stonewall – pre Aids. That little window when gay ruled the zeitgeist and Continental was the clubhouse. Its a story of sex, celebrity, politics and most importantly…it is part of our history

The BDSM world outside our major centers

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Where some people in Toronto would say the drive to Etobicoke – the western most part of Toronto where I live, from downtown is to far to travel for some fun; people in Northern Ontario are willing to drive from Timmins to Sudbury (296km – 184mi, 3 – 4 hours) to get action.

People in Sudbury will drive to Toronto for an extended weekend to get some action.

You’ll find that the BDSM and Leather communities have to work together in order to make things happen.  You’re not going to find a solely gay Leather group in a place like Sudbury – it’s going to be more pansexual oriented with crossover between gay, lesbian, bi, trans and straight communities.

Gay Men's Sexual Health Summit 2010

I had the opportunity to discuss this within the context of sexual health information outreach to gay men in cities and towns outside of our major centers during the Gay Men’s Sexual Health Summit held in February 2010.

I was honoured to be part of a panel discussion called “Get Your Kink On: Best practices in BDSM Outreach” moderated by Duncan MacLachlan (ACT, MLT 1996), Nate Soloman (NOCK), Ishwar Persad (Center for Addiction and Mental Health), David Ivey (MLT 2010), Matthew Pavelich (MLT 2008) and Trevor Jacques (WholeSM Publishing).

That’s the way things are in the world outside our major centers such as Toronto, Ottawa, and Hamilton.  There just isn’t the critical mass to maintain separate communities.  People have to work together.

One of Master Chuck’s initiatives to drive community involvement and bridging in Northern Ontario is to setup a series of munches and munch & learns.

A munch is a place where kinky folk get together, eat, drink and chat.  A munch and learn is the same but with the added benefit of being able to learn via demo or full length discussion.  For many outside a major center, this is the first step into the kink and leather world.
View Larger MapIn the case of Northern Ontario, kinksters will drive from Sudbury to North Bay (129km – 80mi, 1.5 to 2 hours) or from Parry Sound (162km – 101mi, 2 hours) just to attend a munch.
On FetLife, Master Chuck has setup the following discussion groups (you’ll need an account on FetLife to participate):

If anyone wants to grab a ride with me to go to a munch in Sudbury or North Bay, let me know!  You’ll be surprised. The Inukshuk on the way up are quite something.

Both Master Chuck and i will be posting Sudbury and North Bay munch details on our respective blogs.

For the record, driving the 4.5 hours to see Master Chuck for the past 7 years (as of June 5) has all been worth it. No nose bleeds either!

Seven years of photographic history

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Timmins, Ontario

I spent the past two hours looking through photos from the past 7 years of history with Master Chuck.  I was looking primarily for publicity shots that could be used for various events and organizations that want my time.

What I saw reminded me of a lot of fun I’ve had with Master Chuck and the various family members who have come and gone over that time period.  Times such as weekend family events up in Sudbury, Toronto Pride weekends, Rochester Rams and Spearhead Runs, Church St. Fetish Fair (now Toronto Leather Pride), Eastern Canada LeatherSIR/boy weekends, Mr. Leather Toronto Weekends, Leather Leadership Conference, NOCK and fun times we had in Master Chuck’s dungeon and the dungeon we had setup for two years when we lived outside Toronto for two years.

Slave labour exists!

Times change, people come and go, but there will always be those memories and they are fond.  Most of all, I’d say we’ve had a lot of good and hot times together and one on one within Master’s family:

  • Going to my first Rochester Rams Run, my first run ever.  The theme was Varsity Initiation, where I won “Pledge of the Run”.  In one case, we were directed to suck 10 cocks and get rated.  I was the last to start and the first to finish.
  • Spending a week going up to Moonbeam, Ontario (10 hours north of Toronto!).  Oh the predicament bondage I got into when got to Kirkland Lake. *GRIN*
  • Taking my former boys to various events.
  • Road trips with Dan.
  • The first and many times at the Ramada Inn on Jarvis, where it all started.  Hooded, bound and spanked.
  • The family coming together during TO Kink weekend.
  • The cop-themed weekend where we learned a number of different things from interrogations, how to use handcuffs properly and taking over Zig’s.
  • The NOCK (Northern Ontario Conference of Kink) where Master Chuck was the keynote speaker, Dan being my demo bottom, and putting together a brilliant DJ set.
  • The surprise of being pinned into Mama’s Family along with Master Chuck and Master Scott during MLT 2009.
  • Being whipped by Mistress Victoria at Folsom Fair North.
  • Co-topping and being tag teamed by Sir.  Wouldn’t you like to be a fly on the wall, eh?
  • Celebrating the different coverings, collarings, recollarings and releases together, as a family.
  • Taking pics and videos while I’m on business trips for Sir’s pleasure.
  • The making and hanging of our sling that Sir helped us to build.  It’s HUGE and made of conveyor belt rubber.
  • Trips to Detroit, Washington, Halifax, Winnipeg, and Calgary.
  • The renovations at slave quarters.

