LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District

LCD: Board of Directors Meeting
2024-05-15 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-06-19 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 584 Castro St #140, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94114
Board of Directors Meeting
The meeting is free and all community members are welcome to attend.
Please join us remotely via Zoom:
http://us02web.zoom.us/j/84789060820…
You can also call 1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) and use Meeting ID: 844 9193 7145 and Password: [REDACTED] (Or find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kl0fPTq3u)
Board meeting minutes will be available after they are approved at the following meeting.
For more info, visit http://www.sflcd.org.

Narcan Training & Overdose Prevention Workshop
2024-05-22 18:00 | SF Oasis
Overdose Prevention Training
Wednesday, May 22, 6-8pm
Oasis, 298 Eleventh Street
PLEASE REGISTER for this free event so we can prepare a test kit.
We invite you to join us for an Overdose Prevention Training by Kochina Rude sponsored by the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District. The training will include how to recognize the signs of a fentanyl overdose and how to properly use Naloxone (Narcan). There will be also be training on how to use fentanyl test strips. Each participant will receive a kit with two doses of Narcan and a supply of test strips.The evening will include food and a special performance by Ryan Patrick Welsh, star of “Sex, Camp, Rock ‘n’ Roll”. Admission is free but seating is limited. Please register to join us.Fentanyl overdoses have been at critical levels in San Francisco in the last few years. You can be prepared to save a life.
Oasis is 21+
This training is made possible by a generous grant from the Success Centers.

LCD: Board of Directors Meeting
2024-05-22 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-06-19 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-07-17 18:00 - 19:00
Board of Directors Meeting
The meeting is free and all community members are welcome to attend.
Please join us remotely via Zoom:
http://us02web.zoom.us/j/84789060820?pwd=[REDACTED]
You can also call 1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) and use Meeting ID: 844 9193 7145 and Password: [REDACTED] (Or find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kl0fPTq3u)
Board meeting minutes will be available when they are approved at the following meeting.
For more info, visit http://www.sflcd.org.

LCD: Arts and Culture Committee Meeting
2024-05-23 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-06-27 18:00 - 19:00
The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District’s Arts and Culture Committee is dedicated to reactivating Folsom Street and environs as a cultural and community hub.
We are actively recruiting artists, both for murals, exhibits and other projects, and in leadership roles in our organization.
The meeting is free, and open to all.
Join with Zoom at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89554242702 or call 1 408 638 0968 and use Meeting ID: 895 5424 2702.
We hope you will join us!

LCD: Erotic Storytelling Hour - Cats
2024-05-23 20:00 - 21:00, 2024-06-27 20:00 - 21:00 | LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
San Francisco’s LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
presents a special, 18+ only, online event:
The Erotic Storytelling Hour
Come hear some provocative, graphic, sexy, titillating, and funny stories (and more) from selected writers of our community!
Be 18+
Hosted by Sumiko Saulson, David Hyman, and Cal Callahan
Featuring:
Oak
Dominique Leslie
Michelle Renee Lane
Cornelius Belmont
Sam Schreiber
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86868208302?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 868 6820 8302
Password: [REDACTED]
Or call 1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) and enter meeting ID: 856 5465 2578 and password: [REDACTED]
(Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcdjuCNy9C )
Want to be a reader for a future event? contact: manager@sflcd.org
The event is free; want to thank us? Donate at /donate/
Or become a member: https://join.sflcd.org/
Check out our Website: https://sfleatherdistrict.org

