Fentanyl overdoses have been at critical levels in San Francisco in the last few years. You can be prepared to save a life. Additional training sessions for employees of District bars and clubs are also being scheduled.
Do You Want to Vote?
If you want to vote in this year’s
LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
Board and President Elections,
you need to be a full voting member as of May 25, 2024.
That gives you
Timely Reminders
The Play on the Plaza event on May 11 was a big success.
See more photos by Fire Dragon Photo.
The next meeting of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Board of Directors will be Wednesday, May 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. As always, all are welcome to attend, and time is reserved for public comment. ASL interpretation provided if requested ten days in advance. To participate, use the Board of Directors Meeting Zoom link, or call 1-408-638-0968 and use Meeting ID: 847 8906 0820 and Passcode: 972086. Facebook page. Draft agenda (link coming soon). Minutes of past Board meetings. Please contact manager@sflcd.org if you have questions.
The SOMA WEST Community Benefit District invites you to their monthly Neighborhood Happy Hour, from 6:00pm-8:00pm on Thursday, May 16, at SOMArts, 934 Brannan Street. Meet your neighbors! The first round is on them!
The next Erotic Storytelling Hour is set for Thursday, May 23, from 8 to 9 pm. Come hear some provocative, graphic, sexy, titillating, and funny stories (and more) from selected writers of our community, hosted by award-winning author Sumiko Saulson. It’s fun, it’s naughty, it’s online. Erotic Storytelling Hour information page. Facebook Page. Zoom link, Videos of some of our past evenings! (Be 18+!)
The next meeting of the Arts and Culture Committee is scheduled for Thursday, May 23, from 6 to 7 pm. Arts and Culture Committee Facebook page. Please contact the Committee chair to get on the mailing list for this Committee, or for more info!
The next online Diversity & Membership Committee meeting is set for Thursday, June 6, at 6 pm PDT. Diversity & Membership Committee Zoom link. Facebook page. Contact the Committee chair to get on the mailing list for this Committee, or for more info!
The next Play on the Plaza is Saturday, June 8, from 12 noon to 5 pm, at Eagle Plaza (12th Street, between Folsom and Harrison). Flogging! Flagging! Vendors! Entertainment! Gear Swap! Play on the Plaza info. June 8 event info. Facebook page coming soon.
The next online meeting of the Land Use Committee Meeting is set for Monday, June 10, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Land Use Committee Meeting Zoom Link. Facebook page. Contact the committee chair.
The next online meeting of the Communications Committee will be Thursday, June 13, from 6 to 7 pm. Communications Committee Zoom link. Facebook page. Contact the committee chair.
The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District will celebrate six years of working to keep SOMA kinky and queer with its annual Audacious Anniversary Party, on Saturday, June 15, 2024, from noon to 3 pm, in Ringold Alley (a one-block street that runs from 8th to 9th Streets, between Folsom and Howard). Admission is free Save the date, and watch for more details, coming soon.
The Fundraising Committee meets as needed. Please contact the Fundraising Committee chair to get on the mailing list for this Committee, or for more info!
A Governance and Legislation Committee meeting will be scheduled when needed. Please contact the Governance and Legislation Committee chair to sign up, or for more info!
We send out a newsletter each month, right before our Board Meeting. Do you get it?
If not, view a recent newsletter, then sign up to get it monthly.
Speaking of newsletters, the SOMA West Community Benefit District does a great one, highlighting events — both social and political — affecting our part of the City. Subscribe to the SOMA West Community Benefit District newsletter.
San Francisco has nine Cultural Districts, each supporting a unique aspect of the City’s cultural mosaic You can subscribe to a Cultural Districts newsletter, published quarterly by the Mayor’s Office of Housing & Community Development.
We keep adding links to our Resource Guide page. Use it!
Threats to our South of Market businesses and institutions can arise quickly, and may require a quick community response. SOMA Action network sign-up link.
If you have not yet seen it, please read our Statement of Solidarity, and consider what you personally can do to fight racism, injustice, and abuse of police power.
The next meeting of the Board of the Friends of Eagle Plaza is scheduled for Wednesday, June 12, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. You can be added to the “Friends of Eagle Plaza” mailing list. You can make a donation to the Friends of Eagle Plaza. You can like and follow them on Facebook. You can learn more about the Plaza’s design, construction and stewardship on the Friends of Eagle Plaza website, or you can write to info@eagleplaza.org.
Name That Park!
Name the New Park After Rachele Sullivan
Deadline to vote: May 1, 2024
- A new park is being built at 11th and Natoma Streets, half a block from the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District.
- The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department solicited community input into naming the park, and we proposed that the park be named after Rachele Sullivan, one of the founders of our Cultural District and a prominent figure in SOMA’s Filipino community.
- Other names were proposed, and a preliminary survey narrowed the options down to six.
- A run-off survey is now in process. Please vote in this survey.
- We encourage you to vote for Rachele Sullivan, a woman who proudly embodied the intersection of the queer, leather, Filipino, Indigenous, and disabled communities.
- We need you to take this survey even if you took the earlier one.
- Thanks!
