During the first half of the 1990s silence came over Amsterdam’s leatherscene, not very surprising after the blow Aids had dealt to the community. In those first years, the leatherscene still lay under fire due to its free sexual moral. The losses caused by Aids even led to a decrease in leather sales and to [...]
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A History of Our Tribe – 1990s
A History of Our Tribe, History Jul 7, 2008A History of Our Tribe – 1980s
A History of Our Tribe, History Jul 6, 2008
The history of Amsterdam’s leather scene turned from the golden days in the 1970s into a bleak period in which the free sexual morals in leatherbars and at leatherparties came severely under fire and feelings of fear and sadness prevailed over lust in leather. On the other hand, the arrival of Aids caused a renewed [...]
A History of Our Tribe – 1970s
A History of Our Tribe, History Jul 5, 2008
With the founding of an Amsterdam motorclub and the opening of the LL-bar a new era started for the Amsterdam leatherscene. Against the background of the sexual revolution in Western Europe, the removal of article 248bis from the Code of Penalty in The Netherlands1 and the ongoing fight for gay rights, a vibrant scene of [...]
A History of Our Tribe – 1960s
A History of Our Tribe, History Jul 4, 2008
Appearing at work in leather jeans or walking in BLUF-gear in the street. In the early days of Amsterdam’s leatherscene it was simply not done. The leather fabric came with the image of ‘the bad boy’. A film which illustrates this is “The Wild One”, a film by Laslo Benedek with Marlon Brando released in [...]
A History of Our Tribe – 1950s
A History of Our Tribe, History Jul 3, 2008
The history of Amsterdam’s leather community begins in a darkened Amsterdam, when there were no Canal Parade and no XXXLeather parties. The second World War was over and the city’s gay community got back on its feet. But what the city had in gay activity wasn’t a lot and most of it happened in the [...]
