LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District

LCD: Arts and Culture Committee Meeting
2022-10-27 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver) | Zoom
The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District’s Arts and Culture Committee works to support and promote the creative forces of our South of Market community.
This month, our meeting will focus on plans for our special “SOMA Second Saturday Holiday Market” in December. This event will require a ton of kinky creativity and volunteer involvement.
We may also discuss merchandise for our online store, new murals, and arts- and culture-related plans and projects to propose for the 2023 budget.
The meeting is free, and open to all.
The full agenda is at https://docs.google.com/document/d/17iwREIU6iwmln9SFfkRbufGjFeb_h1vNGTNR0S9AGyE/
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!

SOMA West Farmers Market at Eagle Plaza
2022-10-29 09:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Eagle Plaza, 398 12th, San Francisco, CA
Eagle Plaza serves as the setting for a weekly Saturday market which features a selection of produce from local farmers, food producers, prepared foods, community tabling, and family-friendly live entertainment.
The certified farmers market is the result of the close partnership and months of preparation with the Friends of Eagle Plaza, the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District, the SF Eagle Bar, HQ, neighborhood residents, and with support from the San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development.

Interested in volunteering? Please send an email to farmersmarket@swcbd.org
Interested in becoming a vendor? Please fill out this form.

Castro CD Land Use Committee meeting
2022-11-02 16:00 - 17:30, 2022-12-07 16:00 - 17:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
This is our monthly Land Use Committee meeting. (open to the public).

LCD: Diversity & Membership Committee Meeting
2022-11-03 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Denver), 2022-12-01 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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
Proposed Agenda:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WXvW91IgDN2ZOn-uh2wzRSISrTI1XaR0k-v091-zgbo/edit#heading=h.6bc6e5a12ww9
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!

Castro CD Executive Committee meeting
2022-11-08 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-12-13 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
This is our monthly Executive Committee (open to the public).

LCD: Land Use Committee Meeting
2022-11-08 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-12-13 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
The Land Use Committee tracks changes to real estate in the District in order to mitigate the effects of development and gentrification.
Zoom Meeting
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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 recently-created 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.
Agenda is available here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XX0IL_LNtV8EXYldtS3E-Yj-cCG_oZE6xm4iUf7-qsE/edit
For more information, please visit http://SFLCD.org, or contact land-use-chair@SFLCD.org.

Castro CD Governance Committee meeting
2022-11-10 17:30 - 18:30, 2022-12-08 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
This is our monthly Governance Committee meeting (open to the public).

Leather District: Communications Committee Meeting
2022-11-10 18:00 - 19:00, 2022-12-08 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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

LCD: Erotic Storytelling Hour -Trans Awareness Week Edition
2022-11-10 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
San Francisco’s LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
presents a special, 18+ only, online event:
The Erotic Storytelling Hour – Trans Awareness Week Edition
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:
Tristissima
Houston Oak
Joli St Patrick
Hannah Hellcat
Special Guest Reader:
Foster Freeze
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

Takeover: A BIPOC & QTPOC Meetup
2022-11-13 13:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Dolores Park, Dolores Park, San Francisco, CA, United States
Next month there will be a new event at Dolores Park by and for BIPOC & QTPOC community members and their allies.
It’s Takeover: a BIPOC & QTPOC Meetup, offering music, a picnic, and good vibes, held in Dolores Park (Church Street & 19th Street), on November 13, 2022, from 1 to 5 pm, presented by MOCAASF.
Bring your food and drink of choice along with a blanket and a willingness to connect with QTPOC & BIPOC people outside the bar scene.
This event is a call to participate in a new and exciting community in which we can build new connections in a safe space. As the poster says, “We are a vibrant, powerful and resilient BIPOC & QTPOC community. Let’s celebrate that!”
The event will be located in the area opposite the tennis court at Dolores Park. There will be a table set up if you would like to get a name tag and say hello to other community members and collaborators.
Find more info about about the event here, and more about MOCAA here.

Walking Tour Subcommittee Meeting
2022-11-15 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88470691792
The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District is creating an Internet-based Walking Tour of noteworthy past and present locations in our South of Market neighborhood. We will help folks rediscover the lost gathering spaces of the past, and appreciate the businesses and cultural institutions that now struggle to survive.
We need folks help develop the content for the tour, and to provide (or help us recruit) expertise in research, editing, and voice acting.
This is a great time to get involved, whether your interest is historical, architectural, cultural, technological, or prurient. We need your input!
This is a free Zoom meeting, open to all 18+.
Join at
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88470691792
or call 1 408 638 0968 US (San Jose) and enter Meeting ID: 884 7069 1792.
More info at /make-tour

THEYFRIEND 2022 Nonbinary Performance Festival
2022-11-16 15:00 - 2022-11-19 22:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Francisco, California, Sausalito, CA, US
Now in its second year, THEYFRIEND is the world’s first performance festival uplifting, centering, and celebrating nonbinary identity! This year the festival will expand to five events over four days (November 16 – 19) in partnership with San Francisco arts presenters and queer nightlife venues.
Curated by Edgar Fabián Frías, KB Boyce and Kevin Seaman, the 2022 THEYFRIEND festival will feature newly commissioned work from writer-performer Rawiyah Tariq, multimedia artist Sharmi Basu and musician Tyler Holmes, with live performances from local nonbinary performers and video from national and international contributors.
Nov 16, 5:30 PM
Engendered: THEYFRIEND Opening Showcase & Dialogue: https://www.facebook.com/events/5452147331520352
Nov 17, 7 PM
THEYFRIEND Featured Showcase: https://www.facebook.com/events/385462030326359
Nov 18, 5 PM
THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Happy Hour: https://www.facebook.com/events/778168069940455
Nov 18, 8 PM
Enby International: THEYFRIEND Video Showcase: https://www.facebook.com/events/1171859036750134
Nov 19, 9 PM
Unbounded: THEYFRIEND Closing Party
https://www.facebook.com/events/5816895541656820/
THEYFRIEND is supported by the California Arts Council, KQED Live, the Hormel LGBTQIA Center at San Francisco Public Library and Brava! for Women in the Arts, and is presented in partnership with Intersection for the Arts as part of the Intersect SF Series (supported with funds from Grants for the Arts) and the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District.

