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SOMA Poles Wrapped with Leather Pride

The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District contracted installation of 107 Leather Pride Flag images on light poles in the District as part of our placemaking efforts to reinforce the aesthetic and the identity of our unique neighborhood.

Look for them on Folsom, Harrison, Howard, Ringold, the Eagle Plaza and numbered cross streets!

The Leather Pride Flag design reflects the crosswalks at Eagle Plaza, and the world’s largest, flying Leather Pride flag on the Tony DeBlase Flagpole.

The 25″ tall flags include the Cultural District logo, and are positioned high enough on the poles to allow for both good visibility and space below for temporary event posters.  They have an anti-graffiti coating and have been heat sealed to the light poles.

Zack Richter, of A3 Visual, installs one of the 100+ Leather Pride Flags on Harrison Street.

It was a long road to get them approved, manufactured and installed.  The District would like to thank Supervisor Matt Dorsey, aide Bryan Dahl, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Bear Pad and A3 Visual for all their help in making this happen!

Go take a look!

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Cultural District Booth at Up Your Alley

The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District hosted a booth at the Up Your Alley Street Fair, from 11 am to 6 pm on Sunday, July 30, 2023.  Our booth was located on Dore Street, about seven booths north of Folsom Street.

In addition to providing information about the Cultural District, offering our unique Logo Pin and colorful bandanas for sale, we invited folks to take selfies at our booth, using our “step and repeat” backdrop, and an assortment of kinky props.  Some of you used your own camera, others let us take your picture!

Some of our favorite of those pictures are shown below.  ALL the others (including some that Instagram kept us from uploading in real time) can be found on our Instagram page.

(NOTE:  If you are unfamiliar with Instagram, be aware that many of the photos shown are actually mini-galleries of about 10 images each.  Open one, then use the small > arrow to see the rest.)  

We hope you had a great day at the Fair, and will treasure a photo of you and your friends in your kinkiest gear (or borrowed from us) as a lasting memory of a great “Up Your Alley” afternoon !

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Swap Your Gear at SOMA Second Saturday

The monthly SOMA Second Saturday event on September 9 (from noon to 5 pm, in and around Eagle Plaza) will once again feature our Leather / Gear Swap!

The Gear Swap is your chance to clear out the closet, and earn some money for your used leather boots, fetish attire, kinky toys, bondage gear and…  who knows what else!

You can let us sell your items for your stated price, OR hang out at the Gear Swap booth, so you can negotiate and haggle with potential buyers.  If you have a Venmo account, you can print out your QR Code to make payment easy.  You’ll be reducing clutter, raising cash, and getting gear into the hands of folks who might not otherwise afford it.  Best of all, you can choose to keep 100% of the cash receipts, or donate some or all of them to the Cultural District!

So, if you have some items that no longer fit your lifestyle (or your body), bring them down and let us find them a new home!  Read full details here.

Other reasons to join us for SOMA Second Saturdays can be found here.

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Mural Unveiling Planned


Mural Unveiling and Artist Meet & Greet

THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2023 AT 5 PM – 7 PM
385 8th St, San Francisco

The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District commissioned prominent queer artist Serge Gay, Jr., to paint a mural on the Heron Street wall of renowned leather and gear supplier Mr. S Leather. Located at the corner of 8th Street, the mural depicts a playful human puppy surrounded by images that fit the Mr. S brand.
A public dedication of the mural will be held on Thursday, July 27, from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Heron Street, with festivities inside the Mr. S showroom to meet the artist.
Serge Gay. Jr., has previously been associated with th4e Cultural District as the lead of a five-artist team which painted the 2,240 square foot mural “Showtime” on two façade of the world-famous drag bar Oasis in May of 2022. More Recently, Serge was one of sixteen queer artists whose works were shown at a salon-style Pride Popup Art Show at Herron Arts Gallery at the beginning of June just steps away from the Mr. S mural.
The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District’s vision is to rejoice, commemorate, and protect the contributions of our predecessors, contemporaries, and successors rooted in western SOMA 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 & LGBTQ Cultural District.
Mr. S Leather is a fixture in the San Francisco kink scene, located in the heart of the SOMA district where the leather scene was born. Come by and visit the largest kink showroom in the world to discover the very best classic BDSM gear and sex toys!
Serge Gay Jr. is a Grammy nominated illustrator/fine artist/graphic designer currently based out of San Francisco, California. The story of Serge Gay Jr. began with his birth in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and developed during his years in the U.S. His art infuses inspiration born from living in cities from coast to coast. Influences in his work can be found from the culture of his homeland, New York, Miami, and Detroit. Currently the story continues to evolve from the west coast of the United States. He is the youngest of three boys and a third generation artist. Art is in his blood and he has felt this talent for as long as he can remember.