A group of gay friends try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights movement.

Two gay leather beauty pageants form the core of this German documentary. The events, the International Mr. Leather Pageant and the Mr. Drummer Pageant held in San Francisco and Chicago respectively, are filled with scads of strangely dressed leather aficionados. These leather men are seen sauntering down streets, and hotel corridors; some of them are interviewed. Also interviewed are former Mr. Leathers who discuss the inherent responsibilities of their titles and the groupies they�attract.

Angela, is a college graduate working a fast food cart. She has put her career on hold while waiting for her girlfriend Rachel to finish graduate school. The status quo for this lesbian couple living in a small college town in the Colorado Rockies is upset when a flirtatious singer from San Francisco shows up and becomes interested in Angela.