On the road again, and ready for action

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A peak into my traveling wardrobe.

As some of you know I’ll be in Portland, Oregon again next week from Monday night through Thursday.

This trip is for business for a fairly large client. Most of my business travel is to the United States. While down here, I try to hit a Leather bar, sex club or bath house. I consider it doing my part to support and promote our Leather and Sex-Positive spaces. Sir allows me to do this as it pleases Him to see me sharing what I’ve learned over the years, as well as learning tricks from other for the benefit of His pleasure.

So what do I bring with me? Where do I go? How do I find out where to go?

Identifiers
I always have my boy tag with me and on me 24/7/365 when I’m not having to take it off due to a security check. Thankfully it does not set the metal detectors off, but it is seen in the full body scanners. On my last trip to Orlando, I forgot to take it off, and I figure next time I’ll ask to be felt up by security – there are some damned hot uniformed blokes out there. 😉

On business trips, I usually do not have my formal collar with me. I’m too afraid to loose something that priceless and meaningful to me.

I usually have a hunter green hanky on me, always in the right pocket. I’ll also flag other colours as appropriate as per my protocols with Sir and for my mood.

I try to wear boots as much as possible between my Doc Martens, Nick’s Custom Harness boots, my Wesco Bosses or, now, my Corcorans.

If I’m out, I will try to have one of my vests with me – prior to February, my pin vest, or my title vest where and when appropriate. I’ll also try to wear a local Toronto bar or event shirt. It provides a discussion point for people.

Play
Play wise, I try to bring smaller things – I don’t have a lot of room in my bag for lots of rope or large toys, but what I bring is effective:

  • A leather paddle used to beat my nuts when jacking off – this is part of how I learned to take CBT
  • Various ball stretchers
  • Tit clamps – alligator style, slightly modified
  • Cotton rope for tying nuts up
  • Butt plug or dildo
  • Condoms and lube in case I want to get fucked or a hot bottom daddy wants to take my cock

Other things
I bring my iPad to help plan where I am going from the hotel to the bar, bath house or sex club. I’ll also have some form of GPS device on me as well to help me get to my destination.

I’ll often check sites such as Squirt, Recon, Bear 411 and also ask locals if they have any suggestions. Squirt has a great collection of cruising locations along with reviews. Honestly, I couldn’t do without it.

Usually a few days before, I’ll update my location to reflect that I’m in the area and also specify what dates I’ll be there.

On my iPhone and iPad, I also use the Recon, Scruff and Grindr apps with varying degrees of success.

But as I always say, it’s often best to get out there and connect in person. I don’t want to waste time stuck and frustrated in a hotel room.

Moments While Traveling
I’ve had two funny moments while traveling over the years:

– Flying back from Sudbury to Toronto, they x-ray your bags with you there. I used to bring up a huge bag with all my toys and Leathers. They asked,

“What is is big ring thing?” I knew what they were referring to,
“It’s a ball weight.”
“No really, what is it?”
I looked at the guy in the eye and said, “It’s a ball weight.”

They actually know Sir quite well there as He travels with at least one bag full of toys when He flies.

– Flying out of Philadelphia, I decided to carry my bag in the plane and inside was a soft blue butt plug I use quite often. They pulled it out at the security checkpoint asking what it was. Sorry guys, you’re not going to embarrass me. I will point out they were respectful – much thanks!

– Driving to Detroit with Master Scott’s cane case in the back of the car, which is made from PVC piping. Yes, they opened it up and asked us what the canes are for, do we get paid to do what we do, etc…

I do recommend making sure that you are clear what is in your bags, vehicle, etc… As to not risk being turned away at the border. i.e. A piercing play kit left in the car will raise major eyebrows if you have no medical need for needles.

You can be straight up with border staff. For example, when Master Chuck, International Leatherboy 2010 boy Ian and I went to Detroit for Michigan LeatherSIR/Leatherboy, we did tell the border guard that we were going to judge a fetish contest. For CLAW, I initially said that Sir and I were going to a weekend conference and then clarified that it was the Cleveland Leather Annual Weekend.

So there you have it. That’s how I’m ready for action while in the road.

By the way, Steam in Portland has the most comfortable beds of any bath house I’ve been to in the 15 years I’ve been going to baths.  The first one I visited, incidentally, was Le 456 in Montreal.

CLAW: ECLSb Road Trip #3

You know, I’m not sure where to start with regards to CLAW.   What a great concept and such a fun weekend!

Thursday

Sir arrived Thursday evening as did His boy, back from a business trip to Portland.Sir was in bed by the time I got home and after finishing some work after arriving home at midnight, I headed off to bed to wake up at 11am.

