DarrellBlackandBlue has been active in the New York Leather scene since 1990. He has been a member of GMSMA and has been co-founder or founding member of some of the New York area's most influential leatherclubs including Brothers In Leather and Masters & slaves Together, NY. He was a Secretary for the NY Panthers Leatherclub. He was an on-air host of WBAI-NY's OutFM and was a co-president of the station's Local Area Board. He has served as an editor on the magazine Black Leather in Color and worked in various capacities for New York's all-club charity, Leather Pride Night. Darrell also produces leather-themed play parties and is building a network of interconnected web-based businesses to serve the leather and gay communities.