The Sword did a survey of Craigslist ads in 10 American cities.

"The Sword has found that New Yorkers were most willing to top, while Houston -- home of proud fuck-slut Mason Wyler -- had the most bottoms."

For those of you just interested in the winners, here goes...

The winner is Jeffrey Payne, Mr. Texas Leather 2009

 
First Runner up: Brendan McGovern, Mt. Leather Ottawa 2009 

Second Runner up: Alan Penrod, Mr. Atlanta Eagle 2009 

Sunday at 5 p.m., when I walked into the International Mr. Leather Contest it was like walking into a mall of leather stores, you could smell leather everywhere. The variety of men - hairy, muscular, thin, large - you name it, everyone loves leather. From the moment I sat down in the auditorium, I could tell IML 31 was going to be a great experience, which it was.

Now let me state this, I have worn leather vests, chaps and even a leather ball stretcher from time to time, but never really considered myself a leather person or even a leather wanna be person until this weekend was over. These people are all about family, friends, acceptance, diversity and unity. Never have I felt so welcome in a group of people before in my life. 

There were 54 contestants from everywhere in the US and 10 from other countries.  The opening number was "If my friends could see me now..." and it was preformed excellently by disco diva Linda Clifford (shown below).

 

For more details of the great weekend at IML and more pictures click read more.....

While attending IML31 (Porn Stars, Leathermen, and Bears, OH My!),  in the Leather Market, I ran into Dominic Ford, a producer of Gay Porn, a really nice guy. This site puts out excellent porn videos...

As you can see, he produces 3D gay porn videos. What a concept and it works. You rely have got to see this to believe this, I think Dominic is going to revolutionize the way we watch gay porn.

And the talent he has working for him, well I just have to say one name,  Mathew Rush. "Who doesn't know who Matthew Rush is? He is one of the most recognizable faces (and bodies) in the industry. Once a Falcon Lifetime Exclusive, Matthew has been the poster child for what it means to be a hot muscle man for almost a decade."

You rally need to check out DominicFord.com today. In the meantime I am goig to ask him for access to the site so we can review it fully, although my feelings are this site is a real winner...

I can not believe the great time I had at the 11th Grabby Awards....

The results are as follows:

• Best Videography - The Drifter (Raging Stallion Studios)
• Best Pornstar Blog - Diesel Washington
• Best Box Cover - Black Meat White Heat (All Worlds Video)
• Most Versatile Performer - Dean Flynn
• Wall Of Fame -  Spike and Troy Pickett,Robert Van Damme, and Steve Jerome
• Best Screenplay - Black Meat White Heat (All Worlds Video)
• Best Fetish Video - Folsom Prison (Titan Media)
• Best Fetish Extreme -Fisting Ranch Hands (Red Eagle Films)
• Best International Video - Indecent Proposals (Falcon Intl.)
• Best Solo - Damien Crosse - To The Last Man
• Best Porn Website - CockyBoys.com
• Best Ethnic Video - Blackballed 6 (All Worlds Video)
• Best Art Direction - Funhouse (Titan Media)
• Best In Twink - Just The Sex 2 (Prodigy Pictures)
• Maleflixxx.tv People’s Choice Award - Jockstrap (Hot House Entertainment)
• Hottest Cock Uncut - Antonio Biaggia
• Hottest Cock Cut - Tyler Saint
• Best Cum Scene - Blackballed 6 (All Worlds Video)
• Best Sex Comedy - Paging Dr. Finger (Hot House Entertainment)
• Best Porn Star Website - SteveCruzXXX.com
• Best Rimming Scene -  Turk Mason, Blake Riley, Cort Conovan in Excess
• Best Still Photos - Mick Hicks
• Best Three-Way -  Logan McCree, Ricky Sinz, Scott Tanner - The Last Man
• Best Supporting Actor - Scott Tanner - To The Last Man
• Best Duo (2 winners -tie) - Zeb Atlas and Adam Killian (Best Men) & Logan McCree and Vinnie D’Angelo (The Drifter)
• Best Director - Chris Ward, Ben Leon and Tony Dimarco - To The Last Man
• Hottest Bottom - Brent Corrigan
• Best Newcomer (2 winners -tie) : Kyle King and Cameron Marshall
• Best Group - Chad Hunt, Nash Lawler, Phenix Saint, Cort Donovan - Endgame (Dirty Bird)
• Best Actor: Logan McCree
• Performer of the Year - (2 winners -tie) Steve Cruz & Diesel Washington
• Best All Sex - Black Balled 6
• Lifetime Achievement: Steven Scarborough
• Best Movie - The Drifter (Raging Stallion Studios)

The best part of the evening was after the Grabby Awards and even after the party at Charlies, when I got to meet Chi Chi LaRue.

Read More for some pictures of the event...

