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People![]() Member Gil F. is a musician and composer; Stuart Norman was trained as a composer and now owns his own electronic repair business and is a free-lance writer. College professors, school teachers, artists, and arts administrators have all been members of the club. Still others make their living as cooks or waiters or social workers; members Kevin Drewery and Steve W. worked in a bookstore. Member Bill Costomiris is a construction worker and truck driver; " ... what's really neat is that not only at the company do they know that I'm Gay, they also know I'm into leather and they also know I'm into the Tarheel Leather Club, and they are very supportive of it," Bill told me in an interview for the documentary.
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membership of the Tarheel Leather Club has varied greatly over the years;
generally the group includes around twenty to thirty active members and,
at one time, was at a high of over seventy. Much like a biker
club and like most other Leather clubs, prospective members to through
a "pledge period" to get acquainted with the people of the club and goals
of the group. During that period, which usually lasts three months,
the prospective member completes a pledge project, assisting with a fundraiser,
educational effort or another part of the club’s work, attends a required
number of meetings, and states in a letter their personal reasons for
joining TLC. Hazing or sexual harassment of prospective members
is not allowed – TLC is not a "sex club". rand@coolcatdaddy.com/7.29.97
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