Rubber Men San Francisco (RMSF)
by Leland Carina

RMSF is making quite a splash on the San Francisco scene. I recently attended one of their parties as their official photographer– what a fun time! Rick Holte, the group’s current leader, dressed up as Rubber Santa. Here he is with hot piece of venison boy Erik who’s dressed as Piston the (flagging yellow) reindeer.
RMSF was originally organized in 2001. Terry G. and Marc W. had major roles in the leadership then. The new revival was spearheaded by Seven, who works in the latex department at Mr S Leather. He first set out to create his own rubber group, contacting all the men who listed rubber as an interest on Recon to build momentum. One of the men he reached out to was Holte who told him about RMSF. The two got together with Terry and decided to meld the groups together with the idea that Terry would retire. Dore Alley 2011 brought their first big events, which included a meet and greet at Mark I. Chester’s studio and a party at the Powerhouse. Both had extremely great turnout. Holte believes this initial success was due to the group melding well with the energy created by both the Leathermen Discussion Group’s Is Leather Dead panel and Gear Up. Seven has now stepped back due to the recent success of his drag persona, Aurora Switchblade, leaving Holte as the fearless leader.

The group now has a monthly party with Michael Brandon at the Edge bar in San Francisco called Red Light Rubber District. It includes many hot rubber boys, a rubber pup outside and inside a rubber groping gimp that is always a different anonymous person. They also host private members parties, hoping to build toward producing a Rubber Code Enforced play/social during Dore weekend in 2012 to commemorate the anniversary of rekindling the club.

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