IN MEMORIAM | AXE LEITO

In memory of Axe Leito [17-11-1980/ 18-2-2023] On February 18, 2023, Pride Ambassador Axe Leito passed away. Board, employees, and volunteers of Pride Amsterdam are deeply shocked. We will miss his generous smile and contagious enthusiasm. We wish Robin, his family and friends and the leather community of which he was so proud to be a part of this enormous loss. In 2020, Axe was appointed Pride Ambassador on behalf of the leather community, a position he fulfilled with great enthusiasm. Axe had previously been elected Mister Leather Netherlands and in that position, he quickly became the figurehead of the leather community. He was a role model and example to many. As a Pride Ambassador, Axe was not only active in the Netherlands. Born in Curaçao, Axe also involved the Caribbean part of the Kingdom in his activities. There he gave interviews for television and newspapers and, in addition to his fetish for leather, also spoke candidly about themes such as HIV and condom use. Of course, he had brought a huge number of condoms to promote safe sex. His time in the Army and his military missions in Afghanistan and Iraq taught him what freedom means. Freedom that he granted everyone and for which he devoted himself unbridled. You can read/see the interview with which we introduced Ax as Pride Ambassador here: https://pride.amsterdam/ambassadors/axe-leito/ WE WILL MISS YOU AXE!!