My name is Bob Miller, President and co-founder of CLAW Corp, the organization that produces Leather Thanksgiving in Los Angeles. CLAW is a charity started in Cleveland, Ohio in 2001, where we hold a big annual leather event every April. This is our fourth year producing a Thanksgiving leather event in LA, and the first in our new home, the magnificent Hotel Indigo in downtown LA. Please take a look at the 10 pages inside this issue of THE FIGHT to learn more about Leather Thanksgiving.
Hotel Indigo: Most Leather Thanksgiving events are at the hotel, including two big vendor marts, three online silent auctions with more than 1000 items, dozens of kinky sex education sessions for men, four pool parties, fifteen fetish speed dating games, pup/pet mosh, dance parties, meet and greets, Strip Bingo!, a darkroom, a 24 hour cigar deck, affinity socials, a fashion show, a porn star party and Kinky Kabaret, our fabulous music and comedy show finale. ALL of these events are included in the Leather Thanksgiving Package.
Hope Warehouse: We’ve also rented the 1611 S. Hope Warehouse, near the Indigo, to host HERCULES, a men’s BDSM play party on Friday and Saturday nights. The HERCULES parties are also included in CLAW packages.
Packages are $249 in advance at clawinfo.org, and $299 on-site. Get yours before November 25th and save $50. Even better, volunteer with us and your package is only $1.
Separate Ticket Events: The weekend also features six banquet events at the Hotel, including the Chosen Family Thanksgiving Dinner, Thursday at 4pm. Banquet tickets are also available on our website. And we proudly host the extraordinary, potentially life-changing HorseMarket events, Friday and Saturday evening at the Hope Warehouse. Advance tickets are required. Sign up as a stallion or a mare at horsemarketsf.com.
TOM of Finland too: This year we’ve joined forces with the amazing Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival, being held concurrently at the Hotel Indigo. Leather Thanksgiving packages include admission to the entire Tom of Finland Festival: dozens of exhibitors, exceptional programs and demonstrations, drawing classes and more. Join us for the weekend or just for an afternoon.
Full Leather Hotel: We’ve reserved all the guest rooms at the Indigo. Book yours today before they are gone. A leather event is much more fun when you have a room in the same building with hundreds of other hot leather guys.
Volunteers Wanted: CLAW is run mostly by volunteers—lots of them. In Cleveland we have as many as 1000 volunteers every year, most in a leadership role. We NEED more volunteers in LA. Work 10-12 hours doing something fun with us and your package is only $1. Check out our registration page to see what jobs are available and pick the shifts you want.
Satisfaction guaranteed! Volunteering is the best way to meet people at Leather Thanksgiving. You’ll have an experience you’ll always remember, creating an event that changes people’s lives and raises money for important national and LA based community charities. Win-win-win!
$1,000,000: 23 years ago, the first CLAW raised $4000, split between the LGBT Center of Cleveland and the Leather Archives & Museum. Those numbers grew as CLAW got bigger. Thanks to our volunteers, CLAW passed the $1,000,000 donated mark this April. Join us!
