Blackout 30
By Bear Mike
Over 350 ONYX members, friends, many ONYX Pearls, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and cheerleaders celebrated the 30th Anniversary of ONYX, making Blackout30 the organization’s largest bi-annual run yet.
Held in Chicago October 16-20 at the Knickerbocker Hotel in downtown Chicago, five founding fathers of ONYX gathered to celebrate the Homecoming-themed event and pass tradition forward: Master Mufasa Ali, Daddy Steve Bailous,
Palm Springs Leather Pride
Palm Springs Leather Pride was held at several venues in the Palm Springs/Cathedral City area the weekend of October 26-29 and Hotel Zoso was the host hotel where Oscar Uvillus was sashed Mr. Palm Springs Leather on Saturday night. Oscar Uvillus is the new Mr. Palm Springs Leather, Rodrigo Digletti was the runner-up, Jeremy Purkins and Wilson Raiser competed.
PSLOD presented Palm Springs Leather Pride
Palm Springs Leather Pride - Eruption featured the Mr. Palm Springs Leather 2023 contest the weekend of October 27-30 at venues in Palm Springs and Cathedral City which was produced by the Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert. Emcees Karen Ultra and Brian Dawson were stellar.
Palm Springs Leather Pride produced by the Palm Springs Leather Order of the Desert proved once again the durability of that club which has overcome adversity so many times, this one being a return after a year down due the the COVID-19 pandemic.
Southland Honors
On Saturday, June 23 the Los Angeles Leather Coalition (LALC) celebrated its 15th Annual Southland Honors at Taix French Restaurant in Echo Park, CA. The awards and recipients are: Business/Business Person - The Leather Journal, Next Generation Award – Taz Efeek, Mentor of the Year – Sir Frank Cavallo, Cultural Arts Award – Francisco Perales, Nasty Puerquito Photography, LALC Chairman's Award – Dennis Beisbier, Community Choice Woman – Cypher, Community Choice Man – Ben Kaufher, Olga Perez-Stable Legacy Award - Olga Perez-Stable, Co-founder of Desire, Jeff Burnam Community Service Award – Romaldo Mancilla, Club/Organization of the Year – AVATAR Los Angeles, Event of the Year – AVATAR LA 35th Anniversary and Erotic Art Fair and George Wong Person of the Year – Ralph Bruneau.
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