Friday

Sir and i were on the road by 1:00pm and got to Cleveland by 5:30pm.  We met up with slave David, who many of you will recognize from the hot furry guy in the cage from CLAW IX, got settled, had dinner and Sir sent me for a nap while He picked up the supplies for O/our bar night (Thank You Sir!).

Bears out of Hibernation Party

What an amazing night starting out with meeting the bar staff (Dave, Josh, Angelo, DJ Doug, Will), David German (Mr. Michigan Leather 2011), The Grand Rapids Rivermen, Dave Watt, Donnie on security, and Leatherwolfe.  It was GREAT seeing the Missionary Sisters of Cleveland out.  The music was great, the BBQ was enticing and much thanks to everyone who participated in our fundraisers that involved:

Let's play balls!

Bear Base Balls – Sir duct taped me to the ministage area with me dressed in a Union Suit, jock and my title vest with a big grin, ready for people to bat a ball aimed at my nuts.  Only two people were successful at hitting my nuts, and sad to say no bruises elsewhere.  That is until someone lost the ball… and out came the stuffed teddy bear diving for Sir’s boy nuts!  Special thanks to Dave Watt for arranging the birthday singing and the Oreos! *GRIN*

Bear Pick Me Up Raffle – Highly popular and much thanks to Sir for saving His boy’s knees getting down while getting a good workout in.  My left knee has actually been pretty sore recently – something being worked on.

The men who made it happen

All in all, we raised over $500 between the fundraisers and the door donations.  Much thanks to everyone who attended the bar night, the volunteers and to slave David for the photos.

It was a real surprise to see one of Sir’s boys show up with His own boy during the event.  A real surprise.

Once all was said and done, we crashed at 2:30am and got up at 8:00am.

Much thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes!

Saturday

Saturday involved brunch with Richard Hubley (MLO 2008) who I have known for years and then heading to the seminars.

What a great set of seminars!

Bareback Porn Roundtable

If there’s one man who can bring together people and spin up a great conversation on sex and risk mitigation, it’s Dave Watt.  The conversation was an eye opener for me as an outreach worker, especially listening to men who do bareback and their take on the judgements that they perceive and receive from others.  It challenged me just as we all challenged each other.  We had a great conversation about how the messaging around safe sex, unsafe sex and condom use has to change for better empowerment rather than talking down to us like kids and take a risk mitigation approach – Some that I know the Ontario AIDS Network and the AIDS Committee of Toronto has been working on.

Much thanks to everyone who participated, you’ve made an impact on me, how I approach outreach and I hope that Dave Watt will consider bringing the discussion to Toronto sometime in the near future.

Boys in the Leather Community

Coffee Service!

Again, another great discussion and much thanks to Jim Raymond – honourary Daddy of the DC boys of Leather; and Mary Elizabeth Boyd – the First Lady of Leather, honourary Mother of the DC boys of Leather and amazing woman – who I had heard of and she was sitting next to me!

The conversation was about boys supporting each other and the boys Bill of Rights.  This is something I support – I’m fortunate that I have a very good Sir in my life, but other boys are not so lucky and are also not as strong – face it, boys are just as diverse as the greater world outside Leather.  Boys need to learn how to protect themselves and that they can.

Sirs were also welcome and one Sir did raise the issue of receiving flack from peers in the community around how He chooses to honour His Boys (using His protocol).   Who are others to put down how He chooses to honour His Boys, and what His protocols are?  Sir wishes me to walk in front of Him – does that make His protocol wrong? There is no one way of doing what we do in D/s relationships – ask some of the men who have been part of Leather and have been practicing D/s for a long time.

I had a chance to connect, during and after the seminar, with American Leather Boy 2010, Bryan, who I had noticed last year at International LeatherSIR/Leatherboy.  A great boy and someone who, in the future, will (and I hear does) make an amazing Daddy.  Someone I’m happy to call a brother.

Boots!

Master Chuck allowed me to pick up two pairs of boots from Stompers – a pair of Corcorans and a custom pair of Wesco Jobmasters, I have been drooling over for years.

Corcorans

Gabriel on my boots. 🙂

I requested the Corcorans as kind of an adult version of the parade boots I grew up with as an Air and Army Cadet when I was a kid.  They’re comfortable, they’re gorgeous and I can’t wait to shine them.

I like highly polished boots.  Always have and it’s something I grew up with as a kid being the ‘shoe shiner’ of my house.  Being involved in Air and Army Cadets as a kid, I took pride in polishing my boots to the best of my ability.

