Preston “wexx” So (he/they) is the first Asian male international fetish titleholder and the first Mr. International Rubber (MIR) of color. He is Mr. International Rubber 20 (2017) and Mr. New England Rubber 2016. Preston’s writing has appeared in The New York Times and Mochi Magazine, among other places, and he has been featured twice in Vice in addition to media in three languages.
Preston has been interested in latex rubber since 2007 and has actively practiced the fetish since 2010. He taught other students about leather, latex, neoprene, spandex, and other similar fetishes at Harvard College Munch, the BDSM student organization at his alma mater, at a time when the group was publicly vilified by Bill O’Reilly and the Harvard College Republicans as a university-funded “sex club” on Fox News.
Preston is a co-founder of the Mr. Rubber Mexico (est. 2017) and Mr. Rubber Brazil (est. 2019) contests, respectively the first rubber competitions in Latin America, and served as multilingual emcee for Mr. Rubber Mexico in 2018, 2021, 2022, and 2023; Mr. Rubber Poland in 2018; and Mr. Rubber Brazil in 2019. He also hosted the West Coast Rubber Contest in San Diego in 2023.
As a globally recognized kink educator of color, Preston has given workshops at Cleveland Leather Annual Weekend (2017, 2018, 2019) and DV8/Purple Passion (“Latex Fetishism 101”) about latex care, latex fetish practices, and the experiences of people of color in the fetish community. He is also the founder of the Asian Leather and Kink Alliance and co-author of Melbourne Rubber’s code of conduct and anti-harassment policy in 2021, which has since been adopted by other fetish groups and events around the world.
Representing fetishists of East Asian heritage, Preston judged the International Mr. Leather (IML) 2019 and International Pup and Handler (IPAHW) 2019 contests. Previously, he judged and keynoted International Olympus Leather 2018 in San Diego, where he spoke about the importance of visibility as a fetishist of color. He also gave the keynote at Secret Talent of Pets 2020, where he shared his experiences with anti-Asian racism in the fetish community.
During his title year as Mr. International Rubber 20, Preston evangelized latex fetishism in 13 countries and 24 cities and was the first MIR to visit Latin America and East Asia. Preston has worn latex in public regularly since 2015, especially where fetish gear is seldom seen, such as in flight. Today, Preston still works to rubberize the world—to bring the latex fetish to places around the world and especially to unawakened rubberists. He is based in New York City.
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Preston “wexx” So (he/they) is the first Asian male international fetish titleholder and the first Mr. International Rubber (MIR) of color. He is Mr. International Rubber 20 (2017) and Mr. New England Rubber 2016. Preston’s writing has appeared in The New York Times and Mochi Magazine, among other places, and he has been featured twice in Vice in addition to media in three languages.
Preston has been interested in latex rubber since 2007 and has actively practiced the fetish since 2010. He taught other students about leather, latex, neoprene, spandex, and other similar fetishes at Harvard College Munch, the BDSM student organization at his alma mater, at a time when the group was publicly vilified by Bill O’Reilly and the Harvard College Republicans as a university-funded “sex club” on Fox News.
Preston is a co-founder of the Mr. Rubber Mexico (est. 2017) and Mr. Rubber Brazil (est. 2019) contests, respectively the first rubber competitions in Latin America, and served as multilingual emcee for Mr. Rubber Mexico in 2018, 2021, 2022, and 2023; Mr. Rubber Poland in 2018; and Mr. Rubber Brazil in 2019. He also hosted the West Coast Rubber Contest in San Diego in 2023. Representing fetishists of East Asian heritage, Preston judged the International Mr. Leather (IML) 2019 and International Pup and Handler (IPAHW) 2019 contests. He is based in New York City.
