Catalogue Number
NMLH.2020.5.227
Object Name
badge
Title
MSC LONDON 6
Place
London
People
MSC London
Description
Light pink badge with a black border and text at the bottom edge reading "MSC LONDON". In the middle is a black and white silhouette illustration of a muscular man sitting with legs crossed and jacket open, wearing heavy laced derby boots. On the right side, is a bold black "6".
MSC London is a social club for GBQ+ men âinto fetish wear including leather, rubber, uniforms, skinhead, sportswear and denimâ. It opened in 1973 at a room above a pub in Earls Court, London and moved to Covent Garden during the 1980s. The name MSC, or Motor Sport Club, was used as a code to avoid anti-LGBTQIA discrimination and for the safety of members. MSC London continues today as London Leatherman having been renamed in 2016.
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