If you’ve never been before, join us to see why the Southwest Region has gained a reputation for putting on quite the Leather Celebration. (Just ask any number of the previous International titleholders, especially those with the battle wounds to prove it!)

Leather in the Desert is proud to be part of the International LeatherSIR® and Leatherboy® and International Community Bootblack® (ILS/b/ICBB) contest system.

The Southwest Region includes Arizona and New Mexico. For information on competing, please visit the website.

Weekend events:

Thursday Feb. 28–Boots and Burgers: Apollo’s Lounge 6-10pm. Good eats and several of our favorite Bootblacks on hand to get your gear ready for the weekend.

Friday March 1–Greet the Meat/Kink Auction: The Anvil 9pm-2am. Come out and meet the contestants and judges and bid on some hot play scenes–bound to make your fantasies come true.

Saturday March 2–Formal Leather Dinner. Apollo’s Lounge 5:30-7pm.

Saturday March 2–2013 SWLSb and SWCBB contests. Bunkhouse 9pm-midnight.

Sunday March 3–Victory Brunch. Apollo’s Lounge 11am-2pm

Sunday March 3–Sloppy Seconds Victory Party: Nutowne 4pm-??? If you haven’t had your fill, now’s your chance!

We’d like to thank Leather Masters (www.leathermasters.com) for their continued sponsorship of the Regional contestants. Get some great new gear at their booth where they will be vending Friday evening and all day Saturday.

All venues are centrally located and a number of reasonably priced hotels are available within a few minutes cab ride for out of town guests. Please contact Stephen Palaschak or Dan Fabrici for info on accommodations.

International LeatherSIR and Leatherboy® titles are erotic titles that grew out of the now defunct International Mr. Drummer and International Drummerboy contests. We embrace the culture and the brotherhood of “players” and wear our sexuality on our sleeves. We also embrace newcomers on their journey, extending a welcoming hand to the curious and new arrivals to the scene and help provide guidance, support and mentoring.

ILSb/ICBB moves to Dallas this year Labor Day Weekend. Please visit www.ilsb-icbb.com for details!

Bamm Bamm spoke about the energy at the SWLC and ultimately learned about the sexual energy of bootblacking and his more sexual side he has of his experience

“It’s not about the boots, it’s so much more than that”

What’s your favorite piece of gear,

Loki, Harness boots
Bob, stomper boots and gifted leather shirt
Kurt, fold over boots
Bamm Bamm, knee high Chippewa
Mohawk, Grinders
Peter, Underground Stompers, cat gas mask
Justice, uniforms and leather jacket

Our Home Bar Anvil, and our meeting headquarters at Hob Nob’s Coffee House, you have always there to support us and enjoys our, sometimes loud, but always fun presence at these establishments. To all the staff we say Thank you.

To the boys who joined us for our amazing 10th Year Anniversary this year, it was a lot of fun and we move on in the new year a little wiser, and always focused on the boy spirit, and the importance of providing a safe place for the members and friends of the members to relax and truly be themselves.

To the boys who joined us on the relaunch of the “Four Corners Boy Run”, We were all ecstatic to have you all here for the weekend. From the pool parties, to the dinner and the bar nights throughout. Thank you for making this an amazing event.

Finally to the Phoenix Community. Thank you for all your support throughout the year, especially though with our two premier events, Wax a Bear, Stuff a Turkey continues to grow and this year we were amazed that we were able to raise $2303 for Logan’s Playground and Joshua Tree Feeding Program, and again the support last night at the Nasty Santa, our benefit to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy. A Tragedy that hits everyone throughout the community.

We look forward to continuing to work with all of you at the events in 2013

Thank you,

Phoenix boys of Leather

Join the Phoenix boys of Leather as we support the Phoenix Zoo for their annual Zoo lights

$13 Zoo member
$14 Non member
Discount Tickets are at Fry’s

More information at:

https://www.facebook.com/events/174424619348122

and

http://www.phoenixzoo.org/events/zoolights/

Proceeds will go to benefit Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief

November 17, 2012 at 10:00pm

Anvil
2303 E Indian School, Phoenix

Suggested donations of $5 or 5 cans of food at the door

We will be auctioning off the body hair of a number of delicious bears.
Choose your man and wax the hairy body part of your choice!

Leather raffle prizes include:

Tickets to International Mr. Leather Contest in Chicago
Tickets to Southwest Leather Conference
Tickets to Leather in the Desert

Community raffle prizes include:

Hot artwork from Eric Thurnbeck, Rebecca Hollingsworth, and David Weiss
Night on the town gift baskets with certificates from local establishments like:
Switch, Apollo’s, Bunkhouse, Ice Picks and Hobb Knobbs
Gifts from Wag and Wash, Boom Boom La’Rue’s, Exposed Art Gallery, and Smart Styles Hair Salon.

At the event get Buzz Cuts from our stylist, from Ozzie’s Hair Salon.
Renew your leathers with Bootblacking done by Slave Tabitha.

This will go over what started the boy movement, how groups have developed, and personal stories from those who have been in the trenches

Join pup Rocko, President, and boy Loki, Treasurer, as we discuss the in’s and out’s of safe sex as well as working safety as a critical part of your experience.

boy Bamm-Bamm is a recent transplant into the Phoenix community, having been raised on a small farm in Douglass, KS and getting his Bachelors degree in Political Science from Kansas State University.  Bamm-Bamm has traveled around the world exploring his perversions, living in places like London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Bangkok, and Las Vegas.  He is now studying for his Masters degree in Justice Studies, focusing his research on masculinity in gay men… (it is a rough life).  boy Bamm-Bamm is a proud member of the Phoenix boys of Leather, and is thankful to have found such a wonderful tribe of boys to learn from and grow with.

Bamm-Bamm credits finding the core values of the leather community: respect, honor, integrity, and service as giving shape to his life.  Participating in countless charities and community organizations, Bamm-Bamm works hard to give back to all of the communities that he can.  As an advocate, Bamm-Bamm strives to give a voice to those who haven’t found the strength to find their own, specifically working as an advocate for those living with HIV, fighting stigma.  As an educator in the leather community, Bamm-Bamm enjoys teaching classes about servitude for boy-identified people, and can also be found volunteering as a demo bottom every chance he gets.  As a volunteer, Bamm-Bamm loves getting to do community service activities when he visits new communities, and finds it a perfect way to help bridge the gap