Author: AdminSFLD

The Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District’s booth at the Folsom Street Fair on 9/29/2019 was a great hit, visited by hundreds of fairgoers, who received info about the Cultural District while playing games, winning swag, and reminiscing about the places in our District where they had lived, worked, and played.

Our thanks to the volunteers who helped staff the booth, and to the many folks who signed up on our mailing list while there.  Look for an email of welcome in the coming week or so.

The Fair was also an opportunity for the District to show off its new (interim) logo:

Board members explained that the decision was made to use this logo, along with the horizontal version of it, on an interim basis. pending the completion of a full “Marketing and Branding” plan.   Watch this Web site for updates!

The Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District is pleased to welcome our new Cultural District Manager, Beth “Bicoastal” Hunt. Beth is a SOMA resident, performer, host, event planner, and most recently, now a mother. She was 1st Runner up Ms. SF Leather 2013, and Leather Marshal for the 2017 PRIDE parade. Beth is a community activist, and loves to assist her local clubs and organizations. She was a Co-Producer of Leatherwalk for 5 years, and served as a Board Associate for Folsom Street Events. Beth co-founded the volunteer group Haus of Starfish and has worked with the SF Eagle for the last 4 years. She has an M.A. in Expressive Arts Therapy and comes with over 10 years experience working in the non-profit sector, as well as volunteering at community events and fundraising. Beth identifies as a bi/queer woman, and uses the pronouns she/her/hers. You can write to Beth at manager@sflcd.org.

The Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District participated in both the Oakland Trans March and the Oakland Pride Parade this year.

The inaugural Trans March Oakland was on Saturday, September 7, 2019.  

The Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District had a contingent of more than 20 people when it stepped off at the 10th Annual Oakland Pride Parade, on Sunday morning, September 8, 2019, and more leather folks joined along the way.

Thanks to Norm Lynde for the pictures!

Because so many folks visit our South of Market neighborhood from the East Bay — including many who have moved there from San Francisco in recent years — we are pleased to be extending our Cultural District outreach to the queer community there.  We look forward to future area-wide adventures in leather!

At the Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District Community Meeting on August 21, 2019, nine individuals were elected as the initial Board of Directors, and Bob Goldfarb was elected President.  At the Board’s meeting, on August 24, 2019, the remaining officers were elected.  The full Board list is thus as follows:

• Bob Goldfarb (Bob.Goldfarb@sflcd), Three years, President
• Bob Brown (Bob.Brown@sflcd), Two years, Vice-President
• Eric See (Eric.See@sflcd), One year, Secretary
• York Ng (York.Ng@sflcd), Two years, Treasurer
• David Hyman (David.Hyman@sflcd), Three years
• Erik Will (Erik.Will@sflcd), Two years
• Gayle Rubin (Gayle.Rubin@sflcd), Three years
• Stephan Ferris (Stephan.Ferris@sflcd), One year
• Steve Gaynes (Steve.Gaynes@sflcd), One year