LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District

We are the “LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District”, created by the City of San Francisco to honor, support, and protect the unique and special culture that has flourished in the South of Market area. We are the world's first city-recognized LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District, at sfleatherdistrict.org

Our Kinky Holiday Market is back Saturday, Dec 5, 12–5 pm SOMArts Vendors! Entertainment! Food Truck! Naughty Santa – photos with Kinky Elves! Gear Swap n Shop – Browse gifts that you can’t get anywhere else. Donate – bring your used fetish gear/leather/toys sfleatherdistrict.org/kinky-holida...

Join us tomorrow at Bearrison Street Fair! We'll have a Gear Sale and donation drop-off between noon and 6 pm. To see what we will and won't accept, please check out sfleatherdistrict.org/gear-swap-in...

Our Entrepreneur Training Program, in partnership with Abôve Consulting, is a 9-week training program for new or existing businesses serving the SF leather and kink communities. The next cohort begins 2/4/2027. The deadline to apply is 2/3/ 2026. To apply, visit sfleatherdistrict.org/business/

We'll have a Gear Sale and donation drop-off this Saturday at Bearrison Street Fair. Come visit us between noon and 5 pm. To see what we will and won't accept, please check out sfleatherdistrict.org/gear-swap-in...

Our Associate Board Member Apaulo Hart is coordinating Sunday's Deviants Adult Arcade, the official Folsom Street Fair afterparty and still needs volunteers to support the event. You can volunteer at tinyurl.com/LCDDeviants

CHEER San Francisco will be entertaining at LeatherWalk 2026 this Sunday at Stop 2 (Azucar Lounge and Powerhouse). If you didn't step off with us from SF Eagle, we will be there between 11:30 am and noon. See you Sunday!

We have a Official: SOMA Origins: Bars, Bathhouses, & Beyond walking tour this Saturday, September 19, from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, with your guide Wylde Honey. The tour is free but space is limited. You must register at sfleatherdistrict.org/soma-tours/

📣 CHEER US ON. BETTER YET, WALK WITH US. SF Cheer will be out in SOMA helping turn LeatherWalk into a celebration in the streets. ⛓️ Bring your friends. Bring your energy. Bring your fabulous self. 🖤Sun., Sept. 20th, 10am. New: starts: Eagle Plaza 👩🏾‍💻Register to walk, fundraise or donate

🏳️‍🌈COME OUT AND PLAY IN SOMA. See some old friends. Make some new ones. 🍹NEW: Grab a drink at our stops and take it along! 🔥A few hundred queers, kinksters and fabulous weirdos together in the streets. 🖤Sun. 9/20, 10am. New starts: Eagle Plaza 👨🏿‍💻Register to walk, fundraise or donate: LeatherWalk.org

🔥 SOMA IS ABOUT TO GET LOUD. Leather. Kink. Flags. Music. Dancing. Queer joy. 📣 SF Cheer is joining LeatherWalk at Eagle Plaza. ⛓️ Grab your friends. Get your gear ready. Come be part of it. 🖤Sun., Sept. 20th, 10am. New: starts: Eagle Plaza 👩🏾‍💻Register to walk, fundraise or donate: LeatherWalk.org

Donate your previously enjoyed gear and toys at this Sunday's beer bust - and you can buy some more! Our Gear Swap n Shop will be set up on Eagle Plaza from 3 to 7 pm Proceeds support our projects and events as well as keeping your gear in the community at affordable prices.

💰 PUT THE FUN IN FUNDRAISING! Ask your friends. Ask your family. Drop the link in the group chat. Post it on Instagram. 🍹 NEW: Grab a drink at our stops and take it along! LEATHERWALK IS A CELEBRATION. 🖤Sun, 9/9, 10am. New start: Eagle Plaza 👩🏼‍💻Register to walk, fundraise or donate: LeatherWalk.org

🔥 LEATHERWALK IS BETTER WITH FRIENDS. Round up your club Text your fam Recruit your besties Bring that friend who needs to get out more 😏 👨🏼‍💻Get them registered to walk, fundraise or donate! 🍹 NEW: Grab a drink at our stops and take it along! LEATHERWALK IS A CELEBRATION. 🖤Sun. 9/9-10am @Eagle Plaza

