Audacious Fun!

Three hundred friends of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District enjoyed the free “Audacious Anniversary 5” party on May 6, celebrating the fifth birthday of the District, which was created by the City of San Francisco on May 9, 2018.

The bash was held at the Folsom Street Foundry, the recently-renovated event space on Folsom near 10th Street.  For the first hour, guests enjoyed BDSM demos by The Exiles, ONYX Northwest, and the Service Pups of San Francisco, along with ambient suspension bondage by Twisted Windows. A video montage by Richard Dupler played on multiple screens, highlighting recent events and achievements of the Cultural District, along with coming attractions.

Guests were then welcomed by Cultural District President Bob Brown, who introduced State Senator Scott Weiner, who presented the District with a Senate Recognition Certificate, and San Francisco District Six Supervisor Matt Dorsey, who presented a Certificate of Honor to celebrate our birthday.

MCs Lance Holman and Alotta Boutté introduced dynamic performances by Ryan Patrick Welsh, Alotta Boutté, John Weber with Kippy Marks, and the Om Nom Nom Non-Binary Burlesque X Palace of Trash.  Throughout the event, music was provided by popular local DJ Fawks, and tasty treats by MamaBear’s Kitchen.  The Folsom Foundry bar featured special signature cocktails made with syrups from It’s Simple SF.

Many of the newly selected models for the 2024 Bare Chest Calendar showed off their new “man of the month” sashes, celebrating the Calendar’s 40th year of charity fundraising.  And the crowd was very excited to welcome the brand new Ms. SF Eagle Leather 2023, Nunca Sola.

A highlight of the event was the second annual presentation of the Brazen Runway, in which folks showed off their smutty selves to an appreciative audience, while competing for prizes, which included gift cards from local kink suppliers Mr. S Leather, Leather Etc., Wicked Grounds, and Byrd Beaks. First prize went to Sadyst Payne, second to the newly-sashed Ms. SF Eagle Leather 2023, and third to Rey Onyx.

In the foyer, guests received souvenir pins, and had a chance to purchase kinky merchandise, receive boot and leather care by boy xander, check any unneeded clothing with the SOMA Guardians, or become full voting members of the Cultural District with the help of David Hyman at the Outreach Table.  Cultural District Manager Cal Callahan and Program Associate Reika Faust kept everything flowing smoothly

Below are just a few images from the event, taken by Fire Dragon Photography.  A complete gallery of these images can be viewed here.

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And below are some selected Photos by Gooch; again, the entire gallery can be seen here.

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Fifth Anniversary Party

Be our guest at the
LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District’s
Fifth Anniversary Party!


Entertainment, food, demos, and fun!

Free Admission

Saturday, May 6, 2023
6 to 10 pm
Folsom Street Foundry
1425 Folsom Street

MCs
Lance Holman and Alotta Boutté

Performances by
Ryan Patrick Welsh
Alotta Boutté
John Weber, with Kippy Marks
Om Nom Nom Non-Binary Burlesque X Palace of Trash

Ambient Suspension Bondage
Twisted Windows

DJ
Fawks

Strut your smut
aka your hottest fetish gear
in the second annual
Brazen Runway

Demos by
the Exiles,
ONYX Northwest
Service Pups of San Francisco
BLUF SF.

Tasty treats from MamaBear’s Kitchen

This is a party you won’t want to miss!

Find out who’s going and meet up with Bloom

Facebook Event is here.

Be 21+

Golden Dildeaux Awards

For info about the 2024 Golden Dildeaux Awards, click here.

Golden Dildeaux Awards – $18k Raised for PRC
Photo by Dot

The 2023 Golden Dildeaux Awards ceremony filled the crowd with laughs at the banter between the MC’s, Dolan Wolf and Dixie De La Tour.  Entertainment was provided by Sadyst Payne.  Nominees and their friends and supporters filled the SF Eagle’s patio to see the awards presented, and snap pictures of the winners holding their “Woody” statuettes on the red carpet.

The races this year were hot and heavy and many categories were won by just a handful of votes.  We saw many top spots flip back and forth several times a day in the last week.  The LEATHER District would like to thank everyone who voted!  Results at the bottom of this post.

