Leather District: Communications Committee Meeting
2024-09-12 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-10-10 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-11-14 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

Play on the Plaza: Special Collaboration Queer Leather Happy Hour's 15 Year Anniversary!
2024-09-14 12:00 - 17:00 | Eagle Plaza, 398 12th, San Francisco, CA
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!
This month we are thrilled to collaborate with Queer Leather Happy Hour to celebrate their 15 year anniversary! The SF Eagle’s bar will be open and the outside sidewalk will be set up for patrons to consume their favorite drinks while watching the play area! You can check out additional information at https://www.facebook.com/events/470106238935890/
September’s Play on the Plaza Line-up includes:
IMPACT PLAY Host: Queer Leather Happy Hour! Special 15 Year Anniversary.
Special Performances: Twisted Windows
Demo schedule:
1:30pm – Shay Tiziano
2:00pm – DangerBones & elizamante
2:30pm – Naturalturn & Jade_Viper
3:00pm – Squeeks & Jackson
3:30pm – Alicia T-Corn & KleineVosje
4pm – Shay & Angel
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.
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!
Aphy Charcoal
Artwork by Cricket
Downtown Armor
Filthy Studios
Hernandez Chiropractic
Legacy Tarot
Leather Legends
RR Modern
Two Bald Guys Art
This is a free kink/fetish community event produced by the world’s first and only LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District!
When: September 14, 2024
Where: Eagle Plaza, 398 12th Street
Interested in joining us as a vendor? Apply here: /vendors/
Interested in joining us as a volunteer? Sign up here: volunteersignup.org/99PH9
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 Program, and producing walking tours.

SF QLHH 15 Year Anniversary Block Party @ Play on the Plaza
2024-09-14 12:00 - 17:00 | SF Eagle
Come celebrate 15 years of SF Queer Leather Happy Hour at the SF Leather & LGBTQ+ Cultural District Play on the Plaza, this Saturday Sept 14th from 12-5pm 🔥🔥
This will be a day time block party with designated areas with play equipment for impact play and bondage (bring your toy bag!), bootblacks, and an area for cocktails!
We are beyond thrilled for Dj Nico to join us as our Dj for the festivities 🤩 Dj Nico is an Art and social justice educator by day, Bay Area bad boi, dj and event producer by night. Nico is an open format dj who strives to produce inclusive events across the bay. They currently produce a 90’s party called “A Family Affair” with their partner drag queen Mz. Love’O every first Friday @elriosf and “Game On” every second Sunday @motherbarsf.
There will also be the usual leather/LGBTQI+ vendors down the street from us for your shopping pleasure 😁
The party will be located right outside the @sfeaglebar where the street will be blocked off. Come Join us for this historic Hot AF event!
Thank you to the SF Leather LGBTQI+ Cultural District and The SF Eagle ❤️

LCD: Board of Directors Meeting
2024-09-18 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-11-20 18:00 - 20:00 | 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.

LeatherWalk 2024
2024-09-22 11:00 - 15:00 | SF City Hall
LeatherWalk is our cherished annual march for visibility, celebration and fundraising.
The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District is ready to step out!
LeatherWalk 2024
Walk for Fun. Walk to Fundraise. Donate
www.leatherwalk.org
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Bring Your Kink. Step Out. Give Back.
Sunday, September 22, 2024 | 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
San Francisco City Hall — Polk Street Steps
LeatherWalk 2024 happens on Sunday, September 22. We gather at City Hall at 11:00 AM on the Polk Street steps. The program starts at 11:15 AM, step off at 11:30 AM.
We walk through SOMA, stopping for entertainment and refreshments at leather, kink, and queer venues along the way. The walk ends at Eagle Plaza with a raising of the Leather Pride Flag during the SF Eagle’s Leather Pride Fest. Watch this space for updates.
– Gather at 11:00 AM — Program at 11:15 AM — Step Off at 11:30 AM*
– Starts at — City Hall, Polk Street Steps
– Stop 1 — Oasis
Champagne Room bar open
– Stop 2 — Powerhouse, Azucar Lounge, Hole in the Wall
Azucar menu for purchase: Margaritas
Beverages
Guacamole & Chips
Salsa Fresca & Chips
Tía Sarah’s Cookies
And tasty treats
– Stop 3 — Leather Etc
10% Discount for Walkers
– Stop 4 — Mr S Leather/Ringold Alley
Stock Up for Folsom
Book signing for the book “Kink Is” from 1-3 pm
“Blessing of the Leathers” by Rev. John Brett 1:45 pm
– Stop 5 — Lone Star Saloon
– Final Stop 6 — Eagle Plaza for Leather Pride Fest
– End Time — Approximately 2:30 PM
Raising of the Leather Pride Flag 3:00 PM
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Leather Legacy Landmarks – Sidewalk Plaques
Community members can support the District’s Leather Legacy Landmarks initiative to install sidewalk plaques at 77 iconic and sometimes raucous SOMA locations, honoring businesses and venues that began serving our community in the 1960s. We have a goal of raising $22,000 to install the first 17 plaques, all on Folsom Street. Your support gets us one step closer to reaching this goal. Thank You! https://www.sfleatherdistrict.org/plaques
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The world’s first LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District exists to ensure there is a lively and vibrant home for our community’s events, businesses, bars and organizations in SOMA, in short, we’re keeping SOMA kinky and queer.
We celebrate, preserve, and promote the rich history and vibrant culture of our leather, kink, and LGBTQ communities while fostering a safe, creative, and inclusive environment for all.
We partner with local businesses and organizations to support cultural events, advocate for community needs, and enhance neighborhood vitality. Through strategic initiatives and public engagement, we ensure that the unique heritage and contributions of our communities continue to thrive and inspire future generations.
For more information, visit www.sflcd.org.