Golden Dildeaux Awarded
The Woodys Awards Ceremony was held at the San Francisco Eagle on the evening of April 27, and the nominees, along with their friends and supporters, filled the Eagle patio to enjoy the finale of the Golden Dildeaux Award season, and to see who would get a Woody.
Hosts Dolan Wolf and Andres Campos carefully read the lists of nominees, and cheers greeted each award winner as they came forward to receive their statuettes, each accompanied by a golden envelope and a certificate confirming their victory.
District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey and Cultural District Director Bob Goldfarb contributed comments and drag performer Coco Buttah provided entertainment during breaks in the awards.
After all the awards were presented (see list of winners, below), a special additional Woody was given to Ben Perez for being the most successful fundraiser in a single category.
Overall, the 2024 Golden Dildeaux raised $14,877 for the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District, which will be used to help keep SOMA kinky and queer.
The award celebration capped weeks of active and imaginative campaigning by nominees, leading to some spirited friendly competitions, and resulting in a diverse and enthusiastic group of award recipients.
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The Cultural District sends its thanks to the SF Eagle, Lex Montiel, Jeff Johnson, DJ Spazatronica, Supervisor Matt Dorsey, Coco Buttah, Ken Berard, Mike Labriola, Lou Grosso, Jack Folchi, Cultural District Board members and volunteers, all the gracious and good-spirited candidates, and to everyone who voted.
Here are the winners:
Category Name | Description | Winner | |
1 | The TOP of Them All | The “They Who MUST BE OBEYED” Award | Sumiko Saulson Mauskaveli |
2 | Best in RUBBER | The “Slippery When Wet” Award | Austin LaCrosse |
3 | BEST LOOKING ASS in the Bay Area | The “Full Moon” Award | Joshua Munoz |
4 | QUEEREST OF THE QUEER | The “Over the Rainbow” Award | Star D |
5 | Best PUPPY HANDLER | The “FETCH!” Award | Mama Kat |
6 | FIERCEST FEMME | The “Sexy Siren” Award | Reika Minxie |
7 | Best LEATHER FASHIONISTA | The “Brazen Runway” Award | Kara P |
8 | Your FAVORITE SILVER FOX | The “Hot Daddy” Award | Dandy Buckley |
9 | Best IMPACT PLAYER-BOTTOM | The “Black & Blue” Award | Eric See |
10 | The HOTTEST CIGAR SMOKER | The “Smoke Ring” Award | Ray Middling |
11 | GOLDEN SHOWER Lover | The “Fire Hydrant” Award | David Hyman |
12 | Most VERSATILE Player | The “Orange Hankie” Award | Benji Michalek |
13 | Best CUDDLE BEAR | The “Honey Pot” Award | Daniel Huggybear Cherry |
14 | Best BOOTBLACK | The “Spit Shine” Award | Sky Russell |
15 | Biggest PIG | The “Hole Hog” Award | Pig Zero |
16 | HORSE HUNG Stud | The “Dick of Death” Award | Steve “Ox” Geist |
17 | Best PUPPY | The “Best in Show” Award | Pup Jake |
18 | BUTCHEST WOMAN | The “Serious Swagger” Award | Val Langmuir |
19 | NOVICE PLAYER of the Year | The “Rookie” Award | Raquel Stratton |
20 | Favorite BARE CHEST CALENDAR Guy | The “Man of the Month” Award | Ben Perez |
21 | Best Power FISTING-BOTTOM | The “Golden Gape” Award | Kevin Stone |
22 | Best INSTIGATOR | The “Troublemaker” Award | Drew Ward |
23 | Best Drag or Burlesque Performer | The “Big Slay” Award | Jamie Synn |
24 | BEST SEX in the Bay Area | The “Orgasmatron” Award | Austin LaCrosse |
25 | Biggest Fundraiser | The “Wolf of Folsom Street” Award | Ben Perez |
Play on the Plaza: June
PLAY ON THE PLAZA!
Impact Play Host: The Exiles
Special Guest DJ: Del (4)
Vendors! Gear Swap! Entertainment!
Impact Play Area
Spanking Benches and Crosses will be available!
Saturday, June 8
Noon to 5pm
At Eagle Plaza
12th Street, Folsom to Harrison
Wear your Gear!
Free Admission! Donations welcome!
Watch this page for Fetish Vendors and other details!
Join us for Play on the Plaza, designed to ignite some spark in your life! Every second Saturday of the month we feature a different local bay area BDSM, Kink, Leather or LGBTQ group right on Eagle Plaza!
KINK / FETISH VENDOR MART
Priority is given to local artists, makers and service providers.
Vendor Info
Vendor Booth Application
GEAR SWAP
Make room in your closet or dungeon!
Bring leather or kinky gear, toys, or clothing to sell or donate!
Gear Swap Info
Volunteers Needed!
Contact manager@sflcd.org to sign up!
See who else is coming by checking Plura (formerly known as Bloom)!
Impact play is welcome (with consent!)
Alas, sexplay is not welcome.
Thank you to Folsom Street and SOMA West CBD
for their invaluable help with these events.