We thought we would share this informative email, which we received from San Francisco’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development’s Business Services Team:
COVID-19 Resources for Employers and Folks Seeking Employment
Leather Community Responds to COVID-19
Leather, queer, and kink communities around the world are responding the the COVID-19 crisis. Click here for a frequently-updated document about the San Francisco kink community’s response, containing important information and links to other valuable resources.
In particular, numerous funds have been set up to help members of our community who are affected, either physically or economically. Examples are the SF Queer Nightlife Fund (https://sfqueernightlifefund.org/) and the Bay Area Leather Lifeline (https://ball.leatheralliance.org), as well as Patreon and GoFundMe pages for various businesses and their employees.
Donations of any amount, to any of these funds, are deeply appreciated. Try to imagine how much you are saving by not going out for dinner and a show, not going to bars and clubs, not using taxis or car services to get home, and not travelling to leather events in other cities. Please give what you can afford. Thanks!
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.
Bar Crawl with the Supervisor
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!