We lost an important member of the BED family a few months ago and it’s taken this long for me to write about her sudden illness and death without shedding tears at this tremendous loss to our Community, to the BED family, and to me personally, because Raini was so Read more…
She was a little before my time, but still working — and quite notorious — when I first got into the BDSM scene in the mid 1980s. Her shows were infamous for their no-holds-barred scenes and drew a coterie crowd of international dominants, submissives, switches, fetishists and transgender players. Today, Read more…
BED is very proud to celebrate Leather Pride 2019 by publishing this historic collection of photos by legendary New York-based Scene photographer and documentarian, Efrain Gonzalez. Whether he is taking photos that document our history or taking lucky New Yorkers on walking tours to explore our old haunts, Efrain makes Read more…
We’re pleased to announce that we just added a “Listen and Learn” page on Leather icon Tony DeBlase to our Reading Library. Now you can watch the complete 5-part series of short videos on an in-depth interview he gave at Living in Leather 1999. Tony De Blase is best known Read more…
BED is very proud and happy to announce that we’ve completed the transfer of four of the most meaningful documents in Leather History. Written and/or delivered as a speech by Guy Baldwin over a period of 30 years, and just as relevant today as at the time of their initial Read more…
BED is honored to share exciting news from the Leather Hall of Fame*. Three pillars of BDSM/Fetish history were just voted in as the 2019 Inductees and we are feeling joy over these picks. The three inductees for the new year are the revolutionary lesbian BDSM collective Samois, whose ground-breaking essays in Read more…