I’m thankful for these experiences, for the man whose collar I wear as a symbol of my service to Him and fortunate for the many people who are my brothers in His family.

Kink In the City

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An Evening of Fetish Art Spontaneity

A COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER FOR THE TORONTO PEOPLE WITH AIDS FOUNDATION

Brought to you by Mr. Spearhead 2011, Dwayne Bryk; and Eastern Canada Leatherboy 2011, Master Chuck’s boy iain

Saturday May 7th, 10PM
Black Eagle Toronto – 457 Church St, Toronto ON

Optional fetish dress code encouraged throughout the entire bar!

Raffle for prizes – $2 Shooters

With Appearances by:
Penny Gyokeres, Ryan Lemesurier (Mr. Leatherman Toronto 2011), J.J. Deogracias, Lord Morpheous, NORTHBOUND LEATHER, PWA Poz Prevention Outreach Team, Jim Rolfe and boy jayme christine, The Friends For Life Bike Rally, Dan Madden & Dan R + OTHER SPONTANEOUS SURPRISES!

Catching up with…

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The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity traveling to Detroit, MI twice for Michigan LeatherSIR/Leatherboy and LeatherUNITED; Erie, PA for Drenched Fur and April is not even over.

From April 21 through May 1st

  • I’ll be visiting Sudbury to spend some quality with Sir – it’s been too long since I’ve had a chance to go up to Sudbury and I’ve been fortunate that Sir has been able to take the time to come to Toronto over the past few months.
  • My first trip to Portland OR/Vancouver WA for work on April 24 through 28th.  I’m not sure how much time I’ll have to get out and about around Portland and Vancouver, but if anyone has any suggestions on where to go, I’m all ears.
  • Returning from Portland, I get to meet Sir in Toronto and head to Cleveland for my first trip to CLAW.  This is Sir’s second trip to CLAWand slave David will be joining us.  Anyone who attended CLAW last year will recognize slave David an impromptu fundraiser there.

boys iain (Eastern Canada Leatherboy 2011) and matt (North American Boot Black 2008 and former boy to Iain) at LeatherUNITED.

May will be a slower month.  I will probably be in Portland/Vancouver for a second trip, and there may be chances I’ll be doing a pitstop in San Francisco for a conference (to be determined).

I have two fundraisers coming up – more details to follow:

  • May 7th – Kink In The City: An Evening of Fetish Art Spontaneity at the Black Eagle co-hosted with Mr. Spearhead 2011 Dwayne Bryk for the Toronto People with AIDS Foundation. More details to come. *GRIN*
  • May 13th – (That’s a Friday!!) I’ll be doing my something for the Eastern Canada LeatherSIR/Leatherboy Travel Fund during Cigar Night.  Come on out for a few cigars or pipes on the Black Eagle patio.  More details to come…

MLT – Toronto Leather Pride – Call for Presenters – August 11-14, 2011

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As received from Dan from So You Want To Be Kinky:

The MLT Competition Weekend has become one the largest city leather title event in North America.  Following the tremendous success of last year’s Weekend Seminar Program, the “So You Want To Be Kinky???” Educational Group is now seeking qualified individuals interested in presenting workshops, demonstrations, and discussions during the MLT 2012 contest weekend. However, it is important to note that the entire weekend timing is changing as of this year (hence this “earlier than usual” call for presenters). This year, the weekend will be held August 11-14, 2011 workshops will be held on August 13th and 14th. As well, the weekend is now called “Toronto Leather Pride”.

