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Meet your Sydney Mr and Ms Leather 2024

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Meet your Sydney Mr and Ms Leather 2024

The Sydney Leather community’s newest ambassadors were chosen at Paddo RSL during Sydney Leather Week.

Sydney’s Leather community is buzzing with excitement after Timo Rissanen and Lani De Viate were crowned Sydney Mr Leather and Sydney Ms Leather for 2024.

Both Timo and Lani are deeply committed to giving back to the community and QNews sat down with the pair to discuss their journeys towards winning their titles and their future plans as ambassadors for the leather community.

For Timo, a genderqueer man, his first exposure to the leather identity began in 1991, around the time of the erotic artist Tom of Finland’s passing.

“It would have been in November of ’91,” he recalls, “Suddenly, newspapers were flooded with images of his work.”

These portrayals of masculinity were eye-opening for Timo.

“Those men were so different from how gay men had been depicted in most media,” he says.

Timo still remembers the first time he tried on leather.

“I tried on a friend’s leather harness one day, and just the sensation of the leather itself, along with the tension from the harness, made me realise that it felt right. That was four years ago, and I haven’t looked back since.”

Tino expresses how he had to deal with some initial feelings of shame and trauma around his love of leather.

“I had a lot of shame about admitting that this is what I’m into,” he says.

“It wasn’t until my husband and I moved back to Australia that I decided I was done with the shame. I thought, ‘This is me.’ It’s still been a long process of letting go of that over the past few years, but it’s been good.”

Being a professor of fashion and textile lets Timo bring some of that leather pride into his daily working life.

In terms of some of the events he is looking forward to, Timo says, “this journey is humbling and it’s a privilege.”

“I’ve already been to Brisbane (Meeanjin) and Melbourne (Naarm) as part of my title and then I‘m travelling to Adelaide (Tarndanya) next month. Then in the new year, I’m also going to the States to compete at international Mr Leather, which is not until May next year.”

Lani De Viate is the co-founder of Studio Kink, a space she runs with her partner, Mark.

Studio Kink provides an education and event space for the kink and queer communities, ensuring a safe and inclusive environment for all that will soon celebrate ten years since its founding.

Lani and Mark are also working with Qtopia Sydney to establish a permanent leather space in the building, ensuring that kink culture remains visible and celebrated. Reflecting on their first experiences in the community Lani says, “We were moving in converging circles.”

“We were in the kink scene. We’re in the queer scene. So basically you naturally start to gravitate towards whoever is kinky.”

Lani and Mark started touring together in 2006 and that led to experiences with the Leather community in the US.

“We were quite lucky because we would go and teach at a rope conference in Chicago and it was coincidentally at the very same time of International Mr Leather,” Lani recalls.

“So we would always take the day off on Sunday and go to their leather market fair.”

Lani is looking forward to competing at International Miss Leather, which is in New Jersey at the end of April and Mark is very supportive.

“I think Lani actually has a real shot at actually picking it up,” Mark says.

Both Timo and Lani are strong supporters of the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation, and are supporting the organisation as their nominated charities as Sydney Mr and Ms Leather 2024.

]Timo and Lani are selling charity pins for $14 that you can buy to help support the work of the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation.

Timo shares his connection with the organisation by talking about how he had friends who volunteered with the group in Sydney during the 90s.

“I had friends who volunteered, spending time with people at the hospice at St Vincent’s, making their lives more comfortable,” Timo recalls.

“I didn’t volunteer myself at the time. I wasn’t the most stable in my twenties. But I learned about the incredible work the foundation was doing for members of our community who were dying.”

Lani also spoke about the relationship that Studio Kink has with the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation.

“We also have a long history with the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation, which I wanted to continue,” Lani tells me.

“Studio Kink supports Bobby Goldsmith’s silent auctions every year and contributes because it’s a great cause.”

