Brandon Matheson – TLP Competitions Host

HOTF / TLP is thrilled and honoured to have such prestigious hosts, entertainers and an amazing DJ’s for this year’s festivities. We hope that you will enjoy the diversity of their talents!

Brandon Matheson – TLP Competitions Host

Brandon Matheson. Active in the leather community since the late 1980s, Brandon is the Publisher & Editor-in-chief of the Xtra papers (Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver) and international gay travel website, Guidemag.com. Brandon is a founding board member of the Church Wellesley Village BIA and Church Street Fetish Fair. He held the title of Eastern Canada LeatherSIR 2004 and since 2005 has co-produced the Eastern Canada LeatherSIR/Leatherboy contest with his partner and boy of 15 years, Dan Falkenham (EC Leatherboy 2004).

In January 2005, Brandon joined board of directors of Mr. Leatherman Toronto and held the post of MLT President when he resigned in August 2008. Between 2005 and 2009, Brandon organized and emceed the MLT weekend tribute dinner, Salute. In July 2008, Brandon was awarded the Pantheon Of Leather’s annual Canadian Award.

In November 2008, Brandon was awarded MLTC’s prestigious John Stephen Bassett Leather Pride Award. Brandon has judged Mr. Leather Ottawa 1998, International LeatherSIR/Leatherboy 2006 in Dallas, the Mr. Black Eagle Toronto contests in 2004, 2005 and 2006, and Mr Leatherman Toronto 2011.

Brandon and Dan’s household includes their boy Alex, leather son Brad (International Leatherboy 2009), and boy Marco.