 SAN FRANCISCO, June 22 (UPI) -- Leather Alley may have begun as just a 10-foot-by-10-foot display less than a decade ago -- but this year it'll be 7,800 square feet of San Francisco kink. Some 70 San Francisco-area fans of bondage and discipline plan to fill the air with the smell of leather and the sound of cracking whips this weekend as part of the annual San Francisco Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade and Celebration. | Damm, is it that time of year again? |
In a curtained-off display area, the group will offer an educational introduction to the thrills of being tied up, spanked, flogged, clamped, dripped with hot candle wax and dominated. | Or, you could just get audited by the IRS |
The 10th year of the display called Leather Alley will give demonstrations and offer those over age 18 a chance to participate, the San Francisco Chronicle said Wednesday.
In 1995, Leather Alley was a 10-by-10-foot booth and most participants were gay men. Now, organizers say 60 percent of Leather Alley's visitors are men, and 30 percent are straight. | Ummm, unless they use different math in SF I'd say they still are mostly gay men. |
A 1990 Kinsey Report study estimated between 5 percent and 10 percent of Americans dabble in bondage and discipline, dominance and submission and sadomasochism. |