club LL Amsterdam leather history
What the fuck, you might say, why go back to those vintage moustaches?
Sure, we still pride ourselves of having a keen eye for the best in new and renewing contibutors,
but recent celebrations of 40 years Stonewall, and pride did draw our attention to history as well!
Just to show that sometimes delving into research pays off.
Linking data of LTHR.nl and the GMBA sm-artgroup shed light on the initials on this poster:
Before he opened his business Ad van Schaik worked behind the bar at the COC on the Leidseplein with Anne Feenstra.
The bar was an initiative by Leo Lanting and his wife Margot.
Anne, who also worked as a perfumeries representative, dreamed of a beauty salon. “I will call it Margot”, she said.
To which Ad added: ”I’m going to buy a leather bar and I will call it LL,
in honour of Leo Lanting.”

DB/queerart continues to hold its finger on the pulse of queer culture and
works at revitalising the fighting spirit that got our culture off the ground in the seventies
with the earlier wave of activism by 'rooie flikkers' and pervy entrepeneurs.
dont rock the boat; if we stay 'normal' and underground everybody will leave us alone.
Well, just like then, religious bigotry does not leave us alone, and we've once again had enough!
Even the current COC-NL chairman has chosen the confrontation with minister Plasterk (of education and homo culture):
No, we cannot tolerate christian or any other religious fanatic schools to throw out homosexual teachers!
In the USA Obama will have to get his lazy ass pointing the same direction as his mouth during his election promisses,
and do something about Dont Ask Dont Tell, and all other civil rights issues he now shies away from.

Also lremember: atest Tom Jones, Harry Bush, Willem Kok, other harder to swallow stuff inside,
and new talents get noticed here first.

You can as always go back to the splash page of last month

more old and new artwork celebrating good old leatherpride:
Yahn whipmaster Belasco Invite Roscoe Oliver Frey