History Main / LeatherMan

* Trey from ''NoahsArc'' posed as one of these for a calendar shoot.

* In their early days, Music/TheBlueOysterCult tended to the leather look. (Check out the inner sleeve photos on ''On Your Feet - Or On Your Knees''.) They had a substantial following garnered from two New York groups - gays and bikers. A stage look that appealed to both was a no-brainer. Bass player Joey Bouchard recalls they got their stage leather from a BDSM boutique specialising in gay bondage.

* Wolf O'Donnell in ''VideoGame/StarFox'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is increasingly this with each new outfit, providing a heterosexual example.

* [[SociopathicHero Mello]] from ''Manga/DeathNote''.

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* Music/XJapan, ESPECIALLY 87-92 for almost everyone at one point or another, but the ones that really took the trope and ran with it were [[Music/ToshimitsuDeyama Toshi]] and [[Music/TaijiSawada Taiji]].

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** Rob Halford made leatheman/BDSM getups an integral part of metal fashion, unbenknownst to the (largely straight) metal bands that spread like wildfire during TheEighties.

* The main stereotype played with by Razor Ramon "HardGay" (though his outfit is more PVC than leather).

* Glenn Hughes (important note: '''not''' the one from Deep Purple/Black Sabbath) provides the page image. He was an actual motorcycle enthusiast even before joining the Village People

The defining characteristic of both groups was a certain visibly identifiable look and behavior. Which, of course, meant that once TV got around to even acknowledging that there was a gay subculture, these two were mashed together as possibly ''the'' stereotype to portray, after "classical" gay archetypes. Especially if the setting involved jail at any point. The popularity of The Music/VillagePeople and the artwork of TomOfFinland probably helped.

* The artwork of TomOfFinland.

* Wolf O'Donnell in ''VideoGame/StarFox'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is increasingly this with each new outfit.

->One of the basic street survival rules involves "never to aggravate anyone wearing leather". That's why animal right activists never throw paint at Hell's Angels.
-->-- '''Good Omens'''

* ''TheBenStillerShow'' features a ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' parody sketch in which one of the high school students dresses and acts, rather inexplicably, like a leatherman. He's played by Bob Odenkirk.

* The main stereotype played with by Razor Ramon "Hard Gay" (though his outfit is more PVC than leather).

* The main stereotype played with by Razor Ramon "HardGay" (though his outfit is more PVC than leather).

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The defining characteristic of both groups was a certain visibly identifiable look and behavior. Which, of course, meant that once TV got around to even acknowledging that there was a gay subculture, these two were mashed together as possibly ''the'' stereotype to portray, after "classical" gay archetypes. Especially if the setting involved jail at any point. The popularity of The VillagePeople and the artwork of TomOfFinland probably helped.

* One of the last episodes of ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' had one of these as a World Tournament challenger who seemed to take a liking to Trunks.
* Dante in the HokutoNoKen anime looks nearly exactly like the picture, just tint his hair blue and make the mustache bristle-ier. He also kisses his victims full on the mouth.

* Leatherboy was a rather notable version of this when he tried out for the MarvelUniverse team Great Lakes Avengers. [[AmbiguouslyGay Turns out he wasn't the gay member.]]
* The Midnighter from ''TheAuthority'' embodies this trope. He's also an AlternateCompanyEquivalent of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', only with the HoYay between him and the Superman-{{Expy}} as ''canon'' rather than subtext.
* [[XFactor X-Factor's]] and [[XForce formerly X-Force's]] Shatterstar, wears primarily white leather outfits with some [[FemaleGaze suggestive]] seam placement.
* Several appear in the ''MsTree'' story "Skeleton in the Closet", attempting to rough up Mike, Jr. after he is exposed as a homophobe.

* The denizens of the [[WhereEverybodyKnowsYourFlame Blue Oyster Bar]] in the ''PoliceAcademy'' movie franchise.

* Australian actor Vernon Wells is best known for playing this type of character: Wez in ''MadMax 2: The Road Warrior'' and Cpt. Bennett in ''Commando'' are probably the best known.
* In {{Cruising}} (1980), Al Pacino plays a rookie cop who must go undercover in the New York leather scene in order to catch a serial killer.

* Matthew from ''NewsRadio'' once dressed up as what he insists was a "motorcycle enthusiast" for Halloween. In fact, the words "Butch Biker" was written in rhinestone on the back of his jacket just so people wouldn't be confused. It didn't work and [[CompletelyMissingThePoint he couldn't understand why]].

* There was a short-lived ''SaturdayNightLive'' recurring sketch called "Leatherman" about a man (played by Jimmy Fallon) who owns a leather clothing store.

* ''TheBenStillerShow'' features a ''BeverlyHills90210'' parody sketch in which one of the high school students dresses and acts, rather inexplicably, like a leatherman. He's played by Bob Odenkirk.

* AdamLambert : The openly gay, eighth season runner-up of ''Series/AmericanIdol''. He even sports a leather jacket on the cover of his album '' Tresspassing ''

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* The exploits of comedian Masaki Sumitani's character Razer Ramon HG (a weird combination of the Leatherman and the FlamboyantGay; Sumitani claims Hard Gay's mannerisms are inspired by actual {{Flamboyant Gay}}s he has met).

* ''AngelsInAmerica'' features a scene in which Louis has sex with a random leatherman in Central Park. The character is aptly named "(leather)man in the park", and is supposed to be played by the actor who plays Louis' ex-lover Prior.

* Hsu Hao in MortalKombat
* Paul Phoenix from Tekken is a heterosexual example, having worn plenty of studded leather outfits across the series.

* BlurTheLines has quite a few, including a [[http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=80 BSDM leather daddy]] and a [[http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=254 biker]].

[[caption-width-right:274:Glenn Hughes. [[VillagePeople Village Person]]. 1950-2001. Buried in this very outfit (ironically, this entertainer was actually [[MistakenForGay straight]]).]]

* The Midnighter from ''TheAuthority'' embodies this trope. He's also an AlternateCompanyEquivalent of ''{{Batman}}'', only with the HoYay between him and the Superman-{{Expy}} as ''canon'' rather than subtext.

* AdamLambert : The openly gay, eighth season runner-up of ''AmericanIdol''. He even sports a leather jacket on the cover of his album '' Tresspassing ''

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