There is a really great writeup called A History of Leather at Pride: 1965-1995 that talks about this. It's very long, but I found it worth reading.

I'm brand new to Beehaw and Lemmy but I'm reading all the posts about the Beehaw community as well as subscribing to a bunch of both local and remote communities. One thing I have not found is a disability community; that is something I'd really like to see. Again, I'm very new - but that's something I'm hoping to find as part of my Beehaw and/or Lemmy experience.