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Daddy Sal’s Heart is on Eagle Plaza

Please join us as Daddy Sal gets a heart unveiled at the Eagle Plaza, this Thursday, June 23rd, at 4:00 pm, on Eagle Plaza, 12th Street near Harrison, in San Francisco. 
Daddy Sal has done so much for our community, offering thousands of precious hours and dedication in helping to foster a healthy and thriving leather community. Daddy Sal has poured energy into the SF Exiles, the Ms. SF Leather Contest and many other projects. 
Let’s celebrate the hard work and love that Daddy Sal has shown our communities for decades. For more info, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/4899865040119918.
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Ringold Revival Block Party and Boot Walk

Gayle Rubin leads history tour at Ringold Revival. Photo by Gloria Polo.

To celebrate the recent repairs and maintenance to the Ringold Leather History Alley, the District and Soma West CBD held a block party, on Saturday, June 18, 2022 from 12 noon to 3 pm, on Ringold Street, which runs from 8th to 9th Street, between Folsom and Harrison Streets in  San Francisco.

  • It featured:
    A history tours by noted historian, and District board member, Gayle S. Rubin
  • Live painting with Josh Katz
  • Rope bondage suspension with Two Knotty Boys
  • Caricatures by Paul Gallo
  • A blessing by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
  • Bootblack boy zander
Art Boots. Photo by Gloria Polo.

In honor of the Alley’s bronze bootprints, sixteen local artists turned a combat boot into an art piece. The boots were on display during the event and put up for auction. 

Click here to view Art Boots!

 

 

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Murals of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District

Garrett Sohnly, a local artist and member of the LCD’s Arts and Culture Committee, has been compiling a slideshow of the murals and street art of our neighborhood.

View our Mural Slideshow.

We are also developing a “Map ‘o Murals” using Google Map technology.  The map includes photographs of the murals, addresses, the artist’s name (where we know it), and where to learn more.   You can use the small embedded version below, but for best results:

Open the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Mural Map in Web Browser or Google Maps

 

You can help us maintain, improve, and expand this map:

If you have better information that the map offers (the mural title, artist’s name,  etc.), please share it with us.  

If you spot a mural in our District – or other example of Leather Culture in the general vicinity of South of Market – send us a picture, telling us where it is, and anything you know about the artwork or the artist(s) who created it.

The Arts and Culture Committee of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District is very invested in the murals and public art visible throughout our special, South of Market neighborhood.   

Help us create a new mural!