A Touch Of Gay #57: NSFW Pic Etiquette, Valuing Submissive Roles

Submissive roles aren’t about being less, getting consent before sending NSFW pictures, addiction recovery resources for leather, fetish and kink communities.

Daily Inspiration: Submission is not about being less…. – Bobby Box

  • It’s about choosing to let go in a space you feel safe
  • It’s the quiet confidence of trusting someone else to lead
  • It’s discovering that there’s a different kind of power in not holding everything together for once.
  • Instagram @bybobbybox

Check In: Leather Making and Cyberbullying

  • Making leather vests and armbands
  • Cyberbullying Seminar

Social: Online Consent For Explicit Content

  • Sending unsolicited nude photos and videos to you
  • Inquiring about private information, details, kinks, and behaviors
  • Assuming someone is using mainstream social media as a dating and hookup platorm
  • Profile and personality is not implied consent
  • Always ask before sharing or exploring explicit content or conversation

Media: The AfterMeth Podcast – Healing For Gay Men Addicted to Chemsex

  • Dr. Dallas Bragg co-author of Lust, Men and Meth: A Study Guide
  • Increasing awareness of characteristics and effects of crystal meth (chemsex)
  • Answering the questions….How can I stop relapsing? How can I heal my addiction? How does crystal meth addiction affect gay men? How can I get sober?
  • Instagram @drdallasbragg
  • https://www.recoveryalchemy.org/

Leather News: Sobriety At International Mr Leather in Chicago

  • Recovery meetings twice daily at IML 11:00 and 11:00
  • For all people in recovery to decompress and build connections
  • At Congress Plaza Hotel
  • https://soberleathermen.org/

Event: Living Sober San Francisco – Castro District – July 10-12, 2026

  • The annual Western Roundup Living Sober conference
  • Supports individual sobriety and maintains unity, connecting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual or LGBTQIA+ members within the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous & Al-Anon since 1976.
  • Celebrating 50 Years
  • https://livingsober.org/

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