VERBOTEN Magazine July 2014 | Page 13

Kink Weekend OKC Oklahoma City, OK July 18-20 When you see photos of this event, you see one thing visible in every single picture: people having fun, usually sharing a smile with the camera or enjoying an event so much you can almost hear the laughing. This event raises money for area HIV/AIDS charities and features silent auctions, pool parties, the Mr Heartland Leather Contest, educational workshops and live entertainment - an old school carnival with sword swallowers, flesh hook suspensions, other feats of pain - dangling weights from scrotum, mouse traps on the feet, broken glass walkers and more. The coordinators have somehow packed a lot of punch in just one weekend. The Oklahoma City Boys of Leather started this event in 2011 looking for a way to raise funds while engaging the entire community. Over the past three years, they have raised $10,000 for various charities like the local food pantry, Sisters of the Heartland and Expressions Community Center. “I’m just thankful that the leather community and I are able to