Author: David Hyman

Name the New Park After Rachele Sullivan

• A new park is being built at 11th and Natoma Streets, half a block from the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District.
• The Rec and Parks Department is soliciting community input into naming the park.
• We proposed 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 LEATHER & LGBTQ-related proposals are naming the park after:
  • Heklina, a founder of Oasis, and
  • Jim Meko, a community activist (nominated by LCD Board Member Emeritus and District Historian Gayle Rubin).
• A community meeting was held on March 7, and the survey results were reviewed and discussed.  A run-off survey will be conducted soon.
• Please watch this page for information about that survey.
• Once the new survey goes live, 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 will need you to take this survey even if you took the earlier one.
• Thanks!

Beer Bust Kicks Off Golden Dildeaux Season!

The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District’s first beer bust of the year, on March 3rd, was a great success.

Despite the rain, plenty of folks joined the fun, eating tasty chicken or vegie nachos prepared by chef (and LCD Arts and Culture Committee chair) Stephen Roberts.  Others toasted the occasion with “golden” jello shots.  Raffle prizes included major gift certificates and items from Mr. S Leather, Leather Etc., ByrdBeaks, and Azúcar Lounge.

Many in attendance took the opportunity to submit nominations for their favorite kinksters, in some of the 25 fun categories of the Golden Dildeaux Awards!

For more info and updates on the Awards, visit sflcd.org/gda-updates/.

Vote Early, Vote Often!

Join us for our first beer bust of the year at the SF Eagle, this Sunday, March 3rd from 3 to 7 pm!

Come and nominate your friends, your foes, or yourself for one of our upcoming Golden Dildeaux Awards! Coveted titles include: the Silver Fox Award, the Whole Hog Award, the Red Hankie Award, the Leather Fashionista Award, and sooooo many more! 

We will have all that you would expect from an Eagle Beer bust: $20 gets you bottomless beer/soda and a plate of food! Interested in only food? It’s only 5 bucks!  Our menu includes chicken nachos with all the fixin’s, or a tasty vegetarian option.

We’ll have “golden” jello shots and some fantastic raffle prizes!

Raffle Prizes include:
$250 Mr. S Leather Gift Certificate
$100 Mastercard Gift Card
 $75 Azucar Lounge Gift Card
 $60 Leather Pride Paddle from Leather Etc.
$50 Zebrawood Paddle
$25 Wooden Paddle from Leather Etc.
ByrdBeaks Naughty Bandanas (your choice of colors; ByrdBeaks will be vending)

Volunteer to help out with the Beer Bust here.
The Beer Bust Facebook page is here.

Golden Dildeaux Award Info:

• Nominations are now open!
• Nominations will remain open until 5:00 pm on Wednesday, March 13.
• Nominations are free.  Nominate as many people as you like!
• Nomination Reveal Party on Saturday, March 16, from 6 to 8 pm at the SF Eagle; find out who’ll be in the running!
• Voting opens at 7 pm on Saturday, March 16.
• Voting remains open until 5 pm on Thursday, April 25.
• Votes are one dollar apiece, benefiting the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District, helping to keep SOMA Kinky and Queer!
• The Mr. SF Eagle Leather Beer Bust on Sunday, March 31, from 3 to 7 pm, benefiting the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District, will be a great opportunity to drum up votes for your favorite nominees!  
• Attend the Awards Ceremony at the SF Eagle, Saturday,  April 27, from 6 to 8 pm. See who wins and can claim bragging rights!

The Golden Dildeaux page is here!

Oh, yeah, if you are eligible, remember to also vote in that Statewide thing, on or before Tuesday, March 5th!