Erotic Storytelling Hour!

The next
Erotic Storytelling Hour

will be held on 
Thursday, March 28, 2024, from 8 to 9 pm PST  

Enjoy an hour of online kinky literary fun! 
Zoom in to hear erotic, sexy, and funny stories and more
from selected writers of our community!

Hosted by:
Sumiko Saulson
David Hyman
Cal Callahan

Featuring:
   TBA

 Join via Zoom
Or call 1 408 638 0968 and enter meeting ID: 868 6820 8302 and password: J19FQ3
Info on Facebook
Be 18+

Click here to view the
Erotic Storytelling Hour Archive
18+ Only

Click here for info about all our wonderful Erotic Storytellers!

If you’re interested in being a reader for a future event, contact: manager@sflcd.org.

If you enjoy listening, please become a member of the Cultural District: https://join.sflcd.org 

Timely Reminders

Nominations for the Golden Dildeaux Awards close on Wednesday, March 13, at 5pm at www.sflcd.org/gda/info.php and you can be the first to find out who makes the ballot at our Nomination Reveal Party, on Saturday, March 16, from 6 to 8 pm, at the SF Eagle.

 

The next meeting of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Board of Directors will be Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 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, join the Zoom meeting here, or call 1-408-638-0968 and use Meeting ID: 847 8906 0820 and Passcode: 972086.  The draft agenda will be posted soon.   More info is on Facebook here.  Please contact manager@sflcd.org if you have questions. Minutes of past Board meetings can be reviewed here.


The next meeting of the Arts and Culture Committee is scheduled for Thursday, March 28, 2024, from 6 to 7 pm.  Facebook info is here.  Please contact the committee chair, to get on the mailing list for this Committee, or for more info!


The next Erotic Storytelling Hour is Thursday, March 28, 2024, from 8 to 9 pm. Join us for kinky mad libs, naughty holiday songs, and more, hosted by award-winning author Sumiko Saulson. It’s fun, it’s naughty, it’s online.  Click here or here for more details and Zoom link, and click here to see videos of some of our past evenings!  (Be 18+!)


Mr. SF Eagle Leather Alex W. Seidel will host a Beer Bust on Sunday, March 31, 2024, from 3 to 7 pm, at the SF Eagle, to benefit the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District.  It should be a great opportunity for you to round up votes for your favorite Golden Dildeaux candidates! Watch for details about the Easter Egg Hunt and Easter Bunny Costume Contest.


The next online Diversity & Membership Committee meeting is set for Thursday, April 4, at 6 pm PDT.  Zoom into the meeting here. More info is here, or contact the committee chair.


The next online meeting of the Land Use Committee Meeting is set for Monday, April 8, 2024, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Zoom into the meeting here. More info is here, or contact the committee chair.


The next online meeting of the Communications Committee will be Thursday, April 11, 2024, from 6 to 7 pm.  Join via Zoom here.  More info is here, or contact the committee chair.


Voting for the Golden Dildeaux Awards ends at 5 pm on Thursday. April 25, 2024.  Votes cost $1 each.  All vote dollars go to help the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District keep SOMA kinky and queer! Vote here.


The Golden Dildeaux Awards Ceremony happens on Saturday. April 27, 6 to 8 pm at the SF Eagle.  Don’t miss it!


The Fundraising Committee meets as needed.  Please contact the 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 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 here, then sign up to get it monthly here.


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.  Check it out and subscribe here.


San Francisco has nine Cultural Districts, each supporting a unique aspect of the City’s cultural mosaic.  Links to each of them are here. For more in-depth coverage, you can subscribe to a 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.  Sign up here to join our SOMA Action network.


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, March 13, 2024, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm.  To be added to the “Friends of Eagle Plaza” mailing list, click here.  To make a donation to the Friends of Eagle Plaza, click here. To stay up to date, like and follow them on Facebook.  To learn more about the Plaza’s design, construction and stewardship, click here, or write to info@eagleplaza.org.

Statement of Solidarity

The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District’s leadership is deeply pained by the racist violence which continues in this country.

We stand in solidarity with Black and Brown people and their allies worldwide who are peacefully expressing their outrage at racism, injustice, and abuse of police power.

We stand in solidarity with the protesters engaged in powerful actions to demand justice, accountability, and systemic change.

Only by standing together will it be possible to put an end to the senseless brutality we have witnessed for too long.

The Leather and LGBTQ communities have a long history of collective strength in times of crisis and now we invoke that strength to call for freedom and fairness for all oppressed communities.

We call on the entire community to work together to dismantle ingrained systems of inequality wherever they are found.  It will be a long journey to the end of institutionalized racism, but our community will act with strength, purpose, and solidarity until we see that day.

Black Lives Matter!


Community members have encouraged contributions to some of the organizations listed below.  Although the Cultural District has not reviewed these suggestions, and cannot specifically endorse them, we do urge our community to support the hard work of achieving safety, freedom, and fairness for all oppressed communities.

Readings and Other Resources:

SOMA Second Saturdays!

On the Second Saturday of April, it will be time to 

April 13, 2024
12 noon to 5 pm
On 12th Street, between Folsom and Harrison Streets

Vendors!  Entertainment!  Gear Swap!

Return to this page soon for more info!

Admission is free! Donations towards future programming are welcome!

Do you have leather or other kinky clothing or gear to sell or donate?
Bring it!
Full information about the Gear Swap is here.

Volunteers Needed!
Contact manager@sflcd.org to sign up!

Performers, join our event opportunities mailing list here!

See who else is coming by checking Bloom!
(event link coming soon)

Other Cultural Districts’ News

In solidarity with our fellow Cultural Districts, we are pleased to invite you to like, follow and attend the events of San Francisco’s other Cultural Districts:
San Francisco Cultural Districts

Subscribe to the City’s Cultural Districts Newsletter


Introduction to some of the Cultural Districts:


SOMA Pilipinas Filipino Cultural Heritage DistrictCalle 24 Latino Cultural District

Castro LGBTQ Cultural District

 

San Francisco Japantown Cultural District

SF African-American Arts and Culture District

Transgender District

American Indian Cultural District

American Indian Cultural District

Sunset Chinese Cultural District

Sunset Chinese Cultural District

Pacific Islander Cultural District
(icon and links coming soon)