Lani and Mark are optimistic about the future of Sydney’s kink community, with Mark saying, “San Francisco has all those street parades in the Castro area. Maybe we could create that sort of vibe during Mardi Gras?”

“If Lani wins the International Ms Leather title, we’ll have more influence with people like Clover Moore and others who can actually make change for us. We can wave flags and protest, but that’s not how you get things done.

“You get things done by working in the back door and knowing people and opening doors. So it’s smart to open doors if we can,” Lani says.

“I think it’s got to be about the community and awareness for our community as well, because it is always hidden. And it is—it’s part of getting us out of the closet.”

Reflecting on the future of the leather community, Timo stresses the importance of resilience.

“I’ve seen things go backward in places like Russia and parts of the US,” Timo says.

“It’s important for us to never get complacent. I hope for a linear progression of rights, but I don’t take it for granted. The more we love ourselves and embrace our diversity, the stronger we will be, both as individuals and as a community.”

-Find out more about Tino and Lani by following them on Instagram: @timo__of__finland @sydneymsleather2024

For the latest LGBTIQA+ Sister Girl and Brother Boy news, entertainment, community stories in Australia, visit qnews.com.au. Check out our latest magazines or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

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helnjk · 4 years ago

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A Brief Glimpse - C.W.

Charlie Weasley x fem!reader

Word count: 2.5k

Summary: there’s nothing like the rumors that students can come up with about their favorite teachers. especially when one of them is adamant on keeping her private life, well, private.

Warnings: brief mentions of meals, one curse word but that’s it

A/N: a purely self-indulgent, fluffy fic inspired by this ask from kendall ( @lupinsclassroom ) who said that if i taught at hogwarts, i’d be the COMC professor! and i love me some good charlie content. this is also kind of a different style that i’m used to, i hope you guys like it! x

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The top three favorite professors at Hogwarts were as follows: Headmistress McGonagall, Professor Longbottom, and Professor L/N.

While most students would argue that Professor L/N could potentially overtake Professor Longbottom on that list, there was just so much they didn’t know about her. She was practically the perfect professor; she loved what she taught (Care of Magical Creatures), she was considerate and understanding with students who were struggling with the subject, and her office doors were always open to anyone who wanted to chat.

Still, she kept her personal life very private and of course, the more she refused to answer their prying questions, the more intrigued the students became. All they knew was that she was one of the top students of her year, she was a Ravenclaw, and she fought at the Battle of Hogwarts years prior.

There were many rumors going around the student body of Hogwarts about who Y/N L/N was. The most popular ones were that she was actually Headmistress McGonagall’s secret daughter, because of how close the two seemed to be. In reality, Y/N was just one of Minnie’s favorite students. The headmistress often joked how she should’ve been in her house instead of Filius’.

Meanwhile, Neville was always open with the students, answering whatever questions they had for him, as long as they weren’t crossing the line between professional and personal. They often loved to ask him questions about his friendship with the Golden Trio or his stories of the war.

“They’re getting more creative with the questions they ask me,” he shook his head, smiling slightly one dinner, “They’re trying to see if I’ll slip up and mention anything juicy about you.”

Y/N laughed slightly, eyes glimmering, “What sort of questions have they come up with now?”

“Today Chapman asked me if I’d ever spent the holidays with other professors around my age,” Neville mused, “Or if Hannah was ever jealous that I was working with a girl so close to my age.”

“Oh please, Longbottom,” Minerva tutted, and the two younger professors turned their heads in her direction, “At least your questions still have some sort of delicacy. Griffiths has actually asked me, point blank, if Y/N’s spent her summers with me.”

The collective guffaw of the professors at the head table caused the majority of the student body to shift their attention to them. Of course, the authoritative looks that they sent at the house tables were able to convince them to get back to their own conversations, but now the Great Hall was abuzz with trying to figure out what made the professors laugh so loud.

“I wonder when they’ll stop trying,” Y/N mused as the crowd of students began to slowly shuffle out of the Hall.

