THIS READS LIKE AN ONION PARODY, but it appears to be real: “Animal ‘Rights’ Activists Confront Homosexuals Over Leather ‘Pride'”:

“We decided to come to the Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend in our ‘pleather’ [false leather] and ‘animal friendly’ gear so we could show our gay friends that you can have just as sleazy a look without killing any animals,” said Dan Mathews, a homosexual PETA campaign coordinator outfitted in “pleather” from head to toe.

Mathews said he and his fellow PETA activists, a transsexual and a cow mascot, did not travel to Washington to antagonize or condemn the leather event and its participants.

“We’re just [trying] to get them to think about things,” Mathews said. “They’re just an unthinking crowd when it comes to this issue.”

Well, it doesn’t say it’s a parody, but it is. Even if it’s true.