LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District

Leather Week is September 22 – 29, 2024.

The Folsom Street Fair is Sunday, September 29, 2024, from 11 am to 6 pm.  Folsom Street page.

The next online Diversity & Membership Committee meeting is set for Thursday, October 3, at 6 pm PDT.   Diversity & Membership Committee Zoom link. Facebook page.  Contact the Committee chair to get on the mailing list for this Committee, or for more info!

The next online meeting of the Communications Committee will be Thursday, October 10, from 6 to 7 pm.  Communications Committee Zoom link.  Facebook page. Contact the committee chair.

The next Play on the Plaza is Saturday, October 12, from 12 noon to 5 pm, at Eagle Plaza (12th Street, between Folsom and Harrison). Vendors! Entertainment! Kink/Leather Gear Swap!  Music! Impact Play hosted by Alta California Leather Corps (ACLC)!  Spanking benches and crosses provided by The Communal Toy. Play on the Plaza info. October 12 event info.  Play on the Plaza Facebook event.

The next meeting of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Board of Directors will be Wednesday, October 16, from 6 to 8 p.m. This is our Annual Meeting, and will welcome our newly-elected Board Members and new President.  As always, all are welcome to attend, and time is reserved for public comment.  ASL interpretation provided if requested ten days in advance. To participate, use the Board of Directors Meeting Zoom link, or call 1-408-638-0968 and use Meeting ID: 847 8906 0820 and Passcode: 972086.  Facebook page.  Draft agenda (coming soon).  Minutes of past Board meetings. Please contact manager@sflcd.org if you have questions.

The next online meeting of the Land Use Committee Meeting is set for Monday, October 14, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Land Use Committee Meeting Zoom Link. Facebook page.  Contact the committee chair.

The Fundraising Committee meets as needed.  Please contact the Fundraising Committee chair to get on the mailing list for this Committee, or for more info!

A Governance and Legislation Committee meeting will be scheduled when needed. Please contact the Governance and Legislation Committee chair to sign up, or for more info!

We send out a newsletter each month, right before our Board Meeting.  Do you get it?
If not, view a recent newsletter, then sign up to get it monthly.

Speaking of newsletters, the SOMA West Community Benefit District does a great one, highlighting events — both social and political — affecting our part of the City.  Subscribe to the SOMA West Community Benefit District newsletter.

San Francisco has ten Cultural Districts, each supporting a unique aspect of the City’s cultural mosaic You can learn about the San Francisco Cultural Districts Program, and subscribe to a Cultural Districts newsletter, published quarterly by the Mayor’s Office of Housing & Community Development.

We keep adding links to our Resource Guide page.  Use it!

Threats to our South of Market businesses and institutions can arise quickly, and may require a quick community response.  SOMA Action network sign-up link.

If you have not yet seen it, please read our Statement of Solidarity, and consider what you personally can do to fight racism, injustice, and abuse of police power.

The next meeting of the Board of the Friends of Eagle Plaza is scheduled for Wednesday, September 11, from 6:00 to 7:30 pm.  You can be added to the “Friends of Eagle Plaza” mailing list.  You can make a donation to the Friends of Eagle Plaza. You can like and follow them on Facebook.  You can learn more about the Plaza’s design, construction and stewardship on the Friends of Eagle Plaza website, or you can write to info@eagleplaza.org.

The Nominations Committee of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District is pleased to announce the results of the recent Board of Directors and Presidential Election.

We have elected Bob Brown, Jonathan Ojinaga, and Alecia as members of the Board, each to serve three year terms, ending as of the Annual Meeting of August 2027.

We have elected Reika Faust as President, to serve a one-year term, ending as of the Annual Meeting of August, 2025.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the election.

In the Annual Organizational Meeting, with the new Board and President in place, elections were held for the other Officers. Eric See was elected Vice-President, Alecia Burley Secretary, and Bob Brown Treasurer.

Also at this meeting, Board Member Sumiko Saulson resigned from the Board, with thanks and best wishes. The Board expressed thanks to Sumiko for their service.

After that, Stephen Roberts was selected to fill the Board vacancy, serving until the August 2025 Annual Meeting.

You can view the complete current Board roster on the Our Leadership page.

The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District is a membership organization, and our members elect our Board of Directors and our President. Three Board seats (each for a three-year term) and the Board President (for a one-year term) are elected each year.

If you are eligible to vote (that is, if you were a member of the Cultural District as of May 25, 2024), you should by now have received an email from “Opavote Voting Link” with a link to your ballot.  You must submit your vote no later than 5 pm on Monday, August 19, 2024. 

Before voting, you are invited to read the Candidates Statements.  Also, here is a video recording of the Candidates Night, held on August 13, just as voting began:

 Full information about our elections process is on our Website.

Thank you.

The LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District always needs volunteers, but during the summer, the need is particularly intense.

• We can use all kinds of help with our Play on the Plaza events, on the second Saturday of each month.
• We will be hosting two beer busts in September, promoting LeatherWalk.
• We will have information tables or booths at major events: including the Folsom Street and Bearrison fairs.
• Other ways to help include sitting on one of our standing Committees, or being available at short notice for special projects.
• Please check out our Volunteer Opportunities and Signup page, join our Volunteer Notification Mailing List, or write to manager@sflcd.org!