LCD: Erotic Storytelling Hour Dark Desires MerMay Edition
2024-05-23 20:00 - 21:00 | 584 Castro St #140, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94114
San Francisco’s LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
presents a special, 18+ only, online event:
The Erotic Storytelling Hour
Come hear some provocative, graphic, sexy, titillating, and funny stories (and more) from selected writers of our community!
Be 18+
Hosted by Sumiko Saulson, David Hyman, and Cal Callahan
Featuring:
Da Kollector
Penelope Flynn
Cir Papi Di4bl0
Mx Jade
Rare Epiphany
Just added!
Cory Blue
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86868208302…
Meeting ID: 868 6820 8302
Password: [REDACTED]
Or call 1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) and enter meeting ID: 856 5465 2578 and password: [REDACTED]
(Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcdjuCNy9C )
Want to be a reader for a future event? contact: manager@sflcd.org
The event is free; want to thank us? Donate at /donate/
Or become a member: https://join.sflcd.org/
Check out our Website: https://sfleatherdistrict.org

LCD: Diversity & Membership Committee Meeting
2024-06-06 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-07-04 18:00 - 19:00 | LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
The Diversity & Membership Committee Meeting guides efforts to increase District membership with an emphasis on representing all members of our community.
First Thursdays at 6 pm PST
Join us on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87865884248
3 Functions of this Committee:
1. Membership drive and process
2. Diversity part I- outreach to groups and gain attendance from all clubs and groups within our community
3. Diversity part II- ensure our committees are functioning from a viewpoint of diversity in their structure and event planning.
Hope you can join us!

Play on the Plaza
2024-06-08 12:00 | 398 12th St, San Francisco, CA 94103-4330, United States
Join us at Play on the Plaza! A monthly, kink/leather/fetish event that is hitting our streets in SOMA! Play on the Plaza is designed to ignite some spark in your life! Each month features a different BDSM, Kink, Leather or LGBTQ group on Eagle Plaza!
June’s Play on the Plaza Line-up includes:
IMPACT PLAY Host: The Exiles
Spanking benches and crosses available for signup, provided by Communal Toys.
Music provided by our special guest DJ Del (4)!
Flagging area – Learn to flag with Liam Ocean!
Kink/Leather Gear Swap: shop, consign or donate items.
Team Goth AIDS Walk Comedy Fundraiser – 2:00 – 3:30pm
Frida Sierra
Mean Dave
Oliver Graves
JoMama
Ashley Tomajan
Vendors: Artists and Makers with gear and art.
A.B.O. Comix
Center for Sex & Culture +Carol Queen
Curio N Curious
Cumply
Downtown Armor
Gooch Photography
Leather Legends
Legacy Tarot
Mauskaveli
Physique & Fantasy
Poppers the Pony
The queer haberdashery
Rhea Adri Art
Rocket Ready Apparel
Trans Art by Arien Reed
Spinal screening with Hernandez Chiropractic
Kink/Fetish Gear & Art: Find new gear or art from our vendors or gear swap. Be sure to wander further down our fair to visit our vendors and wellness corner!
This is a free kink/fetish community event produced by the world’s first and only LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District!
When: June 8, 12-5 PM
Where: Eagle Plaza, 398 12th Street
Interested in joining us as a vendor? Apply here: /vendors/
Our Mission
The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District’s vision is to rejoice, commemorate, and protect the contributions of our predecessors, contemporaries, and successors rooted in the Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District and its diverse and marginalized peoples. United, we preserve, enhance, and advocate for the continuity and vitality of the Kinky and Queer communities of San Francisco’s Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District.
What do we do?
Keeping SOMA Kinky and Queer by lobbying city hall to allow bathhouses, installing public art like murals, activating community artists and performers, continuing economic development through the Entrepreneur Training Program, and producing walking tours.

LCD: Land Use Committee Meeting
2024-06-10 16:00 - 17:00 | 584 Castro St #140, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94114
The Land Use Committee tracks changes to real estate in the District in order to mitigate the effects of development and gentrification.
Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85688294123
Meeting ID: 856 8829 4123
One tap mobile
+16694449171,,85688294123# US
+16699006833,,85688294123# US (San Jose)
The Land Use Committee for the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District is interacting with city agencies, developers, and a range of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders, regarding a wide range of land use issues within the Cultural District in the South of Market neighborhood.
There are a wide range of opportunities for involvement, from being on call to show up at a meeting in City Hall, to critical negotiations with planners and developers.
While special skills in real estate or civic planning are great, anyone with an interest in the Cultural District is welcome to join.
For more information, please visit http://SFLCD.org, or contact land-use-chair@SFLCD.org.