The “So You Want To Be Kinky???” Educational Group is planning a total of 8 to 12 seminars for that weekend. Each seminar must be 60 to 105 minutes in length. Anyone interested in presenting a seminar this year must submit a completed Seminar Proposal Form (available online at http://2bkinky.com/2bkinkycom/html/presentersform ) by no later than June 1st, 2011. A maximum of 12 proposals will be selected from all those received by the deadline. Should you need to contact us to get more information, please do so at info@2bkinky.com. You will also find additional information on our various seminars at www.2bkinky.com).

We are looking forward to receiving your proposals.

See you in August!!

Northern Exposure 2011

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Brought to you by the Sudbury Northern Ontario Bears (SNOBears)

  • August 18-25, 2011
  • Week-long and Weekend options
  • 1 hour north of Sudbury, 5 hours north of Toronto
  • Clothing optional, Leather and BDSM friendly
  • Out in the wilderness, secluded
  • Food and beverages included
  • Cabin or tent – you choose!
  • Private swimming area
  • Cabin 4 play area
  • Check out the Mr. Northern Ontario Bear contest – sure to be a fun and hilarious time.
  • $125 for the weekend (August 19 -21) – $140 after July 1st.
  • $290 for the full week (August 18-25) – $325 after July 1st.
  • Advance reservation: $50 downpayment reserves your post.

I attended the first version of this event, last year, and had a great time.  Lots of fun to be had in the great outdoors of Northern Ontario, with a full Leather/BDSM play cabin available for use.

Northern Exposure 2011

 

boy iain’s guide to uncut cock

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I had the pleasure of being at Drenched Fur this weekend.  It’s a fun small Bear Run in Erie, PA; that centers around a bunch of hot naked hairy fuckers taking over an indoor water park and a hotel.

Okay, so definitely different from a Leather event, but I do like corrupting some of the more vanilla-oriented Bears out there, my confidence in sexuality actually does get some guys to think (and they do ask questions), and there are a number of kinky Bears who do attend these events – so it’s all good.  And I have fun with guys who have the secondary sexual characteristics that I usually looking for – facial hair, body fur and some bulk.

The first thing I have to say, is what’s a boy to do when all I want to do is suck cock but everyone wants to suck your’s because you’re one of the few uncut guys at an event?  Okay, okay – surely not complain and I’m not going to complain about that.   LOL!

I’ve been wanting to write a small guide on what to do with an uncut cock and this weekend pushed me over the edge.  Not a lot of guys know what to do with an uncut cock in the US – and no wonder given the circumcision practices in the US and Western Canada.

For the record, in Canada, the further east you go the more likely you’ll find uncut cock typically from Ontario, eastward.  Though practices are changing and circumcision is being seen as an unnecessary practice.  For example, in Ontario, you have to pay for it unless it’s medically necessary – i.e. your going to need a Penectomy.

I’m so glad I’m from the province of Newfoundland & Labrador. *GRIN*  You know, they should add that to their tourism campaign, but I digress.

Let me help you with your question of what to do with an uncut cock.  However, I need to put a disclaimer out there – this is not a definitive guide to uncut cock, but feel free to add comments if you have any additions or questions.

Obviously, different strokes for different blokes, but a few of these techniques can help set you up nicely for a hot time otherwise you risk Mr. Happy becoming Mr. Floppy.  And if you’re with a Sir who wants to get off, you definitely want to keep Mr. Happy, happy.

And thus, we begin my guide to uncut cock.

  • Remember, on an uncut guy, expect the head to be much more sensitive.  It likely spends most of the day hidden behind the foreskin in a nice moist environment.
  • Related to the above, if this is your first time playing with someone uncut that you don’t know – don’t rush by yanking the foreskin back and jacking off furiously or trying to suck the cock with the skin back.  While some guys really like this, for other guys it’s a complete turn off.  Take your time, get to know the guy’s cock in your mouth or in your hand, test things out and then go for it.
  • Of course, if you know the guy you’re playing with then have at it!
  • Some guys have a tight foreskin and it can hurt when the foreskin is yanked back.  It’s not so much the cock itself but the stretching of the foreskin.
  • Don’t forget the foreskin itself has some great nerve endings so licking, nibbling or playing with a foreskin can just be as much a turn on as going direct for the head.  And if you’re particularly sadistic, small clothes pegs can be placed on it.
  • Putting your tongue down a foreskin and playing with the head of the cock can be just as much a turn on as playing with the head alone.
  • Getting blown with a foreskin up can, in some cases, be more pleasurable than all the way back.  Your mileage may vary.
  • One technique I like to use, once I’ve established that the guy I’m blowing likes to be sucked with the skin back is to hold his foreskin between the tongue and the roof of the mouth, and as I go down – pull the skin back to jerk him off not only with my mouth but also his foreskin.
  • Some guys also like a tongue flicking against the frenulum – that piece of skin on the underside of the cock that attaches to the foreskin.
  • If you get a chance, and this goes for cut guys too, watch how a guy jacks off and by mimicking what he does, that’s one way you’ll score points and you may even take his pleasure to the next level.