Plaque Unveiling for Rachele Sullivan
2024-09-24 18:00 - 19:00 | SF Eagle
The Friends of the Eagle Plaza has installed a heart plaque honoring Rachele in Eagle Plaza. To celebrate the plaque, we thought it appropriate to hold the official unveiling during Leather Week.
Rachele was instrumental in our founding and a tireless advocate for our Leather & SOMA communities.
Please join the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District and Friends of Eagle Plaza on Tuesday, September 24, at 6 pm, to share your memories and stories of Rachele.
Our proposal to name a planned new park at 11th and Natoma after Rachele was recently approved and it will be known as the Rachele Sullivan Park

LCD: Arts and Culture Committee Meeting
2024-09-26 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-10-24 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!

BloodSisters at the Roxie!
2024-09-28 16:00 - 18:00 | Roxie Theater, 3125 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
See the 1990’s leatherdyke classic Bloodsisters during Leather week! This is a fundraiser for the Ms. San Francisco Leather Contest + the GLBT Historical Society. Show up in your best BDSM gear, win gorgeous sexy raffle prizes from Mr. S Leather, Micah Riot Tattoo, and more, plus enjoy a thoughtful Q&A led by real live in-person leatherdykes!
Full info and tickets at https://roxie.com/film/bloodsisters
BloodSisters

Twisted Windows: Folsom Gala
2024-09-28 19:30 - 2024-09-29 01:00 | SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, US
An extravagant Folsom Gala featuring exquisitely er*tic, sensually subversive, and distinctly daring queer performance art, including aerial acrobatics, suspension bondage, pole dance, and fetish acts, as well as interactive and display art & other participatory marvels.
Details at the ticket link: https://forbiddentickets.com/events/twisted-windows/7035e43d22
“Twisted Windows is like going to the ballet for kinksters. Every single time, there is a performance that makes me belly laugh. One that brings me to hot tears. One that inspires me to take my kink to the next level. And always several that just make me think about the intersection of kink and art. There is nothing else like it.” – Mir, owner of Wicked Grounds

LCD: Diversity & Membership Committee Meeting
2024-10-03 18:00 - 19:00, 2024-11-07 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 Pacific Time
Join us on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87865884248
Proposed Agenda:
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
2024-10-12 12:00 - 17:00 | Eagle Plaza, 398 12th, San Francisco, CA
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!
This month we are thrilled to collaborate with Alta California Leather Corps (ACLC).
October’s Play on the Plaza Line-up includes:
IMPACT PLAY Host: Alta California Leather Corps (ACLC).
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.
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!
Aphy Charcoal
Filthy Studios
Gareth Gooch Photography
Hidden Function
Legacy Tarot
Ota Kinbaku
Trigger Happy Toys
This is a free kink/fetish community event produced by the world’s first and only LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District!
When: October12, 2024
Where: Eagle Plaza, 398 12th Street
Interested in joining us as a vendor?Apply here: /vendors/
Interested in joining us as a volunteer?
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 Program, and producing walking tours.

LCD: Land Use Committee Meeting
2024-10-14 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-11-19 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-12-09 18:30 - 19:30 | 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: Board of Directors Meeting
2024-10-16 18:00 - 20:00 | 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: 847 8906 0820 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.