“Don’t count on it, L/N,” Minerva smirked.

–

“Professor L/N?” a meek voice sounded from the door to Y/N’s office on Wednesday afternoon.

The middle of the week was rather free for her, therefore she used it to catch up on grading and, if she had time, a little light reading. This afternoon, though, she was in the middle of writing an important letter.

Her owl, Athena, perched at the edge of her desk and her scrutinizing eyes darted towards the fourth year Hufflepuff who stood by the door. Eloise Abbott, a shy young thing with a penchant for Care of Magical Creatures and one of Y/N’s best students, sent the intimidating owl an uneasy glance.

“Come on in, Eloise,” Y/N smiled as she slipped the ink and parchment she was using into one of the empty drawers of her table, “Don’t mind Athena, she’s just impatient to get this letter out.”

The young girl shuffled towards the professor as Y/N asked, “Is there anything you needed?”

“Erm, I was just wondering if you could check my Defense paper,” she mumbled, pulling out a parchment from her school bag, “It’s on Grindylows and other creatures we could encounter in the Forbidden Forest, and I know it’s not really part of your syllabus, but I just wanted to make sure I didn’t get anything very wrong.”

Y/N smiled and held her hand out for Eloise to place the essay. It was silent as she read over what was written, that silence only broken when Athena let out soft hoots or ruffled her feathers.

“Erm, professor,” muttered Eloise after a while, Y/N’s eyes glanced up from the parchment, “I don’t mean to pry, but why does your owl want so badly for you to finish that letter?”

A soft chuckle came from Y/N’s mouth before she answered, “She just loves the person I’m writing to, and I honestly think she would rather be in his care than mine. Even if it were just for a few nights.”

“But you’re wonderful with animals!”

“And he is too, I assure you. Maybe even more so than me.”

Eloise nodded her head slowly, and Y/N could see the gears turning in her head. It perplexed the young student, who could ever be better with animals than her professor? She knew it couldn’t have been Hagrid, as he still lived on the grounds and Athena could visit him any time she wished.

Maybe her favorite professor was friends with the Scamander family. Rolf Scamander definitely had ties to Hogwarts and seemed about her age.

Before her thoughts could go any further with hypothesizing, Professor L/N handed her essay back, “It looks great, Eloise. I have no doubt you’ll get high marks on this essay.”

Eloise could spot a professor’s dismissal anywhere, so she merely nodded as she took the parchment back. As she hurried out the room, she expressed her gratitude over her shoulder, catching Y/N pull out the letter she was writing with a soft smile on her face.

–

The end of the school week came with a surprise visitor to the castle. The students could not stop discussing the presence of a dragon tamer on the school grounds. He had arrived later in the morning, trudging up the pathway from Hogsmeade and making his rounds around the school.

Headmistress McGonagall greeted him at the gates with a smile and a hug before she took his arm and the two of them had tea in her office. Of course, as the students weren’t used to seeing an adult that wasn’t the faculty or the staff in the castle, his presence sparked many conversations.

“I saw him knock on Hagrid’s door!” said Neil Chapman to anyone who would listen to him at lunch, “He had some burn scars all over his arms and really bright red hair. He seemed really cool.”

It was as if the whole Gryffindor table was gathered around him as he told and retold how Hagrid’s booming voice announced that Hogwarts’ resident dragon tamer was back. Rumors floated around the school for the rest of the day, each student having something to say about the mysterious man.

“He’s gorgeous though, isn’t he?” sighed Daphne Griffiths, as she and her best friend roamed the hallways on the way to their next class, “All rugged and handsome. I caught sight of him walking towards the quidditch pitch after Transfiguration.”

All the professors had to stop themselves from full-on grinning at the different things they had heard about Charlie Weasley gallivanting around the grounds, but none of them as amused as Professor L/N.

“Hurry along then!”

Y/N stood next to a small paddock at the edge of the forest, next to its open gate. At the center of it, a cluster of fluffy creatures rolled around and play fought with each other.