Much thanks to Gabriel Majors for being the first black to touch my Corcorans.  *GRIN*  Looking forward to seeing you black at GLLA and ICBB 2012!!!

Wesco Jobmasters

The Wesco Jobmasters are pure lust for me.  I like them on the men that I have seen wear them and I think they’re going to look and feel amazing.  I get to pick these up during the ILSb/Dore Alley weekend.  I can’t wait!!

Seriously, I am bouncing over these.  *GRIN*

Thank You Sir for allowing Your boy to purchase these boots.

Saturday Night

The reminder of Saturday involved the formal dinner where Sir and His boy were table captains along with Mr. Gay Naturist Leather at the table.

After dinner Sir had a duty that never comes easily to any Sir – that of releasing his boy/MiT in a family-only private ceremony – with my brother’s own boy behind Him; and slave David and I behind Sir.  I don’t believe there was a dry eye among any of us, but Sir’s boy has served well, learned well and I am fortunate to call Him brother.

Sir was quite tired Saturday night and went to bed early.  He allowed slave David and I to have some down time, so I let my hair down and spent some time with Ms. Olympus Leather Christiana, her Sir, Jeffrey Payne and Gabriel (Majors) as he worked his blacking magic for all of us.  Thank Y/you all for the chat!

I was exhausted from the trip to Sudbury and Portland, work has been pretty draining and so the responsible thing for me was to go to bed at 12:15am Sunday morning.  Next year, I hope to get out to the play parties, for sure.

Sunday

Sir's handy work and birthday gift

Sunday involved being woken up with Sir working my ass over with His hands, a paddle and counting off the riding crop strikes (YUM!), the Coffee Boys, packing the cars and then having brunch.

Much thanks to the fellow boys who brought coffee in the morning!  That was definitely a highlight of the weekend and you really got Sir up! *GRIN*

And thank you Bryan for the massage!  I needed that and it helped for the five hour drive back home.

From left to right - with American Leatherboy 2010 Bryan;
Mama Sandy; and no, i'm not topping Richard, i'm riding Him. :)

Wrap Up

I am very glad Sir had a chance to meet some of the people that have inspired me in my journey over the years, and that He’s been able to inspire others through this weekend.  That’s what weekends like CLAW are for us.

CLAW as an event brings together a broad spectrum of the Leather community which is wonderful to see.  You have:

  • Newbies
  • Players
  • long standing members of the Leather community
  • part of the ILSb title class (Mid-Atlantic, Great Lakes, North West and Eastern Canada, represented),
  • part of the IML title class
  • other titles not necessarily associated with either circuit

A lot of hard work goes into this weekend and much thanks to the organizers for pulling this weekend off.

Much thanks to slave David for his help on the weekend – taking photos, lugging supplies with me, looking after Sir and me for not only CLAW but also for his help during Eastern Canada LeatherSIR/Leatherboy weekend back in February.

Please be sure to read Sir’s blog entry on CLAW.

Packed and heading home

 

Cigar Night – May 13th, 2011

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.

boy iain’s guide to uncut cock

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.

A brief history of piss

I’ve been pissing on myself since I was a kid.

There I said it.  That was the start of me being kinky and this is the one thing I started early.

My britches with a yellow stripe on the right. Flagging, proudly, as a piss bottom.

In May 1996, I stayed with a very hot Bear in London, a total furball, a Canadian now living in the UK who was breaking my 10 month not-self imposed abstinence from sex.  His neighbours were a VERY hot Bearish couple who were kinky – Leather, rubber, piss, you name it.  Me?  I was a fairly naive Bearish guy hungry for anything and I was horny as hell.

Well my piss play with other guys does not start there, but I was intrigued and I thought the guys were hot. I was also quite judgemental.  Scott and I had gone back to the UK in 2001, Scott’s first time in the UK and I remember saying something about, “Oh they’re in to piss” in a rather judgemental way.  Despite the fact that I had been pissing on myself since I was 8 years old or so.  I have to admit, I’m embarrassed by my behaviour at that time, and in some respects I do let it haunt me.  Since that time, I have grown up and learned considerably.  And hey, I’m now part of the converted.

It wasn’t until 2004 during my first weekend with Master Chuck that we were out at Zig’s, the one and only gay bar in Sudbury, Ontario; and he passed me a bottle of his finest piss.  I had a grin that said, “No body knows I’m drinking my Sir’s recycled beer piss out of a beer bottle at this bar”.

After finishing the bottle, we were back at his place when I finally had a chance to taste His piss straight from the source – and it tasted like buttered popcorn, I kid you not.  And yes, I’m hard thinking about it.

