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Vancouver Men in Leather Grunt "Recruiting" Poster Thought Process

Vancouver Men in Leather Grunt "Recruiting" Poster Thought Process

Subverting the ideals of historic military recruiting posters for a queer event.

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N. Johnston
Jan 04, 2025
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Right from the start when the theme of “Uniforms” was thrown about for Vancouver Men in Leather’s first GRUNT night of 2025, the idea of a military recruiting poster leapt to mind. For one“subverting” the “real man” ethos of these posters for the purpose of a queer kink event had a lot of appeal. Second, 2025 is lining up to be a hard year for those out…

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