Tarantulas of New Mexico

Tarantulas of New Mexico Formerly Tennessee Leather Tribe, the club was founded in 1994.

This is the official page of the Tarantulas of New Mexico: a gay fraternal organization based in Las Cruces, NM, dedicated to the traditional gay leather/Levi/SM/MC culture. Advertisements posted by other individuals or groups, even leather-oriented ones, will be deleted; appropriate forums exist for them already. This page is solely for the T.L.T., its members (full and associate) and friends to discuss topics of direct interest of the T.L.T., not for cross-posting ads for other irrelevant events.

10/04/2026

On behalf of my fellow Tarantulas, I’d like to congratulate Southern New Mexico Pride on a fantastic celebration and festival yesterday.
We didn’t get to attend as long as we’d have liked, but it was great seeing the love and support in everyone, and we were gratified that the public debut of our Tarantulas identity has been received so positively. It was great to meet several of you that we’d previously engaged with online.
We hope to keep popping up in places you wouldn’t expect, and we’re happy and humbled to be YOUR community’s leather contingent.

With love and pride,
Your friendly neighborhood spider men!

— Tarantulas of New Mexico 🕷️

09/15/2026

Our local realtor shot and shared this video with us during his camping trip to Aguirre Springs this past weekend.
Tarantulas on the move! 🕷️

08/20/2026

As of about 2 PM Mountain Time, we're back home in Las Cruces, safe and sound with no incidents to report.
Since getting home, ace pup-handler Bob is surely doing laundry, Pat is gearing up for another long-distance trip this weekend, Danny's been in bed resting, and I've been unpacking the rental van.
Thanks again to all who helped to make our emergence a rousing success, especially Todd H. of the Argonauts who kept our secret for months and helped with some of the arrangements on the Wisconsin end.
Over the coming weeks and months, you'll hear more from us and our activities in the city we call home.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is now official!We are the TARANTULAS OF NEW MEXICO.Please note:  The name of this page will be...
08/14/2026

Ladies and gentlemen, it is now official!
We are the TARANTULAS OF NEW MEXICO.

Please note: The name of this page will be changing soon accordingly.

There seems to be something amiss in the Wisconsin countryside...
08/09/2026

There seems to be something amiss in the Wisconsin countryside...

We're about to be off to Roswell, and then Monday morning to the Argonauts run in Wisconsin.See you folks there!
08/08/2026

We're about to be off to Roswell, and then Monday morning to the Argonauts run in Wisconsin.
See you folks there!

Our rental vehicle has been procured for the long trip to Wisconsin, which we'll start for Monday after a weekend getawa...
08/06/2026

Our rental vehicle has been procured for the long trip to Wisconsin, which we'll start for Monday after a weekend getaway in Roswell. (Sorry, we won't be picking up any hitchhikers in Area 51.)

So as we set course for the Argonauts run, Elvis rides towards the sunset, and we'll be saying goodbye to Tennessee Leather Tribe in its current incarnation.

Stay tuned for further adventures!

02/05/2026

We hope the Argonauts of Wisconsin had a great anniversary event. While we've got that dictionary open, moving on:

B is for BBQ. Our specialty! BBQ sauce must, in our opinion, be tomato-based, thick, smoky, a touch sweet, and optionally the slightest bit hot on the back of the palate, like "it's comin' up a cloud." It's best slathered on anything that'll hold still long enough. The name "barbecue" comes from the indigenous Taíno name "barbacoa," meaning their ancient pit-based cooking technique. And there's a regional Mexican variant originating with goat meat called "birria" that's now becoming popular.

B is for BLACK. Black lives indeed matter, and Happy Black History Month, by the way. It's also our favorite color for leather. Black as our souls! And one mustn't forget black hankies. We're only wearing black until someone comes up with something darker.

B is for BLUE. Just ask about our signature cocktails. "Blue is evil." And we find BLACK and BLUE an especially exciting and always fashionable color combination.

B is for BOLD. We're nothing if not that. We're sure our friends would agree.

B is for BROTHERHOOD. It's always been our philosophy that brotherhood (inclusive of our sisters, of course) comes first. And we'll always be your true blue (see BLUE, above) brothers in leather.

B is for BURROW. That's what we do in the winter when it's cold. Or it's something we're likely to do when we're plotting something nefarious. Like now. 😈

It's January and you know what that means:  cold weather!  Or if you're in Wisconsin, it's F #$KING COLD WEATHER!.. um, ...
01/17/2026

It's January and you know what that means: cold weather! Or if you're in Wisconsin, it's F #$KING COLD WEATHER!
.. um, AND it's also the yearly anniversary of both Tennessee Leather Tribe and its big sister up north, the Argonauts of Wisconsin. We're turning 32 and they're turning 52.

So what is an Argonaut, anyway? Let us open our Webster's:

A is for absent: What T.L.T. mostly was in Wisconsin this past year.
A is for ambiguous. Yeah, we're being that.
A is for anniversary...
A is for ARGO: The brand of cornstarch John T Moberly had to put down his nether regions to squelch chafing when he lived in the South.
A is for Argonaut: "a member of the band of men who sailed to Colchis with Jason in the ship Argo in search of the Golden Fleece." Wow. I didn't know the guy in the hockey mask could sail. Imagine that.
A is for AWOL: the state T.L.T. will be in until we resurface at a date to be determined.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, T.L.T., AND OUR ARGONAUT BRETHREN!

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