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February 18, 2020August 19, 2025

Castro Cultural District to Vote

Just a quick reminder that the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District

Advisory will hold its second round of Board elections on Saturday, February 22, 2020, from 12 PM – 4 PM, in the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus Building, 170 Valencia Street, in San Francisco.

As you know, the Castro LGBTQ Cultural District is kind of like the younger sibling of our own LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District, and it is our pleasure to support and assist them in their efforts. They will be managed by an Advisory Board of 15 people, elected at 3 separate elections. This is the 2nd round, with the third round to be held in April.

The schedule includes Candidate Statements between 12:30 and 1:00, pm, followed by Voting from 1:00 to 4:00.

For a full list of candidates, candidate statements, and a description of election procedures, please visit https://castrolgbtq.org/election.

February 12, 2020June 3, 2020

Bar Crawl with the Supervisor

Left to right: Matt Haney, San Francisco District 6 Supervisor; Beth Hunt, Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District Manager; Lex Montiel, owner of the SF Eagle; and Honey Mahogany, Legislative Aide to Supervisor Matt Haney, as they reached the soon to be finished Eagle Plaza

We hope you had a chance to join our Bar Crawl last week (2/6/2020), during which we visited five landmark venues within the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District with District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney and other city officials.

The stops along the way included the Powerhouse, the SF Eagle, the Lone Star Saloon, the Hole in the Wall, and the Stud.

Check out this write up on the event in the Bay Area Reporter. Be sure to get on our mailing list, or follow our Facebook page, to hear about other fun and events, as well as ways the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District is working to preserve key institutions of leather culture in our unique neighborhood, and to help shape the ever-changing nature of the area to keep it fun, vibrant, safe, affordable, and kinky!

January 21, 2020August 20, 2025

City Position Available

The City of San Francisco has let us know about a new position available, as a Senior Community Development Specialist, helping the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development’s efforts related to the funding of projects and programs in the City’s Cultural Districts. It’s an important and demanding position; you can read more about it here.

January 19, 2020February 19, 2020

Open House Held

What has the the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District been doing since the Community Meeting last August? Who is on the Board of Directors? Who is the new District Manager? How is the District doing financially? What’s a CHHESS? How close are we to building a Leather Cultural Center? What are the new Committees? How can folks become full Voting Members? What else can folks do to help?

Answers to these other questions were on display at the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Open House, held on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at the SF LGBT Center in San Francisco.

You can view the video of the event here! The slide show (which is hard to see on the video) can be viewed here.

For more information, or if you have ideas, questions, or suggestions, please write to President@sflcd.org.

Please use public transportation to access the Center. Street parking is limited. The SF LGBT Center is accessible by MUNI J,K,L,M,N or F, as well as bus lines 6,7,61,71. Please be considerate of our neighbors and do not block driveways or park in blue, yellow or white zones.