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Find out what happened when International Mr. Leather 2015 visited Uganda
Let’s call him a superhero for the modern age.
Patrick Smith, the winner of International Mr. Leather 2015 and Senior Manager of Business Development for Marvel Studios, has just returned from an LGBTI outreach project in Uganda.
The married muscleman met with 2014 Nobel Peace Prize nominee and LGBTI activist Dr. Frank Mugisha during his trip, as well as Rev. Mark Kitimba, leader of the Unitarian Universalist Church.
‘My experience in Uganda was life-changing,’ Smith says. ‘I look forward to returning to the US and telling the story of LGBT people in Africa, so that we can raise awareness and help their cause from abroad.’
He added: ‘I always said that as International Mr. Leather, I would go to places in the world not just with established leather communities, but to places where LGBT people still exist on the fringes of society.’
Smith, who is Canadian but now lives in LA, has said he takes ‘inspiration from the many superheros clad in their tight leather gear’ through his work at Marvel.
He continued: ‘It’s important to raise awareness of the persecution of gays and lesbians in other parts of the world. We may have it pretty good in the US, but the situation is so bleak in so many other places.
He won the coveted award at a ceremony in Chicago in May, and is also Mr. Los Angeles Leather 2015.
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