I think my favourite piss moment was standing outside the bar in Sudbury, needing to take a piss, telling Sir and he told me to piss right there in the middle of the street.  Meanwhile redneck guys in pickup trucks were driving by and there’s a big wet mark going down the left-side of my jeans and a stream going down the road. *GRIN*

Piss pig in the cageAnother favourite moment was while Scott and I were living at the house I grew up at.  We were holding a housewarming party, and then a housewarming dungeon party for our kinky friends and Leather family.  I was put in a cage, chained up on my back, funnel to my mouth and pissed on by several people at the party.  That was fucking hot!  Especially Sir’s Leatherson who kept on pissing and pisssing and pissing and pissing on me.  Man he has a big bladder.

Sir’s recommended drinks include water, beer, cranberry juice, and root beer.  We tend to switch between drinks alternating with water, beer, and one of the others.  For cleaning out before a night of piss play, water and green tea can help.

Unless you’re a masochist or a sadist, coffee piss is not recommended for those who are piss bottom beginners.  As for me, I’d have no issue taking Sir’s coffee piss – yes I’m that dedicated to His piss.

One other thing you need to be careful of is what medications someone is on, if you’re going to drink.  The medication may be metabolized and excreted in urine which is then transferred to the sub through ingestion.  It can happen with antidepressants, HIV meds – pretty much anything foreign to the body.

Try taking a multivitamin – notice the colour of your piss a few hours later.  I don’t recommend drinking that either.

But hey, pissing on someone is always an option.

As for pissing in someone – you do have to be careful and there are a few good articles about the risks, out there.  Some factors include:

  • Cover up – while piss may be cleaner than spit, it’s not 100% sterile and you can still transfer STDs and even the meds you may be on.
  • Can you piss with a hard on?  Many guys can’t so how do you stay in?
  • Wounds and sores?  If you’ve just fucked or even fucked hard there may be open sores up your partner’s ass or on your cock. Again, don’t forget to cover up.
  • Don’t try to empty your whole bladder into someone.

And this is by no means a comprehensive list.

So there you go – a brief history of piss in my lifetime.

Leatherati.com Interview

Master Chuck and boy iain

Eastern Canada LeatherSIR 2011 Master Chuck & Eastern Canada Leatherboy 2011 boy iain

J.J. Deogracias, one of my favorite Leathermen here in Toronto, interviewed Master Chuck and I for Leatherati.com:

Part 1: Canadians do it better in a sleeping bag.

Part 2: Explaining the fantasy… it’s the simplest things you can use

Part 3: …going to Disneyworld…

Thank you JJ and Leatherati!  Definitely one of many highlights from this weekend.

Photo courtesy of irrationalmachine

Eastern Canada LeatherSIR/Leatherboy

Eastern Canada Leatherboy 2011This past weekend, Master Chuck and I ran for Eastern Canada LeatherSIR and Eastern Canada Leatherboy.

What an amazing weekend.

I was first introduced to the Eastern Canada LeatherSIR/Leatherboy weekend 5 years ago when I was first involved with Toronto boys of Leather.  The club was asked to provide Judges boys for the contest, then held at the Eagle.  That was the year that Sir Franco and boy Jason won.

I have watched four couples compete at the local level, helped one couple proceed to the international level, and watched as my predecessor, the first coming of Ian, win the International Leatherboy title in San Francisco in July 2010.

I have loved being Judges boy for Eastern Canada LeatherSIR/Leatherboy for the past four years, and it was about time that I got my boy-ass on stage.

My journey to run for Eastern Canada Leatherboy took three years and it was three years well worth the wait, the work, the thinking and preparation.  I’ve gone from questioning, “What is the value of the various titleholder systems” and thinking in negative terms to seeing the positive.  I have gone from thinking, “I can’t” to seeing how “I can”.

The Pet Shop Boys track, “I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing” from their album “Very” comes to mind.  I’ve heard that from many Sirs over the years and I’ve said it myself as a boy.

I have grown so much in the past three years in ways that I never thought were possible.  While I was quite comfortable with my sexuality, I was definitely not comfortable in who I am, especially around being an introvert, being in the limelight and definitely playing in public let alone being a player in my fifteen minutes of fame.

As I think about the sheer number of people that have inspired me, admittedly it’s hard to narrow the list down. Master Chuck’s family, the producers of ECLSLb – Brandon and Dan, my predecessors, the various MLT titleholders, friends and extended family from my travels.  You have all inspired me.

I am blessed to have an amazing family and community behind me and many inspirations.  You are much appreciated.

If you are considering running in any local title within the ILSb family, please do feel free to contact me.  I would be more than happy to share my experiences with you.

