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All our meetings are free and open to all. 

Committee meetings are currently held on Zoom.   

For meeting information, visit our:
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Our Events List / Calendar, or
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Our current committees:
Arts and Culture Committee
Communications Committee
Diversity Committee
Membership Committee
Fundraising Committee
Land Use Committee
Safety Committee
Other Groups
          (Artist Opportunities, Volunteers, Save SOMA Network, GDA Info)
General Information about Committee Meetings and Membership

Arts and Culture Committee – third Thursdays, 6-7pm

The next meeting of the Arts and Culture Committee will be Thursday, November 20. This committee advocates for creative activity in the Cultural District, organizes events, performances, public art, and gallery shows, and explores opportunities to attract and support leather and LGBTQ artists in the Cultural District.  Please contact the Arts and Culture Committee chair for more info!

Communications Committee – second Thursdays of the month from 6-7pm

The meeting of the Communications Committee has been re-scheduled to Wednesday, November 12, at 6 pm. The Zoom link for the meeting is Communications Committee Meeting.  This committee handles the Cultural District’s social media and digital presence, public relations, branding, event promotion, and outreach to clubs, organizations, and individuals.  Contact the Communications Committee chair for more info!

Membership Committee 

Diversity Committee – first Thursdays, 6-7pm

Due to travel and illness, the next meeting has been rescheduled to Monday, November 17. This committee works to ensure diversity of membership, programs and participants, and to promote diversity, inclusion and equity in our organization and our community. Contact the Diversity Committee chair for more info!

Fundraising Committee – select Tuesdays, 5-6pm

This committee plans the District’s fundraising events, LeatherWalk and the Golden Dildeaux Awards.  Its work also includes planning other fundraising events and campaigns, exploring grant opportunities, and creating materials to generate donations to support the work of the organization.  Please contact the Fundraising Committee chair for more info.

Land Use Committee 

The October meeting of the Land Use Committee has been cancelled. A combined November/December meeting will be Monday, December 8, at 4 pm.

This committee tracks construction projects and developments in the District and working with developers and city agencies to mitigate the effects of gentrification.

The Land Use Committee also works to preserve culturally and historically significant buildings, businesses, organizations, traditions, arts, events, and aesthetics, to protect tenants from displacement, and to promote affordable housing in the District.  Contact the Land Use Committee chair for more info.

Safety Committee – first Mondays, 6-7pm – CANCELED

We are cancelling this month’s Safety Committee Meeting. We will see you again on January 5.

The Safety Committee works with local residents—including kinksters, sex workers, and others across the spectrum of our diverse community—to promote safety, share resources, and foster strong district-wide connections. The committee organizes safety and tech-related resources into an accessible online hub, keeps neighbors informed about upcoming events, and invites broad participation in conversations on public safety. Through inclusive outreach and relationship-building, the committee supports a safer, more informed, and more connected district for all. Join the Safety Committee.  Contact the Safety Committee chair for more info!

Other mail lists

Artists
Information about opportunities and programs:  murals, commissions, grant possibilities, etc. Join our Artists mailing list.

Volunteers
Our volunteer opportunities include greeting the public at event info booths, helping distribute posters and flyers, and helping with special projects throughout the year.   Join our Volunteers mailiing list.

Advocacy
Join the “Save SOMA Action Network” for opportunities to advocate for our District, our businesses, and community institutions through letter writing and speaking at City hearings.  Join our “Save SOMA Action Network”.

Golden Dildeaux Awards Info
Sign up to receive timely emails about Golden Dildeaux Awards categories, nominees, and voting.  Sign up when you cast your vote!

General Information 

Our meetings are free and open to all. Unless otherwise noted, all in-person meeting locations are ADA compliant and wheelchair accessible.

ASL interpreters will be provided if requested at least ten days in advance. Please send requests to manager@sflcd.org.

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Participate, help out, and be a part of our historic Cultural District!

It has been noted that it can be hard to plan major events in our community without running the risk of clashing with another major event that appeals to the same target audience.

Of course, this is somewhat inevitable:  there are only 52 weekends per year, and they aren’t making any more of them.

But we thought it might be helpful for people to have a place to record and quietly share their their tentative plans and schedules, even before they are ready to

“go public” with the details.

We are therefore listing our own major “regularly-scheduled” events, and some other events that we know about.  And we invite other agencies to submit their information (by writing to web@sflcd.org ).

Note:  This is NOT intended to be an authoritative calendar for the world’s kink events.  It is simply a handy planning tool, allowing planners to check for any obvious conflicts before they commit themselves.  We hope it is helpful.

Kink Is My Superpower, a multi-media project from Divine Deviance, highlights the honesty, freedom, and strength of kinksters who have found our way out of the shadows and live proudly and openly.

They exist to help others tell their stories, share their experiences, and celebrate the superpowers they have discovered in kink, through films, books, calendars, and social media.

They are now developing an exciting book and documentary project about kink called Kink Is My Superpower.

These folks are inviting kinksters, whether of the 24/7 or occasional bedroom antics variety, to complete a very brief survey to help inform their project.

Click on “Take Survey” on their site, or go directly to the survey.

The San Francisco Leathermen’s Discussion Group has now finished accepting applications for its Mentoring Program.

Pups, kinksters, leather folks, gearheads, fetishists and others have explored and deepened their spicy side in a safe and trusted way with the Leathermen’s Discussion Group since 1996.

The mentoring program is for male-identified people to explore kink/fetish sexuality, community, and relationships, at any stage of their journey.

The mentoring program began with an orientation meeting in late January, will complete the matching process by mid-February, and will continue through September.

Learn more here.  You can also contact the Mentoring Program Director, Richard Sprott, if you have any particular questions.