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Forget the ugly sweaters: How a Latino leather community does the holidays

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By Frank Rojas
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Latinos browse the artwork at the CLAW L.A. convention on November 28th at the Hotel Indigo in Downtown Los Angeles. (Yair Lopez / For DeLos) On the Friday night after Thanksgiving, a hotel room on the 17th floor of the Hotel Indigo in Downtown Los Angeles was transformed into a leather dressing room. About a dozen friends crowded around a king-size bed, cracking open Tecates, vibing to techno house music from a portable speaker, and adjusting each other's harnesses.
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‘This feels like home.’ A fashionably late night out to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena

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By Frank Rojas
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1 hour ago The problem with fixating on inequality, oligarchy, and other abstractions One of the great mysteries about the rise of populism, in both the United States and Europe, is why it has benefited the political right so much more than the left. For years, American progressives have been trying to get …
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'This feels like home.' A fashionably late night out to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena

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By Frank Rojas
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Image December 2025 Banda Bars The belt used to belong to his father. Black leather, silver stitching, “RUBEN” spelled across the side with the initials “R.V.” on the buckle, for Ruben Vallejo, a name both men share. Now it sits on the waist of the younger Vallejo as he gets ready for a night out at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, a place he’s been to “over 50 times,” he says, but this one’s special. He tucks in his thrifted button-up shirt, adjusts his belt buckle and looks in the mirror.
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