“Alright class,” she clapped her hands together, “We’re having a little bit more of a relaxed class to end the week. A crup of one of the Hogsmeade villagers just gave birth about a month ago and her owner’s graciously allowed us to spend an afternoon with the puppies.”

The second year students cooed at the litter of small dog-like creatures with two tails. As soon as she finished her sentence, the group of them rushed to get inside the paddock, each one wanting a turn with the small puppy-like things. Once all the students were inside, she shut the gate and joined them as they congregated around the tiny crups.

Y/N was grateful that her last class of the week was with younger students. They were much easier to please and sometimes more eager to learn. Of course, almost anyone would be enamoured by the litter of puppies running around.

With her wand pointed at her jugular, she began the small spiel she had prepared for the lesson, “Now, as most of you might know, crups are basically magical dogs…”

Most students weren’t really paying any attention to her little lecture, but she told herself that at least she tried. She understood the need to coo over cute little puppies, she could let it slide just this once.

From where she stood towards the other end of the paddock from the gate, she had a panoramic view of the class, just in case anything happened. She doubted anything would, but at least that way she could keep everyone in sight.

“Of all the magical creatures in the world, you chose to teach about crups?”

A strong voice rang through the open space and caused many of the students to turn their heads at the sound. Somehow, Charlie Weasley had made it to the gate of the paddock without Y/N noticing. Upon seeing the redheaded dragon tamer so close to them, murmurs spread among the young students.

Y/N rolled her eyes, taking in the sight of him with his arms crossed and a smug smile on his face.

“Oh wipe that smile off your face, Weasley, you try teaching these kids all week,” she replied, raising her voice slightly so that he could hear what she had said.

“I guess they are quite adorable,” he caved, leaning his forearms against the paddock and seeming as if he was going to observe them their whole class.

The students observed their playful and easy banter, in awe that their professor knew the ever mysterious man.

As her wards were still distracted by him, she said, “Pay him no mind class, he’s harmless. The crup puppies need your undivided attention!”

As soon as the prying eyes were off of him, Charlie sent Y/N a cheeky wink. She couldn’t stop a smile from growing on her face at the gesture, but she shook her head to indicate that they could talk after her class was over.

“Professor L/N?” a young girl walked up to her, sending a furtive glance over her shoulder to where her friends were gathered.

The group of them gestured to her to carry on and Y/N’s eyes lit with amusement, “What’s up?”

“I-er, we wanted to know how you know the dragon tamer guy? The other professors haven’t said much about him when asked.”

The young student fidgeted nervously, picking at the hem of her sweater as she glanced up at Y/N. Despite being in the rather early years of her journey at Hogwarts, she knew that Professor L/N enjoyed her privacy. She didn’t want to overstep.

Y/N sensed this apprehension and gave her a soft smile, “We were in the same year at Hogwarts. He was a Gryffindor and I was a Ravenclaw, but we managed to have a few common classes.”

“Cool!”

Before anything else could be said, the girl scurried off to meet her friends with the small tidbit of information she was able to gather from the otherwise close-lipped professor.

Thankfully, the rest of the hour passed by rather quickly.

As soon as the bell rang, it was obvious to Y/N that the students were stalling. She had dismissed them fairly quickly and had already begun her process of cleaning up. Meanwhile, the majority of the class was still situated inside the paddock, shuffling around in groups.

Inwardly, she sighed, knowing that there was nothing she could do about it, it was the end of the school week and they were free to roam (or stay) in any part of the grounds and the castle they wanted.

Inevitably, Charlie had gotten impatient waiting for them to clear out. Instead, he strode confidently through the gate and towards where Y/N was directing the puppies to stay.

“Charlie? What are you–”

The remaining students, who had been not-so slyly watching the redhead stride through the paddock, all collectively gasped as he pressed his lips firmly on their professor’s.

