Deviant Duo
Stomping Through Every Door: Bootblacking & Leather History
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By the time this episode dropped, Astrid had just become International Ms Bootblack 2026.
She’s a butch trans woman, a Leatherdyke, and a bootblack who knows the history most people skip, military origins, post-war motorcycle culture, the racialised shoeshine trade that nobody wants to talk about. She also gets into what it’s like to move between male-centric, female-centric, and mixed leather…