LCD: Land Use Committee Meeting
2024-11-11 18:30 - 19:30, 2024-12-09 18:30 - 19:30 | LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District

Spoons & Spice - THEYFRIEND Day 2
2024-11-14 19:00 | SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, US
Day 2 of the 2024 THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival is here, and we’re bringing the fire! 🔥 Get ready for a stellar lineup of neurospicy, disabled, and chronically ill nonbinary performers.
Spoons & Spice is an electric, eclectic explosion of celebration, catharsis, rage, and resilience. Step into SOMArts for an unfiltered glimpse into the powerful and deeply personal experiences of living as a neurospicy, disabled, and/or chronically ill nonbinary human.
Hosted by Pop Rox, expect unflinching, intimate performances from:
✨ Ang Woon
✨ Cassandra Myers
✨ Harlie Holladoll
✨ Inocente PG
✨ JanpiStar
✨ Navouny Divinne (PDX)
✨ Rawiyah Tariq (2024 THEYFRIEND Advisor)
Spoons & Spice isn’t just a show—it’s a reminder that joy, rage, and survival can coexist individually in the same body and collectively on the same stage. Don’t miss out!
For other THEYFRIEND events on Facebook, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/1225765511840713
For more information about THEYFRIEND, participating artists and accessibility, please visit diamond-wave.org/theyfriend.

Gender Upheaval Party - THEYFRIEND Day 5
2024-11-17 19:00 | SF Oasis
🎉 Say Goodbye to Gender Reveals — It’s Time for a Gender Upheaval! 🎉
Hosted by the outrageous Vin Seaman / LOL McFiercen and featuring beats from DJ phishr_price, this isn’t your typical party—it’s a full-blown GENDER REVOLT! 🌀
No more balloons, smoke cannons, or pastel confetti mishaps. We’ve burned the blue and pink rulebook and replaced it with fierce performances, radical joy, and unapologetic gender expression!
With show-stopping acts from:
✨ Libra Longlegs
✨ Mama Celeste
✨ phishr_price
✨ Weyam Al-Ghadban
✨ Queer Dance Freakout (Chicago)
✨ PLEEAY
🤩 Bonus: Strut your stuff on our participatory RAINBOW RUNWAY, where you can make your grand nonbinary “coming out” debut—because the only reveal we care about is the one that’s true to you!
It’s time to ditch the binaries and party like gender is an infinite playground. Come for the art, stay for the revolution. Let’s blow the lid off gender expectations—one glitter bomb at a time! 🌈💣
For other THEYFRIEND events on Facebook, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/1225765511840713
For more information about THEYFRIEND, participating artists and accessibility, please visit diamond-wave.org/theyfriend.

LCD: Board of Directors Meeting
2024-11-20 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:
https://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 when they are approved at the following meeting.
For more info, visit http://www.sflcd.org.

LCD: Arts and Culture Committee Meeting
2024-11-21 18:00 - 19:00 | 584 Castro St #140, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94114
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 for exhibits and other projects, and in leadership roles in our organization. We also provide support for District events.
Current Agenda Items:
Discussion of T-Shirt Contest
Volunteer Roles
SOMA Bar Art History Project
Note Taking at Meetings
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!

Post Game Social - Rucktacular 2024
2024-12-07 16:30 - 19:30 | SF Eagle
After the matches are done, all players, coaches, match officials, volunteers and fans are invited to join us at The Eagle SF.
When: 4:30pm — 7:30pm
Where: 398 12th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Cost: Free Entry to all!
The Fog is excited to invite International Gay Rugby (IGR) teams from across the West Coast of North America to the Rucktacular festival — Los Angeles Rebellion, San Diego Armada, Seattle Quake, Portland Lumberjacks, Colorado Rush, Phoenix Storm and Vancouver Rogues.
For more information: www.fogrugby.com/rucktacular

Rucktacular After Party
2024-12-07 21:00 - 2024-12-08 02:00 | The STUD, 1123 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, US
The Fog Rugby Club cordially invites you to the Rucktacular After Party!
After a day of games, join the Fog and several West Coast gay and inclusive rugby teams as we dance the night away.
Players, coaches, supporters and allies are all welcome to mingle with the sexiest gay and queer rugby players on the West Coast.
DJ’s
– The Professor : https://soundcloud.com/theprofessorsf
– Jeremy Rosebrook : https://soundcloud.com/jeremy-rosebrook
– Jonboy : https://soundcloud.com/jonboy-1
10 pm drag performance by Drag Hotties, hosted by Big Boy LaCroix
– Polly Amber Ross
– Redd FaFilth
– Piss E. Sissy
When: 9:00pm — 2:00am
Where: 1123 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Cost: Presale – $15 | Door tickets – $20
Don’t miss out and buy your ticket today – see you on the dancefloor!

LCD: Diversity & Membership Committee Meeting
2024-12-09 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.
Second Mondays at 6 pm Pacific Time
Join us on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87865884248
Proposed Agenda:
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!

LCD: Communications Committee Meeting
2024-12-12 18:00 - 19:00 | 584 Castro St #140, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94114
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 chairs, Bob Brown and Alicia (AB) Bee with any questions: bob.brown@sflcd.org, aleciaburley@sflcd.org.
