more than just a newspaper
An SSO Media Publication Est.
2008 www.
sstar.
net.
au Issue 081 Thursday 29 April 2010
Australia may
miss IML 2010
ANDIE NOONAN
Australia may not have an entrant at this
year’s International Mr Leather (IML)
event after critical...
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more than just a newspaper
An SSO Media Publication Est.
2008 www.
sstar.
net.
au Issue 081 Thursday 29 April 2010
Australia may
miss IML 2010
ANDIE NOONAN
Australia may not have an entrant at this
year’s International Mr Leather (IML)
event after critical sponsorship fell
throughattheeleventhhour.
Sydney-based business Rainbow
Tourism – a member of the International
Gay and Lesbian Tourism Association –
saysitisunabletohonouritssponsorship
agreement to fly current Australian
leather champion Josh Burrows to the
May28Chicagoevent.
Competition organiser Alex Schoeffel
said the business,
which pledged two
air fares to Chicago
and accommodation,
had “dishonored”
its sponsorship
agreement, casting
doubt over the future
of the Mr Leather
Australia/NewZealandcompetition.
“It’s extremely disappointing for the
sustainability of the [national] leather
festival because it jars the community
confidence in the contest,” Schoeffel told
SouthernStar.
“If the national festival was to collapse,
t
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