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THEYFRIEND 2023 Virtual Video Showcase
Enjoy an extravaganza of sensational videos from national & international THEYFRIEND nonbinary performers from the comfort of your couch!
Thursday, November 16, 5:00pm – 8:00pm PST
Live Streaming on YouTube
youtube.com/@diamondwavearts
Sliding scale $5 – $25
Artist promo code HeyTHEYFRIEND to make $5 ticket free
Hosted by Goddexx
DJ Sand.dreams
Guided altar building with The Living Altar
With video from Castle Laws of Pleeay, DeVery Bess, Frankie Fingerling, Given Q. Davis, Isis + Kyarai Dara, mirrored fatality, Riy Mutakabbir, Saira Barbaric, Srujanika Das and TAYLORALXNDR
Grab some snacks, gather your enby friends and family, and tune into our 2nd annual THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Virtual Video Showcase – from anywhere in the world! The evening will begin with a special guided altar building with The Living Altar (Portland & New Orleans) at 5 pm. Then at 7 pm, our magical hostexx Goddexx (Seattle) will guide you through a multidimensional showcase featuring works from Castle Laws of Pleeay, DeVery Bess (Toronto), Frankie Fingerling (Edmonton), Given Q. Davis (Portland), Isis + Kyarai Dara, mirrored fatality, Riy Mutakabbir, Saira Barbaric (Seattle), Srujanika Das (Kolkata, India) and TAYLORALXNDR (Atlanta). Featuring beats and music by DJ Sand.reams (Chicago), you won’t want to miss this expansive collection of video art and short films from nonbinary artists across the nation and world!
Accessibility information: Auto-generated captions provided, with open captions on all videos.
About THEYFRIEND
Now in its third year, THEYFRIEND is the world’s first performance festival uplifting, centering, and celebrating nonbinary identity! For more information on THEYFRIEND events happening November 14–18, 2023, visit www.diamond-wave.org/theyfriend.
This event is made possible with support from the California Arts Council and the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, and is presented in partnership with the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival. Diamond Wave is a fiscally sponsored project of Intersection for the Arts that is supported by Grants for the Arts, the Horizons Foundation, the Walter & Elise Haas Fund and the San Francisco Arts Commission.
To add your event(s) to this calendar, please write to Web@sflcd.org.
Additional Event Calendars:
Race’s Bar Events for Kinky Gay Men of the San Francisco Bay Area (On Facebook; group membership required)
EROBAY SF Bay Area Community BDSM Events Calendar
Fetlife A Social Network for the BDSM, Fetish & Kinky Community. (Free membership required)
Gay Agenda SF What’s what for the gay in you.
Folsom Street The big street fairs, and associated parties
Transform1060 An educational and social space, serving the leather, kink, and fetish communities.
SF CumUnion Sex Parties for Men
442 Events Play Parties for Men
SF Catalyst (See Transform1060, above)
SF Oasis Internationally Acclaimed Drag Show Nightclub / Cabaret
Powerhouse South of Market’s “No Attitude” Cruise Bar
SF Eagle SOMA’s Historic Meeting Place, Welcoming All
Lone Star Saloon Bear Bar USA
Hole in the Wall Saloon Your Friendly Neighborhood Gay Bikers Bar
The Stud “San Francisco’s oldest LGBT bar”
Cat Club A True San Francisco Nightlife Destination
15 Association For men who engage in BDSM
Alta California Leather Corps Formerly the Alameda County Leather Corps
Bears of San Francisco All-inclusive fundraising, service, and socializing group
ELSE For trans, intersex, agender, two-spirit, & nonbinary folx
The Exiles women- and queer- centered BDSM educational organization.
ONYX Northwest A Leather Club for Men of Color
Society of Janus for People Interested in Learning about BDSM
Wicked Grounds Kink Community Everywhere
Gaytravel4u Gay Fetish and Leather Events and Parties Worldwide
Leathermen Travel List of annual leather events