Michael IntegritasJan 31, 2023
@cubbynonsense @orsetto It isn't unimportant to the communities it impacts.
Show threadÉcole des Bro-ArtsJan 31, 2023

@sentimentaldom @cubbynonsense @orsetto Yeah. If I understand correctly, IML/IMBB winners flew to Florida their title years to attend the victory party at Inn Leather, sponsored by LeatherWerks (e.g. https://m.facebook.com/events/d41d8cd9/mr-iml-pool-party-at-inn-leather-resort-in-ft-lauderdale/386122634916037/ ). This is normally thrown in IML/IMBB's honor and they'd receive their vests there. Except these winners basically found out at the airport that they weren't welcome because they were trans, and Inn Leather doesn't consider trans men to be men.

I'd be upset too!

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Show threadÉcole des Bro-ArtsJan 31, 2023

@sentimentaldom @cubbynonsense @orsetto Some of IML/IMBB's staff have been trying for years to make this better, but Bearman as board member and his business LeatherWerks as major donor made that difficult. Eventually Jeremy (IMBB coordinator) and the entire IMBB staff resigned in protest, as did many of IML's department heads. Bearman resigned from IML's board, and Bill Stadt is being replaced as well. IML being transferred to LA&M.

https://thisleatherlife.com/2023/01/28/what-happened-to-the-2023-international-mr-bootblack-contest/

https://thisleatherlife.com/2023/01/30/iml-imbb-update-as-of-01-30-2023/

What Happened to the 2023 International Mr. Bootblack Contest?

THIS LEATHER LIFE
Show threadÉcole des Bro-ArtsJan 31, 2023

@sentimentaldom @cubbynonsense @orsetto Disclaimers! I don't have firsthand knowledge of any of these events, but I'm an acquaintance of Jeremy at least. There's also a long-running concern over IMBB being somewhat subordinate to IML, and feelings that bootblacks generally don't get the respect they deserve. There's at least 13 years of history here and a ton I don't know, too--just trying to piece it together as best I can.

@daddybooffer and @NitroATL can probably check me here!

Show threadLeatherWolf Jan 31, 2023
@aphyr @sentimentaldom @cubbynonsense @orsetto @daddybooffer @NitroATL This is pretty much how I observed it, too. Nice wrap-up @aphyr ! For context: Kriszly (IMBB 2019) is a friend of mine; hi @daddybooffer BTW.
Show threadOrsetto [cubbed 🐻]Jan 31, 2023

@wolf @aphyr @sentimentaldom @daddybooffer @NitroATL

AHHHH thank you all for the info!! This is why I love this place... Until I find a Daddy/Sir who can teach me this shit, I gotta rely on masto. So really, thank you all.

So now I got one more question... Does this mean that IML and IMBB are kinda dead? Or like being replaced? Or do we not know yet?

Show threadMichael IntegritasJan 31, 2023

@orsetto @wolf @aphyr @daddybooffer @NitroATL This is where things currently stand:

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0CBh7SsC6nLiNLk9ARcm9gKsyvKWfhHxkWwM57v7GDaw8nSNacRz8j8m8tvtShnzHl&id=100063620799658

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Show threadÉcole des Bro-Arts
@sentimentaldom @orsetto @wolf @daddybooffer @NitroATL Tangentially, this is what bugs me about the whole thing taking place on social media--you can't *find* it! This post, for instance, is unavailable for me. Searching Google, FB, Instagram, Twitter this morning was so frustrating--social media often downranks or outright bans "adult" accounts from search. I take the opposite tack from @PupAmp here--give me plain old web sites or blogs! Better for search and easier to link to.
Jan 31, 2023 at 3:39pmWeb
Show threadNitroATLJan 31, 2023
@aphyr @sentimentaldom @orsetto @wolf @daddybooffer @PupAmp you also have to factor in that this is a pot that’s been boiling for 13+ years - so there’s not going to be one spot that has a full anthology
Show threadLeatherWolf Jan 31, 2023
@aphyr @sentimentaldom @orsetto @daddybooffer @NitroATL @PupAmp
Show threadOggieJan 31, 2023

@aphyr @sentimentaldom @orsetto @wolf @daddybooffer @NitroATL @PupAmp
As someone who's primarily an outsider to most of this social situation, and has been for years, I appreciate the summary, at least, and I do kind of wish that I could get some sort of coherent narrative thread short of trawling social media in general.

I also prefer absolutely everything to be in 'wall of text' form, if ever even slightly feasible.