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                                      to bandit!                                   DIVERSITY
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                                                                                      By Martijn Bakker

                                                                                   Several  weeks  ago  I  bad  the
                                         Mr. Drummer 33                         opportunity and the pleasure of being

                               Past, Present & Future                           selected to judge for the International
                                                                                Mr. leather Contest in Chicago. lbat
                              By Marcus"1ay Wonacott
                                                                                "job"  (what  else can  you say of 18
                                                                                hours of concenlnlted work over two
                                Mr. Drummer Contest 3 4                         day  I) gave me the realization, again,

                       Regional Winners Are Pumping                             bow  we  aJl,  within  the  Leather
                                                                                Community, havediff¢1"Cnt perceptions
                                   Up For The Finals I                          of bow  to  live with  LEATHER  {or
                                          Rough Stuff 3 8                       should we say FETISA) and what we
                                                                                actuaUyexpect to get out of our Leather
                        Pain  And The Leather Lifestyle                         lifestyle.
                                                                                   As 1 Listened to the questions asked
                                        By Jack Rinella
                                                                                by my fellow judges and deliberated on
                                                                                the answers of ~b contestant, it was
                                                                                revealed to  me how  much  work still
                                                                                needs to be done to defend our chosen
                                                   BUI 40                       lifestyle.  ltbccameeveo more evident
                   He's All Man And Can Be All Your's I                         bow  much  we  need  to  controue  to
                            Photos By Stephen Sutton                            eduaiteeacb olberasweU as ourselves.
                                                                                You see, out there in places beyond the
                                          •full Circle• 4 6                     Large Leather cen~rs live many people
                                                                                wbo  are  deeply  committed  to  this
                                   By Matthew Walker,                           particularlifestyleand whoareptcpared
                                                                                to do all  the bard work necessary to
                                    Illustration By Zach
                                                                                maintain and defend that lifestyle.
          The Roles Leathermen Play.  There 1s Always                              It was my perception during IML
                      Danger In Making Assumptions I                            thnt  any  person  who  was  willing  to
                                              DearSir 54                        watch and listen during those four or


                            The Drummer Classifieds I                           five  days  of social  and  intimate
                                                                                interaction, had to make the realization
                                                                                that all hough lbe attraction to the .. same
                                                                                sex" is the common factor for our lives
                                    Tough Customers 8 o                         counterparts.
                                                                                to be connected, we are as diverse in
                                                                                living  our lives  as  our heterosexual

              Nasty Men Are Only A  Phone CaJI Away I                              It is, thet'ef ore, even more important
                                                                                that DRUMMER Magazine reflect the
                                                                                myriad  of  lifestyl~ within  our gay
                                                                                wlher/Fetish community. Perhaps it
                                                                                is not quite as important for those of us
                                                                                                corrllmu.d Oii IHIXI ,,,,
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