The world's first city-recognized LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District
Folsom Street Events — the producers of the Up Your Alley and Folsom Street Fair — have announced the opening of their new facility: the Folsom Street Community Center for Alternative Sexualities, at 145 Ninth Street.
Check out this article from 48Hills.org, which includes quotes from FSE Interim Director Angel Adeyoha, and a video preview of the new space. Additional info is in the BAR article here.
Watch for more details soon, and a gala opening in July (conditions permitting).
San Francisco Public Works (SFPW) and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) held a Virtual Open House for the Folsom Streetscape Project on January 28, 2021. The purpose of this open house was to show the final public realm design for the corridor which includes landscaping, lighting, and cultural features. When completed, the Folsom Streetscape Project will make the South of Market Neighborhood a safer and more inviting place to walk, bike, shop, and take transit. The Folsom Streetscape Project is scheduled to start construction in 2022.
Their presentation slides are here. You will be able to view the recording of their presentation, and learn more about the project, here.
They are now conducting a survey, which you can participate in here, until February 2, 2021.
If you have questions or comments, you can contact them at folsom@sfmta.com.
Oasis — the Drag Destination Venue at 11th and Folsom in the heart of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District — just celebrated its sixth anniversary, still surviving even without on-site, in-person dining, drinking and dishing. Now, they are thrilled to announce the launch of OASIS TV, a digital streaming platform created exclusively for Oasis premieres. It kicks off at 7pm on Sunday January 17th. with a LIVE birthday drag show hosted by D’Arcy Drollinger. Subscribers to OASIS TV will be able to stream all of Oasis’ fabulous archived content, including Sex and the City Live, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Live, Katya Smirnoff-Sky, Bitch Slap, and new weekly episodes of HOT TRASH!, plus exclusive content like Patty’s Playhouse, Talkin’ Snacks with Snaxx, Drag Queen Aerobics, “Girl Talk” with Mary Vice & Friends, Glamamore’s GOOD DRAG, new episodes of The Golden Girls Live, Three’s Company Live and more, for a monthly subscription of $19.99. We hope you will subscribe, and help keep Oasis alive until we can all party together again.
Full info and subscribe here.
Community participation is essential to the success of the Cultural District.
All our meetings are free and open to all.
All Board and Committee meetings are currently being held online, via Zoom.
Please visit the Timely Reminders page for upcoming meeting dates, times, agendas, and logon links. Our Calendar also lists our meetings and other important dates and events.
All in-person meeting locations are ADA compliant and wheelchair accessible. See more info at the bottom of this post.
Come participate, help out, and be a part of our historic Cultural District!
Board Meetings
Membership Meetings
Community Meetings
Committees
General Information
Meetings of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Board of Directors are open to all, and your attendance and participation is welcome. Time is included on each agenda for public comment. When necessary, Executive Sessions may be held during which non-Directors will be asked to leave.
Board meetings are normally scheduled for the third Wednesday of each month. Please refer to the Timely Reminders page or Calendar for details.
Minutes of past Board meetings can be reviewed here. Board minutes are posted once they are approved (typically at the following Board meeting). Unless otherwise noticed, Board meetings are not recorded or live-streamed.
Although anyone is welcome to attend and speak at our monthly Directors meetings, only Voting Members get to vote to elect Directors at the Annual Membership Meeting in August, or to vote on critical matters presented at Special Membership Meetings.
Please click here for more information about our elections, and click here to become a Full Voting Member of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District.
Prior to the election of the Board of Directors, Community Meetings were held monthly; since the adoption in August 2019 of the Cultural District Bylaws and the election of a Board of Directors, there are now “Membership Meetings” held at least once each year, most recently on August 19, 2020, plus other community-wide events, including “Open House” and “Town Hall” events, as appropriate.
An Open House was held on Wednesday, February 12, 2020, at the SF LGBT Center in San Francisco. You can view the video of that event here!
A Town Hall for the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District was held on August 25, 2020, and welcomed 97 participants. Details are at https://sfleatherdistrict.org/town-hall/.
The minutes of the August 21, 2019 meeting can be viewed here. A live-stream of that meeting can be viewed here.
The minutes of the July 19, 2019 meeting can be viewed here. A live-stream of that meeting can be viewed here.
The minutes of the June 19, 2019 meeting can be viewed here. A live-stream of that meeting can be viewed here.
The minutes of the meeting of May 15, 2019 can be viewed here. A live-stream of that meeting can be viewed here.
The minutes of the meeting of April 17, 2019 can be viewed here. A live-stream of that meeting can be viewed here.
The minutes of the meeting of March 20, 2019 can be found here. A live-stream of that meeting can be viewed here.
The minutes of the meeting of February 20, 2019 can be found here. You can view a live stream of that meeting here.
The minutes of the meeting of January 16, 2019 can be found here. You can view a live stream of that meeting here.
The minutes of the meeting of December 19, 2018 can be downloaded here. You can view a live stream of that meeting in two parts, here and here.
The minutes of the meeting of November 14, 2018 can be downloaded here. You can view a live stream of the last 90 minutes of) that meeting here.
The minutes of the meeting of October 17, 2018 can be downloaded here. You can view a live stream of (the first 45 minutes of) that meeting here.
The minutes of the meeting of September 19, 2018 can be downloaded here. You can view a live stream of that meeting here.
The minutes of the meeting of August 15, 2018 can be found here. You can view a live stream of that meeting here. (Note: The recording starts with about 8 minutes of dead air, and is cut off abruptly after roughly 2 hours. Apologies for these glitches.)
The minutes of the meeting of July 18, 2018 can be found here. You can view a live stream of that meeting here.
You can view the minutes of the meeting of June 20, 2018 here. You can view a live stream of that meeting here. The Board Structure that we approved at that meeting can be seen here.
The minutes of the meeting of May 16, 2018 can be found here. You can view a live stream of that meeting here.
Minutes of the Community Meeting of April 18, 2018 can be found here.
Notes from the Community Meeting of March 14, 2018 can be seen here. You can view the live-streamed video of that meeting here.
Notes from the Community Meeting of February 19, 2018, are available here. You can view the live-streamed video of that meeting here
Notes from the Community Meeting of January 6, 2018, can be viewed here. You can view the live-streamed video of that meeting here
Notes from the meeting of November 29, 2017, are available here. Another set of notes are available here.
Notes from the meeting of November 20, 2017 can be viewed here.
Notes from the meeting of November 14, 2017 can be viewed here.
You may view video of the community meetings — live streaming or recorded — at our Facebook Group here.
At the Open House event on February 12, 2020, the Board presented its new list of Active Committees, and invited interested folks to sign up. Full information on those new Committees can be found here.
To join any Committee, just attend any meeting and ask to join. To receive emails announcing meetings, and other important information, please click here to join the mailing list. If you are already on our mailing list, you can click here to adjust which Committees you wish to be kept informed about.
All our meetings are free and open to all. Unless otherwise noted, all meeting locations are ADA compliant and wheelchair accessible.
For all General Community meetings, and most Committee meetings, ASL interpreters will be provided if requested at least ten days in advance. Please send requests to the Committee Chair, or President@sflcd.org.
All Board, Membership and Committee Meetings, and other events of importance to the Cultural District, are posted on our Calendar. (Information on importing and using this calendar can be found here.)
We also invite you to like and follow the Cultural District’s Facebook Page, drop by our Web site from time to time, join our Group on Fetlife, follow @sfleatherdist on Twitter or Instagram, and contact us any time with questions, suggestions, or just to keep in touch.
Come participate, help out, and be a part of our historic Cultural District!