There’s a running joke that I used to come with a manual with regards to my nuts that used to be a single page that said, “Don’t touch my nuts”.  Obviously that’s changed in the seven years I’ve been in service to Master Chuck and I proudly flag teal – the hanky colour for CBT.

There is, though, still a manual with regards to my own cock and foreskin.  The sensitivity has been worked on over time, but it’s one of those things that’s taking a long time to overcome.  So here are some interesting tips and info about my own cock:

  • I am one of those boys with a tight foreskin.  It’s always been that way and I don’t blame a medical condition or anything like that – it’s just the way I’m built.  I believe this is different from phimosis which the foreskin gets tighter and tighter – which circumcision is recommended.  My skin is not getting tighter as time goes on.
  • I did explore getting cut – either a dorsal slit or having the skin completely removed, in 1996, and the doctor asked me, “Does it work?”, to which my reply was, “Yes” – “Then don’t do anything”.
  • My foreskin does retract fully when I’m soft so I can keep it clean.
  • Until I was 21, I used to jack of using a double fisted method – I’d have to show you to really explain it.  Made for less mess and I could catch the cum in my foreskin (some guys do find this hot).  This was long before I learned the joy of rubbing the cum into my chest and belly.
  • It wasn’t until my first boyfriend said, why don’t you jack off with one hand, and I did one night while living in residence, while studying in England and it was one of the most mind blowing jack off sessions I ever had.   I haven’t gone back ever since and now it’s really weird to jack off the way I used to.
  • At that time my foreskin was VERY sensitive because I never played with it so it was around that time I got used to just playing with my foreskin.
  • So for 11 years of jacking off, my head never saw the light of day  until sometime in my 20s.
  • I HATE it when a guy yanks back the foreskin on my cock as the first thing he does in play, assuming it goes all the way back, while jacking me off or blowing me.  It hurts and in a way that will see me go soft very quickly.
  • I don’t mind if a guy lightly pulls the skin back while jacking me off – that’s hot.
  • Orally, I don’t mind a guy lightly pulls the skin back.  Just don’t concentrate on that for too long because I will go soft – again it’s not very pleasurable for me (unless that’s the point).
  • Don’t assume that the head has to be showing for pleasure.  I get WAY more pleasure with the skin up.
  • Interestingly, I have no problem with a guy putting his tongue or finger down my foreskin and playing that way.  I figure at some point there may have been some trauma as a kid that has associated exposing my head with discomfort.  I have no idea what that was.
  • When jacking off, I actually have no issue pulling the skin back – that’s how I’ve been known to hit walls, Sir in the chest (especially when gagging on His cock), myself in the beard and mouth, etc…
  • When I pump, something I’ve done on occasion and getting more of an interest in, my skin does retract fully though it is quite uncomfortable.  I am using this as a way to stretch my foreskin – and there are other ways that the skin can be stretched.  I even know of cut guys who re-grew their own foreskin, so stretching is possible.
  • I used to be squicked by sounding long before I tried it, but after my first time, the sensitivity I do experience on the outside of my cock is not the same sensitivity I experience inside my cock with a sound.
  • When fucking (with a condom) I actually have no issue with the foreskin retracting either while putting the condom on or when it naturally gets pulled back during the fucking motion.  Yeah sometimes I feel the skin pulling and it hurting, but it can add to the sensation.
  • I love giving guys their first time with uncut cock.

So there you have it.  My recommendation is to start out slower, learn what turns your partner on and then have at it.  And of course if you’re as sadist or masochist, what does it matter? *GRIN*

I hope this helps – if you have any additional comments, please feel free to register and leave comments.