LCD: Board of Directors Meeting
2022-11-16 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Board of Directors Meeting
The meeting is free and all community members are welcome to attend.
Please join us remotely via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84789060820…
You can find the meeting agenda here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nBAbtcXc5DfhPCAo2dvgZhvXF_aayDCJQP8DEf4TVUI/
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
2022-11-17 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
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.
We will also continue planning for “SOMA Second Saturdays”, including our special Holiday Market on December 10 (see /holiday/) and other upcoming events.
Full agenda is at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y2m0vNizoGMbvlqxo9uLZewKc7vafe_aPqw72UKHVYM/
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!

Castro LGBTQ Cultural District Advisory Board meeting
2022-11-17 18:00 - 20:00, 2022-12-15 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
This is our monthly Advisory Board meeting (open to the public).

Castro CD Diversity & Inclusion Committee meeting
2022-11-23 17:30 - 18:30, 2022-12-28 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
This is our monthly Diversity & Inclusion Committee meeting. (open to the public).

Arts & Culture Committee Meeting
2022-11-24 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
This is our monthly Arts & Culture Committee meeting. This meeting is open to the public. Public comments are allowed at the end of the meeting.

LCD: Erotic Storytelling Hour
2022-12-08 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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
Our last episode of the year!
Dirty Mad Libs
Rated X-Mas Carols
Holiday Games
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
See who else is tuning in and share comments in the Chat with Bloom https://bl.ooo/m/erotic-storytelling-hour-holiday-party
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

SOMA Second Saturday Holiday Market
2022-12-10 12:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Multiple Locations
Welcome to the SOMA Second Saturday! Holiday Market, a multi location indoor holiday market on Saturday, December 10, 2022. We are moving indoors during the winter weather and are pleased to partner with PantherProwls Enterprises’ San Francisco Fetish Flea to bring you the best of local artists, craftspeople, and businesses for your holiday shopping and celebration. We’ll even have a free, hop on/hop off shuttle on a continual loop to get to all these South of Market destinations (shuttle hours noon to 5 pm).
See who else is going, arrange to meet, and more at Bloom https://bl.ooo/m/soma-second-saturday-holiday-market
If you have kinky arts or queer crafts you would like to show and sell at the Art and Artisan Fair, please fill out the form at https://bit.ly/3UP0Y1J
Art and Artisan Fair
12 noon – 5 pm
SOMArts
934 Brannan Street
Donation Requested
* Featuring ambient bondage performances by incredible Twisted Windows rope artists, including Shay & Angel, Dual Demons, Alicia T-Corn & KleineVosje, and Mooooo & Tiny Teddy
*Gift Wrapping Station
Donations Benefit The Exiles (Noon – 3 pm) and ONYX Northwest (3 – 5 pm)
*Naughty Santa
*Leather/Kink Gear Swap
*Surprises!
The Indigo Project
While at SOMArts, stop in and see this landmark multidisciplinary exhibition centering Black artists and their stories. The exhibit runs from December 10 through February 5, 2023.
San Francisco Fetish Flea
11 am – 5 pm
Wicked Grounds Annex
289 8th Street
$5 admission
Wicked Grounds
289 8th St
10 am to 8 pm
Coffee, kink, and community!
Leather Etc.
1201 Folsom Street
20% off when you mention “Holiday Market”
Mr S Leather
385 8th Street
Hours: Noon – 7 pm
• 20% Off Pump Gear
• Buy 3 Get 1 FREE Hot Rod (bottles or singles)
Azucar Lounge
299 9th Street
Hours: 11 AM – Midnight
Specials: Hot Cider and Mexican Hot Chocolate (leaded and unleaded) – Mention “Holiday Market” and get $1 off your special holiday drink
SF Eagle
398 12th Street
Hours: Noon – 2 AM
STAY TO PLAY IN SOMA
Heron Arts
7 Heron Street
Opening: “Resonance in Light” Aaron Taylor Kuffner
Hours: 6 -10 PM
Cat Club SF
1190 Folsom Street
David Bowie & Queen ‘80s new wave dance party
Hours: 9 PM – 2 AM
Powerhouse
1347 Folsom Street
Hours: 4 pm – 2 am
CUIR A Night in Black Leather
9 pm – 2 am
Lone Star Saloon
1354 Harrison St
San Francisco, CA 94103
4 pm – 2 am
Baradise
9 pm – 2 am
Oasis SF
298 11th Street
Princess Presents: SHREK!
Doors Open: 10 PM
SF Eagle
Frolic
Hours: 10 PM – 2 AM

LCD: Arts and Culture Committee Meeting - CANCELLED
2022-12-15 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom
In the spirit of the holidays, there will be NO MEETING of the Arts and Culture Committee in December. See you in January!
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 our art shows and other programs, and in leadership roles in our organization.
We also do planning for “SOMA Second Saturdays” (see /show/) and other upcoming events.
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: Board of Directors Meeting - CANCELLED
2022-12-21 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Board of Directors Meeting
The December Board meeting has been cancelled. Please have a very happy holiday season!
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The meeting is free and all community members are welcome to attend.
Please join us remotely via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84789060820…
You can find the meeting agenda here:
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.

Castro CD Arts & Culture Committee Meeting
2022-12-22 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
