English edit

Etymology edit

leather +‎ sex

Noun edit

leathersex (uncountable)

  1. The sexual practices associated with leathermen.
    • 1998, James Brook, Chris Carlsson, Nancy Joyce Peters, Reclaiming San Francisco: history, politics, culture:
      Leathersex and leathermen had become easy targets for AIDS blame.
    • 2001, Les K. Wright, The Bear Book II:
      The subculture of leathersex, bears, and the vast working-class gay population intersect in the assertion of an openly working-class homosexual ethic []
    • 2004, Robert B. Marks Ridinger, Speaking for our lives:
      Until now, we and those seriously curious about us and even our enemies, have had no one place to go to find out the truth about leather and leathersex []