Y/N began to weakly protest, the logical side of her brain screaming at her that this was definitely unprofessional, but the emotional side took over as she was surrounded by the scent and the presence of her boyfriend. Her boyfriend whom she hadn’t seen in months and made a special trip to Hogwarts just to see her in her element.

Thankfully, Charlie pulled away fairly quickly, his arms still firmly wrapped around her body, a dopey smile on his face.

Once Y/N gained her bearings, she slapped his chest, “Charles Weasley!”

“What?” he grinned.

“You’ve just kissed me in front of my students!”

–

Despite the–shall we say scandalous?–first encounter between the couple, the rest of the afternoon was quite lovely. Y/N showed him all of the creatures under her care and in the section of the forest that was relatively safe. They also borrowed some old brooms from the shed and raced each other out on the pitch until their cheeks were painful from laughter and their noses were red from the cold.

By the time dinner rolled around, of course the whole student body was aware of what transpired between the handsome dragon tamer and their favorite Care of Magical Creatures professor.

This was the first piece of juicy information that they had gotten on Professor L/N, and while they were highly amused at what had happened, they were also not surprised that she was dating someone who worked with dragons on a daily basis.

They also couldn’t deny the fact that she practically lit up in his presence. They had never seen her so at peace and so happy as when she was with Charlie. Anyone with eyes could tell that the pair of them were in love.

Minerva had also graciously allowed Charlie to sit at the Head Table with the rest of the faculty at dinner, which caused quite the stir.

Practically all sets of eyes were trained towards the couple as they ate their dinner fairly normally.

“You two seem to be the talk of the whole school,” the headmistress teased.

Charlie sent his favorite teacher a shit-eating grin, “Must be my dashing looks that’s got them all interested.”

“Please, Weasley,” Y/N tutted, “They’ve just gotten a huge piece of information about me. This is basically their Christmas.”

“Maybe they’ll finally stop hounding me with insane questions now!” Neville chirped happily, and the table erupted in laughter.

–

General taglist: @expectoevans @george-fabian-weasley @gxthsanrio @slytherinscribbles @harpyloon @nuttytani @mesmerisedangel @amourtentiaa @sarcasticallywitty15

Charlie taglist: @pinkypurplemagic

#charlie weasley #charlie weasley imagines #charlie weasley imagine #charlie weasley fics #charlie weasley fic #charlie weasley fanfiction #charlie weasley x reader #charlie weasley x y/n #tw meals #tw meal mention #tw cursing

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balmacedapascal · 2 years ago

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RYAN CORR WATCHLIST ◆ OUTLAWS

MOVIE: Outlaws (also known as 1%) DIRECTOR: Stephen McCallum WRITTEN BY: Matt Nable STARRING: Ryan Corr (Paddo/Mark), Abbey Lee (Katrina), Matt Nable (Knuck), Josh McConville (Skink/Adam), Simone Kessell (Hayley) PREMISE: "Set within the primal underworld of outlaw motorcycle club gangs, the film follows the heir to the throne of a motorcycle club, who has to save his brother's life by betraying his president." (wikipedia) RATING: 5/10 WATCHED ON: Amazon Prime

SPOILERS BELOW FOR THE ENTIRE FILM

Okay so this is the first thing I watched starring Ryan after discovering him and becoming a crazy lil fangirl for him in House of the Dragon. As someone who watched every episode of Sons of Anarchy, repeatedly, I was excited to see Ryan as this scruffy biker. And he makes a deliciously attractive biker. And that's about the only good part of the film.

The premise of the movie (which I couldn't find on wikipedia or IMDB in any more depth than the one sentence above) follows Paddo as he tries to find a way to save his brother's life. The movie starts with Paddo, his brother Skink, and his girlfriend Katrina being dragged out of their home by members of the Devils MC. It turns out Skink and another member of the Copperheads MC stole some heroin from the Devils and need to settle the debt. The other Copperhead is killed by the leader of the Devils, Sugar, and Paddo is told that either they work out a deal between the clubs or Adam's a dead man. The idea is that Paddo will convince his president to launder the club's money through businesses run by the Devils for a 30% cut. But when Paddo isn't able to convince Knuck, his president, to take the deal with the Devils, he's left trying to find a way to save them all.

