"Yes, Sir, goes a long way with me."

                                                                                       -J. Cauley

 MEET JOHN CAULEY.

     It's a fortunate man, indeed, who knows what he wants.  The real challenge is having enough courage and confidence to make it happen.

     John Cauley has both. 

     The 48-year-old Jackson, Alabama native has spent the past two decades putting his professional and personal life on secure footing. He and his partner, Brian, are currently studying for their degrees in nursing. It's a career change for this master jeweler and gemologist, but a good investment. It also says a lot about John. If you want change, you must make it happen. And profession isn't the only area of John's life that is changing...

   The past several years have been ones of discovery for John. He has begun to explore  thoughts and ideas that have taunted and intrigued him since he was a teenager. The study of masculinity is not a spectator sport for John. He is a willing and able partner. And John feels the leather community has been holding a place for him for too long.

 "I'm Still learning."

    "I grew up really attracted to it, " he says. "And I knew that I eventually wanted to BE it, to be a part of it."

     That attraction has now turned into a healthy fascination for John. Wearing leather may have been the magnet that drew him in, but it is the meeting of men and minds that makes him want to know more. Much more.

   "When I see a man in leather, there's an automatic attitude of masculinity. But for those in the know, there's also a lot of meaning. I want to wear leather because there's a meaning behind the leather. It says something about me."

     John appreciates the closeness and camaraderie shared by men in the leather community. But he is also eager to explore the culture's more adventurous side. "I'm still learning," he admits, without hesitation. "When it's right, you just know it. You just feel it"

     And John Cauley knows what he wants.

     He wants more.

Photography by: Elizabeth McGonagle Graham

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Mr. Louisiana

Leather 2009

New Orleans, LA

Mr. Southern Renegade

Mobile, AL 2008

John Cauley was honored to represent The Lords of Leather as Mr. Louisiana Leather at International Mr. Leather in Chicago, May 2009