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Covid-19 Links

In compliance with a request from the Mayor’s Office, the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District is actively involved in sharing up-to-date information about how the State of California, the City of San Francisco,  local public and private institutions, and our own leather and kink community are responding to the COVID-19 crisis.

Local Kink Community Response

First, here are two documents regarding the Bay Area leather and kink community’s response to COVID-19.

Local Kink Community Fund-Raising

These are some of the many local folks raising money for those affected by COVID-19:

  • SF Queer Nightlife Fund –  A collective of nightlife organizers, producers, entertainers, venue owners, and nonprofit community leaders providing direct gifts of aid to workers from LGBTQ nightlife groups in the SF Bay Area.
  • SF Catalyst – This community space needs our support, and our community will need this space even more after the COVID-19 crisis ends.
  • SF Citadel – Currently offering online classes and safety information on their Web site.  Watch for info on how to support the venue directly.
  • The Edge – All donations will go directly to the staff of the bar and assure they can afford the forced seven weeks of unemployment.
  • SF Oasis – Donate (and receive a perk!) to keep OASIS afloat amidst COVID-19 closures.
  • SF Eagle Staff Fund – Fund to help the employees at the SF Eagle.
  • The Stud – “The Stud Collective wants to prioritize support for our staff — our bartenders, coat check, security team and amazing janitor — all donations will go directly to them.”
  • Raven’s List “Fundraising for Community” – A list of GoFundMe and Patreon type efforts which support fetish/kink businesses local to San Francisco.
  • Daddy’s Barbershop Barber Fund
  • Bay Area Reporter – Fundraising to preserve this vital journalistic resource for our community.

General COVID-19 Information

Governmental Orders

Resources for Small Businesses and Employers

Resources for Workers

Resources for Utilities  

Resources for Nonprofits

Resources for Families & Students

Grants for Artists

Resources for Adults

Resources for Seniors and People with Disabilities

Volunteer Services

Services for LGBTQ Folks

    Resources for the Sexually Active

    Resources for Tenants

    Miscellaneous Info

    Informational Videos and Articles

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    Arts Commission Seeks Panelists

    The San Francisco Arts Commission is seeking individuals with expertise in the arts and culture sector to participate in the 2021-2022 peer review grant panels. This is a paid opportunity.
     

    They are looking for applicants who:

    • Have a deep knowledge about the arts, cultural equity, promising practices for nonprofits, facility and capital needs.
       
    • Are practicing artists, cultural workers, and/or arts administrators who have experience in advancing cultural and racial equity.
       
    • Have an interest in taking a behind-the-scenes look at the grant-making process.
       
    • Represent San Francisco’s demographics and the specific 2020 applicant pool in terms of race/ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ and differently-abled representations.

    Apply to be a Panelist

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    Unity Town Hall Announced

    LGBTQ+ Black Lives Matter
    Unity Town Hall

    October 17th & October 18th, 1:00 – 3:00 PM

    We live in a period where social contradictions have been laid bare by the racism in our communities: ongoing murder of black people by police, mass incarceration, high unemployment, lack of access to health care, climate crisis, voter suppression, a broken system of education, and COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on Black, Indigenous and POC communities. As same-gender-loving and LGBTQ+ community members let’s unite to make things right.

    In this virtual town hall panelists and participants, will break out in small groups to explore:

        • Where does it hurt? The injury to the individual and community from racism, internalized oppression and unconscious/implicit bias.
        • How addressing anti-black bias will benefit all people. Who benefits from crises if unchecked? Who benefits when we “other” each other?

    REGISTER ONLINE

    Organized by Openhouse’s Leadership Council on Queerness, Race, and Privilege – a member-initiated working group
    Openhouse

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    Friends of the Lyon-Martin House Formed

    Members of LGBTQ+ communities in the Bay Area have formed a Friends of the Lyon-Martin House group to preserve the longtime home of pioneering lesbian activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon on Duncan Street in San Francisco, which recently sold for $2.25M. Lyon and Martin purchased the property in 1955 and lived there together until Del Martin’s death; Phyllis Lyon lived on in the house until her passing earlier this year.

    A “Friends of the Lyon-Martin House” team has been created, including Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, the GLBT Historical Society, and San Francisco Heritage, to ensure that this property is designated a San Francisco Landmark and preserved as one of San Francisco’s most iconic cultural sites.

    Check out the new website for the Friends of the Lyon-Martin House: https://www.friends-of-the-lyon-martin-house.com/.

    While on the site, you can sign a letter to the Board of Supervisors and Historic Preservation Commission, which will be submitted to the Board of Supervisors in advance of their 10/19 hearing.

    Please share the website and letter — created by Grete Miller — with your communities.  Thank you.

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