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Budding in the 1960's, Northbound Leather bloomed into Canada's first and largest leather and fetish fashion house.
"It was a mom & pop leather shop doing “normal” leather clothing in the 1960s. By virtue of the neighborhood we were located in we got a lot of business from the lgbt+ community. We used to have a sign that said: "You name it, we make it!" People would take us to task on that. They’d come in and say, "I want a pair of leather pants, but I want them really tight." They got bolder and when they realized they weren't going to get chased out of the store, word got around. We were getting into things that I had never seen and when I realized there was a market for this stuff we created a separate shop.
We called it "North" for where we were. "Bound" for what you'd do with it. And "Leather" for what it was made from. And that's how Northbound was born in 1987. It was sort of nondescript and discreet, like a brown paper wrapper on the scene. It didn't raise any eyebrows. At the same time, it was a store dedicated to everything different, subversive, and sexually charged about leather."
- George Giaouris (Owner of Northbound Leather)
For over 40 years, Mr. S Leather has been the world’s forerunner in the fetish industry. From the beginning there has been a passionate and clear vision to bring you the absolute best in top-quality bondage, leather, rubber, and neoprene clothing, as well as amazing sex toys for making sure your play is the best it can be.
Cutting-edge, community-based, and constantly evolving, HELP has a twenty-seven year history of health and education services, aimed at preventing AIDS/HIV and other STDs through innovative, comprehensive, and accessible programs, including all-inclusive PrEP services – the best tool available to our community to take control of your HIV status – available to anyone, whether or not you have insurance, AT NO CHARGE.
The HELP Center for LGBT Health & Wellness – your centralized source for HIV/AIDS and STD preventative services in North Texas.
Founded in 1994 to address a critical need to connect health education and prevention services to marginalized populations – those who found it difficult or impossible to access programs addressing their specific and unique characteristics in a culturally appropriate manner, HELP has consistently expanded and adapted. Our focus is on making vitally needed care available to at-risk adolescents and adults, HIV positive individuals, ethnic and sexual minorities, and the LGBT community as a whole.