LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District

The annual Bay Area Cub Contest will happen on Sunday, October 30, from 4:00 to 8:00 pm, at the Lone Star Saloon (Bear Bar USA, 1354 Harrison Street in San Francisco).

Join the Bears of San Francisco for the Bay Area Cub Contest, a non-gendered contest that welcomes all definitions of “cub”.

Help celebrate the diversity of our community while raising funds for The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and Bearrison Street Fair.

Featuring:

• • Beer Bust from 4-8pm
  • Competition starts at 5pm
  • A Performance by the The Boys of Bearlesque
  • Beats by DJ Prince Wolf
  • Raffle Prizes
  • Jello Shots
  • Sexy Cubs

Hosted by Erik Greenfrost (Mr. International Cub 2011), with thanks to sponsor KillerBob Graphics. Questions, want to sponsor, or interested in competing? Email BayAreaCubContest@gmail.com.  Full event details here.

Western SOMA is always the place to be, but especially on Saturday, October 15. Look at the array of activities!

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	Start off early at the SOMA West Farmers Market at Eagle Plaza to get your produce, seafood, and tasty treats for the week. Gumbo Social, YES Pudding!,  Silverwings Coffee, It’s Simple, and BodyGlow by Rosa are staying for Bearrison Street Fair.
Then join us for LeatherWalk 2022 at 11 am at Civic Center Plaza. LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District President Bob Brown, State Senator Scott Wiener, and District 6 Supervisor Matt Dorsey will see us off as we visit favorite neighborhood spots, stop at 1:45 at Ringold Alley for a commemoration,  and end up at the celebration of body positivity called the Bearrison Street Fair! The ceremonial raising of the Leather Pride Flag outside SF Eagle is at 3 pm.
	Bearrison Street Fair — The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and the Bears of SF offer a supportive, welcoming, and inclusive event for all members of the adult LGBTQ+ community.  It will happen from noon to 6 pm, on Harrison Street at 11th until 6 pm, featuring performers on the main stage, a wrestling stage, and the first-ever Barbells, Bears, and Butts Deadlift Competition.
LDG Fetish Fair — The San Francisco Leathermen’s Discussion Group presents the return of its annual Fetish Fair at Transform 1060 (1060 Folsom Street)! Starting at 3:30, some of the SF Bay Area’s foremost experts on various kinks will present and share some of their best tools and tricks of their kinky trade. LDG’s Fetish Fair is a great way to see, talk to, and perhaps try scenes with vetted, talented, experienced kinksters in a fun and safe environment.
	Post Fetish Fair Play Party — GearUp Weekend and San Francisco Leathermen’s Discussion Group present a hot, fun, men-only play party, starting at 8 pm, immediately following LDG Fetish Fair, at 1060 Folsom Street.  The doors will remain open until 11 pm, with play continuing until 1 am. You must be 18 or over to attend. Clothing check will be provided by the SOMA Guardians. General admission $20.00. Military, student (ID required) or play party first timers: $10.00. Volunteers: FREE

Have a great day!

Diamond Wave presents the second-annual THEYFRIEND, a festival highlighting nonbinary performers during Transgender Awareness Week, Wednesday through Saturday, November 16-19, 2022, at various locations throughout San Francisco.

 

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.  For example:

THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Happy Hour
Friday, November 18, 5-7 p.m.
OASIS (298 11th St, San Francisco)
In partnership with Oasis, the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District and Realest Exposure

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.

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.

For the full schedule of events and more info, visit https://www.diamond-wave.org/events.

MPX Vaccine
LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Pop-Up

in partnership with SF Department of Public Health and BayPLS.
in Eagle Plaza, Harrison and 12th Street
on Saturday, October 8, 2022

Use the QR Code or go to https://bit.ly/3SSZ0wm to make an appointment.

JYNNEOS vaccine; supply is limited

Come for the vaccine and stay for the art at SOMA Second Saturdays! this weekend.

Go to https://bit.ly/3SSZ0wm to make an appointment. If you received your first shot at our popups on September 10 or 11, you are eligible for your second dose this week.

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We are pleased to have been part of the MPX Vaccination Clinic at Eagle Plaza on September 10 and 11, 2022.  A total of 233 individuals received vaccinations.  An additional pop-up was held on September 18.  Thanks to everyone who attended, volunteered, or helped make this possible.