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14 Amazing Covers of Leather Weekend

Join us on a special trip down "leathery lane."

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In 2007, our cover featured Wayne Nesbitt, a member of the Highwaymen TNT and one of the local leather community’s most cherished and delightful personalities.The portraiture was by Todd Franson and the accompanying, insightful Q&A by managing editor Will O’Bryan. A year later, in June 2008, Nesbitt passed away at the age of 45 of a sudden heart attack. 

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