Geoff Mains

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Geoff Mains

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Geoff Mains was an active member in Vancouver’s gay community. He was one of six members who met with officials from the city's police department in May 1977 to discuss community relations and ongoing arrests. He submitted the brief "Vancouver, Aspirations from a Minority Status" to the Goals for Vancouver Programme held by the Vancouver Planning Commission, on behalf of the organization SEARCH. Mains is known for his book 'Urban Aboriginals: A Celebration of Leather Sexuality' (1984) wherein he explored the misunderstood subculture of 'leathersexuality' specifically of the gay male leather community.

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