Mr. Alamo City Leather Goes Primal and Gives Back

Isaac Cardona has a degree in accounting, a penchant for devising ambitious community service projects, a vanilla husband he calls his soulmate, and a deep desire to be flogged by his sir. He's also my very first local happy slut! Based right here in San Antonio, Texas, a place one might not expect there to be a social group for gay men who love leather. AND YET! Isaac is one of the founding members of the San Antonio Leather Men, and he's helped grow them into one of the biggest leather groups in Texas in the last four years. In this episode: The Hanky Code, decoded: what the different colors actually mean (yes, we go there) Growing up Jehovah's Witness, getting kicked out of the church at sixteen, and the uncle whose unapologetic queerness changed everything His "emancipation proclamation" coming-out story, timed down to the hour Five years estranged from his parents, and how that relationship slowly mended Meeting his husband of six years by mercilessly teasing their lovesick friends on Facebook Opening up a vanilla marriage into an ethically non-monogamous one How a now-closed dive bar became "home" and launched him into leather culture Building the San Antonio Leathermen from twelve people at a social to 75+ Winning the title Mr. Alamo City Leather and using it to fund toy drives, food drives, and an upcoming AIDS Foundation fundraiser What actually happens in his body and mind when he goes "primal" during impact play The harm-reduction rules he swears by for his more adventurous kinks Why living out loud and unashamed tends to turn people into more generous, active members of their community — a pattern Samia keeps finding, episode after episode, once patriarchy and purity culture stop running the show FOLLOW THE SAN ANTONIO LEATHERMEN: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/satxleathermen/ Facebook (event calendar — socials, Kinky Carnival, gear nights): https://www.facebook.com/groups/satxleathermen/?ref=share_group_link Website: https://sanantonioleathermen.com/ Donate to the Nov 21 San Antonio AIDS Foundation fundraiser: https://www.sanantonioaids.org/donate SUPPORT THE SHOW! Subscribe to my Substack: https://samiamounts.substack.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/samia.mounts & https://instagram.com/happyslutcast TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@happyslutcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/@happyslutcast FirmTech — use code HAPPYSLUT for 15% off — https://myfirmtech.com Get $50 off Kenneth Play's Beyond Satisfied Pro Bundle — https://kennethplay.com/happyslut Shameless Care — use code HAPPYSLUT for $15 off — https://shamelesscare.sjv.io/aNP1Xb Send this to the friend who thinks "kinky" and "community-minded" can't coexist, and to the one who still needs convincing that living out loud only makes the world around you better. xoxo, Samia