Mr. Alamo City Leather Goes Primal and Gives Back

Isaac Cardona has a degree in accounting, a penchant for devising ambitious community service projects, a vanilla husband he calls his soulmate, and a deep desire to be flogged by his sir. He's also my very first local happy slut! Based right here in San Antonio, Texas, a place one might not expect there to be a social group for gay men who love leather. AND YET! Isaac is one of the founding members of the San Antonio Leather Men, and he's helped grow them into one of the biggest leather groups in Texas in the last four years.

In this episode:

The Hanky Code, decoded: what the different colors actually mean (yes, we go there)Growing up Jehovah's Witness, getting kicked out of the church at sixteen, and the uncle whose unapologetic queerness changed everythingHis "emancipation proclamation" coming-out story, timed down to the hourFive years estranged from his parents, and how that relationship slowly mendedMeeting his husband of six years by mercilessly teasing their lovesick friends on FacebookOpening up a vanilla marriage into an ethically non-monogamous oneHow a now-closed dive bar became "home" and launched him into leather cultureBuilding the San Antonio Leathermen from twelve people at a social to 75+Winning the title Mr. Alamo City Leather and using it to fund toy drives, food drives, and an upcoming AIDS Foundation fundraiserWhat actually happens in his body and mind when he goes "primal" during impact playThe harm-reduction rules he swears by for his more adventurous kinksWhy living out loud and unashamed tends to turn people into more generous, active members of their community — a pattern Samia keeps finding, episode after episode, once patriarchy and purity culture stop running the show

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Website: https://sanantonioleathermen.com/

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