🎉 WE’RE HITTING THE STREETS! We’ll bring the leather, kink, flags, drag, music, dancing, and all the queer energy 📣 We’ll be joined by SF Cheer and the Pride Band! 🍹 NEW: Grab a drink at our stops and take it along 🖤Sun, Sept. 20, 10am. New start: Eagle Plaza 🧑🏿‍💻Register to walk, fundraise or donate

SOMA was home to legendary characters Leather daddies. Kinksters. Queers. Activists. Artists. Barflies. Troublemakers. Those who came before made history. Now we’re adding to the story—and raising a glass along the way. Sun 9/20, 10am. New: starts Eagle Plaza Register to walk, fundraise or donate

WALK WITH US Bring yourself, your pride, and your sexiest walking shoes. Come on your own or with your club or crew. Walk with old friends, make new ones, and find your people along the way. NEW: grab a beverage at one of our stops and bring it along the route! Free Registration to walk or fundraise

Why Do We Walk? 👢 Why we walk: Queer joy looks so good in SOMA. 🔥 Sometimes you need a few hundred leather folks,kinksters & fabulous queerdos taking the streets together. 🍹 NEW: Grab a beverage at our stops & bring it along the route! A CELEBRATION & FUNDRAISER 👨🏿‍💻Register: walk or fundraise

Join us for our beer bust 0n Sunday Sept 13, benefiting LeatherWalk $20 for bottomless beer/soda and a plate of MamaBear's excellent cooking Raffle prizes, jello shots, fun, everything you expect from a beer bust. We will also be hosting our Gear Swap n Shop in Eagle Plaza during the beer bust.

Join us tomorrow (Saturday, August 22) starting at 1 pm at the Folsom Street Community Center (1286 Folsom Street).

🎉🥾 POLISH THOSE BOOTS! 🥾🎉 LeatherWalk 2026 is happening Sunday, September 20! We’re starting at Eagle Plaza and hitting the streets of SOMA. Leather. Kink. Queer joy. Music. Performers. Flags. Friends. . LEATHERWALK IS A CELEBRATION. 📆 September 20th ⏰ 10:00am 👩🏽‍💻 LeatherWalk.org

We'll be at Up Your Alley Fair on the north side of Folsom Street between 9th and Dore. We will feature our Gear Swap n Shop and we will also be accepting donations of your previously enjoyed gear. Please check out sfleatherdistrict.org/gear-swap-in... for our donation guidelines. See you Sunday!

Nominations for 5 Board of Directors seats and for Board President are now open. Voting will start August 10 and end at 5 pm on August 17, 2026. Eligible voters (District members in good standing as of May 21, 2026) will receive an emailed link to vote. For more information, visit our website.

We still have space open for Sunday's walking tour. Join us! Learn about the raucous exploits of the ’70’s, with motorcycles lined up outside popular bars. Hear about today’s clubs and what they used to be, including one on Folsom with a swimming pool. 1.5 to 2 hours, Free, Registration required.

This is the last chance to get early bird tickets for "Satyricon," a funny, bawdy, modernized play written by Stuart Bousel and directed by Andrew Calabrese. The world premiere, presented by SF Eagle Players, will be at SF Eagle August 4, 5, 11, and 12. Tickets are $20 until July 4 and $35 after.

Applications for this year's THEYFRIEND Nonbinary Performance Festival hosted by Diamond Wave for nonbinary performers, video artists, workshop facilitators, and experimental creatives are being accepted until July 17. www.diamond-wave.org/event @diamondwavearts.bsky.social

Join us for our Gear Swap n Shop at Leather Alley on Sunday for great previously owned gear and toys at affordable prices. All proceeds support the projects and events of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District. We will not be accepting donations of gear or toys at Pride.

Come see us at Leather Alley (circled in red on the map) in the Root of Pride this Sunday! Our Gear Swap n Shop and outreach booths are the closest to the Leather Alley stage.

For everyone joining us Sunday in the Leather Contingent, the location and gathering time has been announced.