Yesterday was basically a party night at International MR. Leather.  After having some dinner in Boystown, we headed to Roscoe, where Nakedsword presented Tim and Roma at Roscoe's  (3356 N. Halsted.) where there was over 30 porn stars and I had a great time.

From there we went the the Lucky Horse Shoe to see the  Men Of Raging Stallion Studios.  the place is well known strip bar in Chicago, and it was packed, so packed we stayed for just a few drinks and then headed to the IML events.

The first stop at the IML hosting hotel was  Woof Camp, where there was all handlers, pups, dogs, and friends. Music, fun and fellowship.  Some of the "puppy" costumes were amazing!

Next stop was Gear Blast IML 2009, Hot guys in sports, protective, rubber, leather, lycra and other pervy types of gear kept this party going.

Then off to the San Francisco Party.were hundreds of hot, filthy leathermen, sweating to the sounds got  a taste of the world's sleaziest city and celebrated.

More to come....

IML - more than 50 contestants from across the U.S. and other countries are currently competing for the title of International Mr. Leather in Chicago.  Although the actual competition has not begun as of today, it starts tomorrow, May 23rd. we had a great time today at the Leather Market.

As I got to the hosting hotel, the Chicago Hilton, approaching the lobby I see this sign as you enter the main entrance...

As  you can see, IML has taken over the hosting hotel, as well as others in the Chicago area hosting 3 big gay events this weekend. See the post Porn Stars, Leathermen, and Bears, OH My!.

During the Leather Market, we met some great porn stars, saw some exciting gear, and  took lots of pictures.  I will be posting a little information each day while we are here, but here is a sample of the hot men and attitude here at IML 31.

 

 

TwinkAcademy.com (St. Samuel’s Academy is an International school for boys) is probably one of the most exciting twink sites I have ever reviewed on The Gay Newz. Unique, outstanding, creative, original are just a few of the words I can use to describe this site. I have not yet come across a site put together so originally. When I first arrived at the site, I thought maybe I typed in the wrong address; so I had to double check. I did not see any pictures of porn until I saw a couple soft porn ones when I scrolled down.

When you land on the homepage, it looks like a school’s website. The layout shows a boarding school for boys “St. Samuel’s International Academy”. "St Samuel's Academy is an international school for boys. We now invite you to take a closer look at each of our three campuses and to meet a few of our students. And remember that, as a Sponsor, you will receive full and unrestricted access to boys' files - including fully documented text, photographic and video reports ..."

These boys are even disciplined in school and you get to watch...

Besides all of this you get to see the boys in their sport activities (undressing of course) and even their medical exams!

And what would this type of school would this be if we did not sneak a peak at the boys in their dorm rooms...

Oh did I forget to mention the hidden cams in the dorm room to catch all the great boy on boy action......

 

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That is right.  All in one place over Memorial day weekend and in one city, one of my favorites, Chicago! This memorial day weekend, it seems that the Porn starts will be in Chicago for the Grabby awards, Leather Men for International Mr. Leather, and the bears will be running loose at Bear Pride.

And guess what, Me and the Cub will be there also.  A great friend of mine, Mark, from LavenderLounge.com (another gay blog) invited myself and my cub (Bearcub) to be his guests for the weekend in Chicago.

I am not sure which I am looking more forward to, the porn stars, the bears, the leather men, or the fact that I get to go to my old stomping grounds in Chicago, such as Roscoes, the Lucky Horseshoe, and my favorite bar, the Northend.

The Great Lakes Bears proudly hosts Bear Pride, our annual Bear run, held over Memorial Day weekend. It is jam-packed full of activities like pub crawls, parties and the such. The theme for 2009 is "Bear Pride 15 - It's all about Chicago..." Check out the website: www.bearpride.org

Bears like myself love these events, especially in the windy city.  But if bears are not your favorite well then there are leather men waiting.

"More than 50 contestants from across the U.S. and around the world will compete for the title of International Mr. Leather 2009, Thursday, May 21 through Monday, May 25, 2009 (Memorial Day Weekend) in Chicago. IML is pleased to announce an exciting new location for this year's contest: The Chicago Hilton, 720 S. Michigan Ave. The Chicago Hilton is also the host hotel for the weekend. 'Madame With An E' will be the headline entertainment at this year's Contest, along with some surprise guest. Madame from "Hollywood Squares and Madame's Place, is back and in rare form."

If leather men or bears are not your thing, then there is always porn stars. 

About the Grabbys: "In 1992, the first Grabby Erotic Gay Video Awards were published in Gay Chicago Magazine Click to launch the Gay Chicago Magazine website in a new window. Seven years later, the first live Grabby Awards Show (and orgy!) was held at Man's Country Bathhouse. As the Grabby Awards grew, it moved to larger venues and now includes events that span Memorial Day weekend."