tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44766919271699459282011-08-21T07:45:39.367-06:00Discussing the future of Leather and BDSMModeratorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02032463437057523455noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476691927169945928.post-92206449001710765802007-08-17T18:21:00.001-06:002007-08-17T18:28:06.820-06:00

The terms "The Next Guard," "Next Guard," "Next Guard Leather," "Next Guard BDSM," and "Next Guard Protocol" are owned and operated by the owners of nextguardbdsm.com as purchased in 2007 and the intellectual property of this blog belongs solely to its contributors and shall not be used or copied without the express written consent of said owners. This statement is dated August 17, 2007.

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If Y/you are dating online, please go to Internet Love Scams to educate Y/yourself on the pattern of the scam. If Y/you have been scammed, then add Y/your amount to the tally that they keep on one of the threads. If Y/you are maintaining a long-distance relationship now, then please go to the site and search through the list of known scammer e-mail addresses. And if Y/you do nothing else, then

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Hello class. This is Class 03 of BDSM101. Links to previous classes for this course are listed at the end of this post.An note about the Laboratory Sessions for BDSM101. All the Labs for this course are self-initiated and self-paced. I urge you to review the class notes before undertaking a Lab, to follow the class instructions as closely as possible, and most importantly to use your head, and

Pudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00412264858109549498noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476691927169945928.post-47662474712446044812007-05-25T10:41:00.000-06:002007-05-25T11:08:54.227-06:00

Yesterday on the Joe.My.God. blog, Joe had a post on the recent controversy with the ban of partly transitioned Female to Male (FTM) transsexuals from participating in the Chicago Hellfire Club, which was covered by Heather Cassell in the May 24th Bay Area Reporter. I'll say right up front that the only ban I would support in any club or organization is an Asshole Ban. I would much rather hang

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Mistress Tiffany wrote a comprehensive article on "Protocol positions", and to Her post: "A protocol analogy" someone asked if Her protocols were Leather or BDSM protocols. What's so Next Guard about Mistress Tiffany's article about protocol positions is the synthesis between the ancient BDSM, the historically recent Old Guard, and the remotely ancient and contemporarily fashionable Yoga.

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Anonymous posed an excellent question to Me:"Do you feel that by not "coming out" as a Leatherman/woman is a sign of weakness?"Obviously a person's standing is weaker if they have to hide or suppress parts of their life. Early Christians were weaker in the reign of Nero, and had to worship in catacombs. Africans forced into slavery were weaker when they had to disguise their own religions and

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I know that so many of My fellow gay men think that Leather is just a provocative and decorative and non-essential feature for a small segment of gay identity, the same way that they're dismissive of our other "fringes" like elder gays, or faery gays, or opera queens, or drag queens. The logo above is from a group at the University of California at San Diego, and the letters stand for "Lesbian,

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Hello class. This is Class 02 of BDSM 101. Links to previous classes for this course are listed at the end of this post.We'll start with a quiz. Last week I instructed you to find a private place or private method to record your Desire Set, a list of all the attributes you find most desirable in an ideal sexual partner(s). We'll be referencing your Desire Set throughout this course. Now for

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There have been questions about terms like: fetish, kink, BDSM, and leather, and whether the Next Guard wants to exclude people from the discussion if they're not into Leather or BDSM. Next Guard is about BDSM which is an imprecise term that ironically has extremely precise connotations to multitudes of people. BDSM is sort of like LGBT in that it's an acronym that is trying to cover a minority

Pudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00412264858109549498noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476691927169945928.post-87648116927178525872007-05-04T10:43:00.000-06:002007-05-04T14:30:12.329-06:00

Hello class. This is BDSM 101. I'm Professor Pud. This class is for beginners, novices, and the curious, and today I'm going to go over what this class will cover and what will be expected of you. you will be able to interact with me 2 ways: by either commenting to these posts, or by private email (to pud@blackboots.org) I prefer that you use comments so that the rest of the class has the

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This beautiful creature was called Big Boy. I spent a week with him on a horseback trip I took in Banff 5 years ago. We got along very well he and I. He was the biggest horse that the outfitters had in their string, at 17 hands. He had the golden Palomino coloring, and was about 23 when I knew him. I've only ridden 9 horses, and I've spent about a 40 days of my life on horseback. I've never

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"The pain was so great, that it made me moan; and yet so surpassing was the sweetness of this excessive pain, that I could not wish to be rid of it."-St. Teresa of AvilaSt. Teresa was writing about a spiritual experience, and her pain and ecstasy came from her vision of the Divine. But ever since this sculpture grouping by Bernini was installed in the church of Sta Maria della Vittoria in Rome,

Pudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00412264858109549498noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476691927169945928.post-13485401970909018572007-04-18T13:53:00.000-06:002007-04-18T15:31:35.400-06:00

I'm talking to a friend - the news - movies. Another man walks up slowly, stops about 6 feet away, and settles his body to face mine. His hands and mouth are empty. Nothing to drink or smoke, and no words either. He's quiet, he tries his best to stand as still as possible. He catches my eye, once. And then fixes his gaze down at my boots. He doesn't kneel, doesn't get on his hands and knees.

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