Author: AdminSFLD

Diamond Wave, a San Francisco-based Bay queer arts organization, has announced a spring/summer creative workshop series called MASCellaneous 2021.  Artistic director Kevin Seaman and their team have selected six Bay Area queer artists to lead 60- to 90-minute workshops centering their creative practices and how they intersect with queer masculinities.

Wednesday, April 7
MASCellaneous: Angels and Demons: Becoming Your Own Legend
with theatre artist Rotimi Agbabiaka

Thursday, April 22
MASCellaneous: HOW TO GENDER
with writer Stuart Getty

Tuesday, April 27
MASCellaneous: Day Look Makeup
with drag & cosplay artist KaiKai Bee Michaels / Kai Gault

Wednesday, May 12
MASCellaneous: Studly Stories: Storytelling for Masc-of-Center Queers
with drag & media artist Kyle Casey Chu

Monday, May 24
MASCellaneous: We All Wear Mascs
with drag artist Jota Mercury

Thursday, June 10
MASCellaneous: Remembering Gender Dualisms | Decolonizing Binaries
with performer Javier Stell-Fresquez

All workshops are free with registration and begin at 6:00 pm PT via Zoom. For more info, or to register, visit www.diamond-wave.org.  More info also at their Facebook page.

The SOMA West Community Benefit District (SWCBD) has a new Night Shift Neighborhood Ambassador Program.

The Program will help maintain a welcoming and vibrant neighborhood, focusing on direct interaction and outreach, using Night Shift ambassador teams who will tour the neighborhood, in vehicles, on bicycles, and on foot, from 6:00 PM to 2:30 AM, Monday through Friday.

Remember:

• If a matter is an immediate safety issue, please dial 911. 
• For non-emergency police matters please call the SFPD non-emergency number at 415-553-0123. 
• The SOMA West CBD Night Shift Supervisor, David, may be reached at 415-937-4668.  
• For cleanliness issues please use https://sf311.org/  — The CBD will receive the notification, and get on it ASAP.

We are working on a map showing the District Boundaries and some of the important current and former LGBTQ and Leather businesses in and around it.  You can view (and interact with it using the pull-out menu) below, or on Google Maps.  Historic sites are based on the published work of Gayle Rubin, to whom we are very grateful.  Errors are our own, however, and may be reported to web@sflcd.org.

View in Google Maps

A document is also available which includes the formal boundary definition, a list of the street addresses included in the Cultural District, and a small-scale map.

You might want just a clear outline of the District Boundaries:

Another map of “Leather History” in South of Market San Francisco was put together by Hunter Fox.

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• Membership dues are $15 per year.  Anyone may request a Hardship Dues Waiver.
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• Thanks and see you in the District!