As I said in my speech – I look forward to making all of Y/you proud as I continue to help build O/our players community as Your Eastern Canada Leatherboy.  I am very humbled.

ECLb Speech – Feb 19th, 2011

Honoured judges… Ladies and gentlemen… SIRS, fellow boys and bootblacks…

This year marks 30 years since the bathhouse raids in Toronto and since that time, Toronto has become a much more open-minded and sexually diverse city. The domino effects are quite something – look at us here today at Goodhandy’s – this would not be happening today if it were not for what happened 30 years ago.

I went to my first bath house in 1996, and since then I have spent spent a lot of time at The Barracks, The Cellar and even at bars like The Toolbox where I learned to be comfortable with my sexuality, learning to fist, fuck, get fucked and suck cock and most importantly about Leather… *GRIN* damn I’ve had a good time at bath houses over the years.

Those early experiences set the stage for who I am today as a Leatherboy, as a pig, a service submissive and a player. It opened the door to boot play, cock and ball torture, chastity, bondage, rubber, tit torture, breath control, piss, and spit – to name a few of the kinks I’m into.

For four years I have been honoured to be your judges boy and enough people have said it’s about time I got my boy-ass on stage to run for Eastern Canada Leatherboy.

I am Master C’s boy iain, I’m originally from St. John’s Newfoundland, I have lived for 32 years here in Toronto, and i know I will make not only my Sir proud, but also You proud as I continue to help build Our players community as Your Eastern Canada Leatherboy.

“How do I do straight Leather?”

Yesterday evening, Master Scott, slave-pup Kalen and I made our way out to Milton to attend a munch put on by a friend of mine.  This munch has been very successful – surprising for a town of what was 36,000 through most of the 80s and 90s, which is now closer to 100,000.  It shouldn’t surprise me but it is also, in many respects, the perfect place for a munch because you get people from Toronto (such as me), Hamilton, Halton Region and even as far as London, ON attending.  Quite the cross roads.

This friend of mine is mostly straight, and probably heteroflexible, if we were to put him into a box of labels.  He’s also grown up in Leather, mostly in the gay community in that Scott and I have been a significant part of his journey.

We got talking about his journey of self discovery, learning to accept himself as a Kinkster and Leatherman, how he is integrating himself within the pansexual community, and creating a space for others.

And you know, hats off to him for creating that space and for giving himself the space to figure himself out.  He now knows what it’s like to come out of the closet.  He might not be gay, but he is going through the same motions that any of us do who come to terms with not being conventional, not fitting a norm; and all the trials, tribulations and reward that come with it.

He said that one of the questions he asked himself at one point was, “How do I do straight Leather?  All of my examples have been from the gay Leather community.”

I smiled at this because we all go through trying to figure out our identities and how we fit into this wide-ranging community.

I know I’ve often wondered, “How do I fit into gay Leather community?”, “What is gay Leather?”, “What if I’m not a masochist?  Does that make me any less of a Leatherman and less value as a submissive?”, “What if I’m not a sadist?  Does that make me any less of a Leatherman?”

As my friend said, the Gay Leather community is the leader and the Pansexual Leather community is like the wild west – and that’s not a bad thing.  It’s like a parallel universe.

And he’s right.  On my fridge I have two magnets from an event in Winnipeg given to me by my favorite sub in Winnipeg, mutt.  One is of two women mostly naked in a fun provocative position; and the other is of mutt in a dog house looking like a very hot dog that he is.

The imagery that appeals to me is the pic of mutt.  The women, *shrugs* I’m so not into feminine things so it appeals less.

At one level, by our very nature, pan is going to be different from gay Leather.  Gay male Leather is about the masculinity of man on man action whether it’s about the sadomasochism, pig sex, gear or service aspects of what we do.

Pan adds a feminine dimension that will never be a part of the gay Leather scene.

I would love to add anecdotes about the Leather Dyke/Women/Lesbian community but I’ve had very limited exposure to that part of our greater community.  What I can say is, holy shit they play rough and hard. *GRIN* I can say that it’s different – similar, yet different in it’s own special way.

BUT, ultimately the tools and how we use them are the same, are they not?

No matter what part of the community you’re in – you have to follow your heart and be true to yourself.

I am one for both combined spaces and separate spaces.  I like the fact that there are men-only play spaces, women-only play spaces, and places where we can get together and have a ball.

And I also know that the pan community is HUNGRY for seeing guy on guy action.  They want to know how guys play, they want to learn from us guys.  In return, I think they have some things to share with us.

After all, the only person to break a paddle on my ass, to date, was a woman.  The standing ovation and clapping from the Fet Photo party was quite something. *GRIN*