18/01/14: XXL Leather Harnesses, boots, jockstraps and chaps across London were being polished off and squeezed into, as the gay men of the capital prepared for XXL Leather.
XXL always has a huge range of men, not just XXL – and we’ve certainly taken home a few that are anything but! *cough*. XXL Leather was just as varied as usual. We saw biceps bulging from leather vest, lunch boxes stretching leather jocks and even a hairy man boob or two providing an awning over the strained straps of the harnesses they had been shoe horned into.
That’s the great thing about XXL, there’s literally something for everyone. Whether you’re a fresh, plucked chicken or an over-baked turkey, you can take off that top and dance around like a diva to the tunes that XXL does best.
So with tops off and many drinks downed we hit every floor with enthusiasm, and even took a trip to the cruise maze, where one of the party decided to stay for the rest of the night. The rest of us carried on dancing until, one by one, we either dropped to the floor or dropped into the taxi with a hot, furry man.
So many arches, so many good tunes and so many men, XXL, true to its name, always leaves us knackered… And sore!
Pulse, 1 Invicta Plaza, Southwark, SE1 9UF
Words by Darren Palfrey
Photos by Chris Jepson