The part of the film that I enjoyed the most (outside of just looking at Ryan in all the scruffy biker glory) was the relationship between Paddo and Skink and how obvious it is the two of them would do anything for each other. It's explained early in the movie that their father was abusive and in the end, Paddo killed him to save his brother and that seems to be what he's been doing ever since. It's never made clear what exactly Skink's problems are - he seems to use drugs but there's hints that he may have some kind of mental illness or learning disability. He's called simple by several characters throughout the film and repeatedly makes bad choices that leave Paddo having to clean up the mess. All of the issues throughout the film stem from Paddo's desire to protect his brother. When Skink is threatened by Sugar, Paddo makes a point of saying if they kill Skink, they'll have to kill him too. When Knuck throws Skink out of the club, Paddo doesn't hesitate to leave with his brother.

It's summed up best by a line that Katrina says: "And I know you'll do whatever it takes to look after us, that's why I love you so much. That's why those men love you, that's why Knuck is so fucking threatened." Paddo is a protector, through and through.

The rest of the story is not as great unfortunately. There's little to no development for a lot of the characters. Knuck, the president of the Copperheads, is shown as a violent, brutal man. Fresh out of three years in prison (we don't know what for), he seems paranoid about his power as leader of the club and his girlfriend Hayley seems to help feed that paranoia by reminding him that he should be the one with all the power. He's shown making choices solely for keeping all of the power in his hands and no other reason. It's what keeps him from dealing with the Devils, it's what helps widen the divide between him and Paddo, and in the end it leads to a lot of death and destruction.

Then there's Katrina, Paddo's girlfriend and one of the women who seems to keep things running at the clubhouse. She spends most of the movie insisting that her and Paddo deserve to keep everything they've built while Knuck was in prison and that Paddo should have the power in the club. It's made clear repeatedly that that's not what he really wants. In the end, all he wants is to keep the people he loves safe. And when he wants them all to just leave this life behind and start over somewhere else where they could be safe, she manipulates Skink into trying to kill Knuck, a choice that leads to both brothers dying in the end. While I do think she actually loved Paddo, I think she was more concerned with the power of heading the club and left her alone at the end of the movie.

TRIGGER WARNING - SEXUAL ASSAULT

Another part of the film that was hard to sit through was the sexual violence. Sexual content wasn't surprising for a movie like this. I was honestly expecting more scenes than what we got but what we did unfortunately get were multiple scenes of Knuck sexually assaulting multiple men both while in prison and once he gets out. If you're wanting to avoid those scenes, here's what the time stamps are and what all happens.

11:40-12:00, can only see Knuck's face and shoulders through a small window, and can hear grunting and talk

17:57-18:45, actual assault only lasts five to ten seconds before Knuck finishes, can see both men's faces and upper halves but that's it, Knuck threatens to murder the guy if he says anything about this

47:31-48:35, Knuck gets rough with David the prospect and shoves him up against the wall and rapes him. Close up on David's bloody and beaten face. After the scene David is seen coming out of the office looking rough and shaky.

All in all, the movie was not one I particularly loved and probably won't ever watch again. Ryan's performance was fantastic, lots of raw emotion in the scenes he shared with Josh McConville, and I'd love to see him in a similar role again. Just maybe with a better script. And having to watch him die onscreen once more was heartbreaking. So if anyone decides to go watch it after falling for him as Harwin Strong, tread carefully and be prepared for another sad ending.

#outlaws #ryan corr #ryancorrwatchlist #celeb: ryan corr #movie: outlaws #chara: paddo #i'm watching and reviewing everything he's been in bc what else am i gonna do with my life #he's my new hyperfixation and that's okay

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