Our Mission

The Leather Knights, Inc. is a non-profit membership organization, of gay Leather men, which exists to provide service and support for the Greater Dallas Community. We live out our mission through:

Chivalry – Responding to the needs of our community through service and volunteerism, primarily through various physical works, we provide direct relief to our community’s distress. Our service projects entail physical labor that builds up our community; in addition, we collect and distribute goods that feed, equip, and support our community.

Compassion – Using our hearts, minds, talents, skills, and spirits, we provide compassion by raising funds for publically supported charities in our community. The Leather Knights are passionate about raising funds for HIV/AIDS agencies, community healthcare needs, Leather organizations, hunger/nutritional support, GLBTQ youth organizations, and other vulnerable members of society.  These funds provide funding for direct support for our community. 

Camaraderie – We are fully participating members of our community. Through the works of our presence and goodwill, we actively engage relationships throughout Greater Dallas and the Leather Community at-large. As participants in our community, we can more readily know its needs and can therefore provide the necessary support. As an organization rooted in the GLBTQ community and the Leather/Levi subculture of that community, we form relationships that build and lift up our mission. We participate fully in the Leather Community of Greater Dallas, State-wide, Regionally, Nationally and Internationally. Through camaraderie, we also foster strong and positive relationship among our members. The positive relationships we forge within our membership and our community at-large provide us the foundation for our success.