LCD: Land Use Committee Meeting
2024-06-10 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-06-10 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-07-08 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-07-08 18:30 - 19:30 | LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District

Board of Supervisors Committee Hearing
2024-06-13 10:00 | San Francisco City Hall, room 263
We are delighted to have completed our CHHESS report after extensive community engagement (thank you to everyone who took part in the focus groups or surveys) and work with City departments!
Come speak in favor of passage at a Board of Supervisors Committee hearing Thursday, June 13, 2024, at 10am, City Hall Room 263. We are the first agenda item. Public comment will be in-person only.
The Cultural History, Housing, and Economic Sustainability Strategies (CHHESS) Report, serves as a roadmap of priorities and strategies for stabilizing the cultural community. Each Cultural District leads a robust community engagement process and works alongside City departments to create to this legacy document and strategic plan aimed at fulfilling each District’s vision and goals. The final reports are approved by the full Board of Supervisors by resolution and are revisited every three years.
We encourage everyone to attend the hearing to speak in favor of passage of our CHHESS report! To read the report, visit /chhess/

Leather District: Communications Committee Meeting
2024-06-13 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-07-11 18:00 - 19:00 | LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
The Communications Committee plans and guides the messaging and branding decisions for the District.
Join via Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84039453815
Join by phone:
1 669 900 6833
Meeting ID: 840 3945 3815
Please contact the committee chairperson, Bob Brown with any questions: bob.brown@sflcd.org

SOMA Origins: Bars, Bathhouses, & Beyond
2024-06-22 10:30, 2024-07-06 11:00, 2024-07-07 10:00 | Ringold Alley and 9th Street
Join us on our free walking tour: SOMA Origins: Bars, Bathhouses and Beyond
Now a world-wide leather/kinky/queer destination, SOMA (South of Market) began attracting leather bars in the ’60’s. Find out why!
Learn about the raucous exploits of the ’70’s when motorcycles lined the streets outside popular bars.
Hear about today’s bars and clubs and what they used to be, including one on Folsom with a swimming pool.
The tour starts at the corner of Ringold Alley and 9th Street (i.e. on 9th, halfway between Folsom and Harrison Streets). It ends at 8th and Ringold.
The tour runs one hour and 45 minutes. There are no hills.
it is free, but registration is required. /soma-tours/
Would you like to be trained as a Walking Tour Guide? Contact us!

LCD: Erotic Storytelling Hour
2024-06-27 20:00 - 21:00 | 584 Castro St #140, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94114
San Francisco’s LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
presents a special, 18+ only, online event:
The Erotic Storytelling Hour
Come hear some provocative, graphic, sexy, titillating, and funny stories (and more) from selected writers of our community!
Be 18+
Hosted by Sumiko Saulson, David Hyman, and Cal Callahan
Featuring:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86868208302…
Meeting ID: 868 6820 8302
Password: [REDACTED]
Or call 1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) and enter meeting ID: 856 5465 2578 and password: [REDACTED]
(Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcdjuCNy9C )
Want to be a reader for a future event? contact: manager@sflcd.org
The event is free; want to thank us? Donate at /donate/
Or become a member: https://join.sflcd.org/
Check out our Website: https://sfleatherdistrict.org