The April 22nd crowd at the SF Eagle brimmed with excitement and anticipation as 26 Woody statuettes were presented to those who got the most votes, including one for the highest fundraiser in a single category.

It was a record year, and a ceremonial check for $18,000 was presented to the PRC Emergency Financial Assistance fund, though a last minute update brought the total to $18,341.33.

Special awards were given to Jack Folchi and Lou Grosso, who were the tireless webmasters since 2007 and were extremely helpful in the transition to the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District’s acquisition of this beloved tradition.  We can’t thank them enough for their years of work and all their support this year!

Special recognition was offered to the Golden Gate Guards, who were the proud stewards of the awards from 1994 through 2022 and facilitated the transition of the awards to the District.

A shout out goes to Cody Elkins and Star D. Love: thank you for your years of service MC’ing the Awards through 2022.

The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District would like to thank Bob Brown, Cal Callahan, Dixie De La Tour, Fire Dragon Photography, Jack Folchi, David Hyman, Lou Grosso, Jeff Johnson, Niko Kowell, Randy Maupin, Lex Montiel, Sean Moriarty, Bear Pad, Photo by Dot, Sadyst Payne, Eric See, and Dolan Wolf for all your efforts and contributions to making the Golden Dildeaux Awards a success!

Founded in 1974, by Mr. Marcus, these humorous, cheeky awards, poke fun and raise funds for charity.  The full history of the awards is available here.

Join us for our next event, our Audacious 5th Anniversary, May 6, 6-10pm @ Folsom Street Foundry, demos, entertainment, all free!

We have two photo galleries:  The pictures by Dot are below.

Pictures by Fire Dragon Photo are below:

2023 Award winners are listed below.  See past winners.

Category Award Winner
The TOP of Them All The “They Who MUST BE OBEYED” Award Daddy Thomas Bonfigli
FURRIEST BEAR The “Furball” Award Kevin Stone
BEST LOOKING ASS in the Bay Area The “Full Moon” Award Joshua Munoz
QUEEREST OF THE QUEER The “No Straight Lines” Award Byrd Bannick
Best FISTING-TOP The “Red Hankie” Award Vince Sparacio
Best PUPPY HANDLER The “Leader of the Pack” Award Mark Hankins Jr
FIERCEST FEMME The “Sexy Siren” Award Reika Minxie
Best LEATHER FASHIONISTA The “Brazen Runway” Award Stephan Ferris
Your FAVORITE SILVER FOX The “Hot Daddy” Award Jim Stokes
Best IMPACT PLAYER-BOTTOM The “More Please!” Award Tammy Lg Hatter Ms SF Eagle 2020
The HOTTEST CIGAR SMOKER The “Smoke Ring” Award Pony (Marc Owens)
GOLDEN SHOWER Lover The “Fire Hydrant” Award Kevin Harding-Toy
Most VERSATILE Player The “Orange Hankie” Award Eric See
Best CUDDLE BEAR The “Honey Pot” Award Marco Mania
Best BOOTBLACK The “Spit Shine” Award Sky Russell
Biggest PIG The “Hole Hog” Award Eric Burkett
HORSE HUNG Stud The “Dick of Death” Award Logan Hawke FF
Best PUPPY The “Best in Show” Award Pup Loadz
BUTCHEST WOMAN The “Serious Swagger” Award Dandy Buckley
NOVICE PLAYER of the Year The “Rookie” Award Myra Krantz
Favorite BARE CHEST CALENDAR Guy The “Man of the Month” Award Benjamin Perez
Best Power FISTING-BOTTOM The “Golden Gape” Award Logan Hawke FF
Best INSTIGATOR The “Troublemaker” Award Benjamin Perez
Best Drag Performer The “Big Slay” Award Sadyst Payne
BEST SEX in the Bay Area The “Orgasmatron” Award Graylin Thornton
Top Fundraiser in a Single Category The “Wolf of Folsom Street” Award Benjamin Perez
Best Webmaster The “Web Guru” Award Lou Grosso
Best Webmaster The “Web Guru” Award Jack Folchi