Abstract
While the developments of the GLBT and the leather/BDSM communities have been some what parallel, the pansexual leather/BDSM community has in many ways become the cutting edge in its acceptance of bisexuals. This article traces the parallel development of the GLBT and leather communities from the pre-WWII erato todayand describes the widening of society's paradigm of sexual orientation from unipolar (heterosexuality only) to bipolar (either straight or gay) and the increasing acceptance of alternative sexualities such as BDSM and leathersex. The era following the onset of the AIDS crisis has brought to the leather/BDSM community a pansexual trend toward increasing inclusive-ness, changing it from a predominantlygay-male phenomenonto a community that also includes lesbians, transgendered people, heterosexuals, and bisexuals.
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