LCD: Erotic Storytelling Hour Pride Edition featuring Christopher Rice
2024-06-27 20:00 - 21:00 | 584 Castro St #140, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94114
San Francisco’s LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
presents a special, 18+ only, online event:
The Erotic Storytelling Hour
Come hear some provocative, graphic, sexy, titillating, and funny stories (and more) from selected writers of our community!
Be 18+
Hosted by Sumiko Saulson, David Hyman, and Cal Callahan
Featuring:
International Mister Leather Alpha Pup Savage
Ms SF Eagle Leather 2020 Tammy LG Hatter
Special Reading and Interview with Gay Romance Author Christopher Rice
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86868208302…
Meeting ID: 868 6820 8302
Password: [REDACTED]
Or call 1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) and enter meeting ID: 856 5465 2578 and password: [REDACTED]
(Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcdjuCNy9C )
Want to be a reader for a future event? contact: manager@sflcd.org
The event is free; want to thank us? Donate at /donate/
Or become a member: https://join.sflcd.org/
Check out our Website: https://sfleatherdistrict.org

Leather Alley is LIT! An Erotic Literary Event within the Adults Only area of PRIDE
2024-06-29 13:00 | Hyde Street. Between Turk & Golden Gate
Join us for the inaugural literary event that kicks off day one of Leather Alley during SF PRIDE. Taking place within the Adults Only area ROOT of PRIDE. Produced by Erotic Storytelling Hour’s Sumiko. Get ready for pervy prose and poetry on our shaded seating area. Support local writers. Reade/performer spaces still available w/ small stipends.
Leather Alley supports Bay Area Leather Alliance’s Grants Program and the Mr. and Mx SF Leather Contests.

Play on the Plaza
2024-07-13 12:00 - 17:00 | 398 12th St, San Francisco, CA 94103-4330, United States
Join us at Play on the Plaza! A monthly, kink/leather/fetish event that is hitting our streets in SOMA! Play on the Plaza is designed to ignite some spark in your life! Each month features a different BDSM, Kink, Leather or LGBTQ group on Eagle Plaza!
July’s Play on the Plaza Line-up includes:
IMPACT PLAY Host: Society of Janus
Spanking benches and crosses available for signup, provided by Communal Toys.
Kink/Leather Gear Swap: shop, consign or donate items.
Vendors: Artists and Makers with gear and art.
Charmed I’m Sure!
Gooch Photography
Krystal Cade, CMT
Legacy Tarot
Miss Vera Darkside
Rhea Adri Art
Skin on Skins
Smut Shop
William Ulrich, Artist
This is a free kink/fetish community event produced by the world’s first and only LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District!
When: July 13, 12-5 PM
Where: Eagle Plaza, 398 12th Street
Interested in joining us as a vendor? Apply here: /vendors/
Want to help us by volunteering? Check out our volunteer roles! volunteersignup.org/WFPQB
Our Mission
The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District’s vision is to rejoice, commemorate, and protect the contributions of our predecessors, contemporaries, and successors rooted in the Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District and its diverse and marginalized peoples. United, we preserve, enhance, and advocate for the continuity and vitality of the Kinky and Queer communities of San Francisco’s Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District.
What do we do?
Keeping SOMA Kinky and Queer by lobbying city hall to allow bathhouses, installing public art like murals, activating community artists and performers, continuing economic development through the Entrepreneur Training Program, and producing walking tours.

LCD: Land Use Committee Meeting
2024-07-15 18:30 - 19:30 | 584 Castro St #140, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94114
We are postponing the July meeting to the 15th to accommodate a staff training.
The Land Use Committee tracks changes to real estate in the District in order to mitigate the effects of development and gentrification.
Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85688294123
Meeting ID: 856 8829 4123
One tap mobile
+16694449171,,85688294123# US
+16699006833,,85688294123# US (San Jose)
The Land Use Committee for the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District is interacting with city agencies, developers, and a range of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders, regarding a wide range of land use issues within the Cultural District in the South of Market neighborhood.
There are a wide range of opportunities for involvement, from being on call to show up at a meeting in City Hall, to critical negotiations with planners and developers.
While special skills in real estate or civic planning are great, anyone with an interest in the Cultural District is welcome to join.
For more information, please visit http://SFLCD.org, or contact land-use-chair@SFLCD.org.