Happy Pride Month! We are proud to support the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District's work. Together, we remain committed to place-keeping, fighting displacement, and ensuring that this unique cultural legacy continues to thrive. @sfleatherdistrict.bsky.social ky.social sf.gov/san-francisc...

Thank you to everyone who came out on Sunday for our Kink n Shop! Nearly 300 people attended and shopped, played, and socialized. Thank you to those who donated previously enjoyed gear and toys to our Gear Swap n Shop! Those donations help fund our efforts to keep SOMA vibrant and kinky!

New Walking Tour Dates Released. Join us! SOMA began attracting leather bars in the ’60’s. Find out why! Learn about the raucous exploits of the ’70’s. Hear about today’s bars and clubs, and what they used to be, including one on Folsom with a swimming pool. 1.5-2 hours, Free, Registration required

(2/2) Shop for previously enjoyed leather and toys at our Gear Swap n Shop and Leather Legends, and pick up some new toys and fun stuff from Bunker Gear Latex, Mauskaveli, Barbarian Designs, and Subtle Designs.

(1/2) The anticipation has been building! Kink n Shop takes place tomorrow, Sunday June 7, 12-4 pm, at 1277 Mission Street. Plus party hosts The 15 Association, schmooze with The Exiles in the lounge, and vote for your Leather Contingent Parade Marshals.

Local makers, Bunker Gear Latex and Subtle Designs will be two of the vendors at this Sunday’s Kink n Shop, check out their clothes and toys, June 7, 12-4pm. Our friends from Leather Legends will have previously enjoyed leathers along with our own Gear Swap n Shop.

Team Goth will promote their AIDS Walk fundraising efforts at Sunday’s District Anniversary: Kink n Shop, June 7, 12 to 4pm. Sumiko Saulson’s Mauskaveli brand whimsical toys will be on display and available for sale. The 15 Association will be hosting a party on site! Gear Swap n Shop will be open!

At our District Anniversary: Kink n Shop this Sunday, get previously enjoyed leather and toys at affordable prices. Donations of your gear support our work and allow everyone in the community to afford to outfit themselves. See sfleatherdistrict.org/gear-swap-in... for what we can and can’t accept.

A Leather District event wouldn’t be the same without The Exiles at the party! They will be hosting a lounge area to talk about their work at the District Anniversary: Kink n Shop on Sunday, June 7, from 12-4 pm. Come sit and chat with them and learn what they will be up to in the coming months.

We are back again with @sfsisters.bsky.social for our annual JUNETEENTH BEER BUST & DADDY’S DAY CELEBRATION, a guaranteed unholy union of Leather and Drag! Come hang with us as we celebrate Black Liberation, and toast our Daddies!!! $20 - all you can drink beer and food #weareonyx

The 15 Association will be hosting an open party downstairs at the District Anniversary: Kink n Shop on Sunday, June 7, from 12-4 pm. Shop for gear and toys before heading down. Gear Swap n Shop will be open for previously owned gear and toys as well as other new and used local kinky vendors.

Vote for your favorite candidate for Leather Contingent Pride Marshal at our District Anniversary: Kink n Shop on Sunday, June 7, 12-4pm! Come for the voting, stay for the shopping! Check out the kinky gear at our Gear Swap n Shop and at the kinky vendors who are joining us.

Join us on Sunday, June 7, 12-4pm, for Kink n Shop, highlighting Gear Swap n Shop, plus other kinky vendors and a 15 Association party downstairs. We will be accepting donations of your gear that isn’t getting used or worn anymore. For guidelines, visit sfleatherdistrict.org/gear-swap-in...

Celebrate our 8th Anniversary with a Gear Swap n Shop and an open party. Sunday, June 7, noon - 4pm, at 1277 Mission St. The first 200 people receive a commemorative 8th Anniversary pin Cast your vote for the Leather Contingent’s Pride Parade Marshals Party downstairs by The 15 Association

It's World Goth Day! A shout-out to all our friends celebrating tonight at Cat Club SF and DNA Lounge!

(1/2) Celebrate our 8th Anniversary with a Gear Swap n Shop and an open dungeon as we kick off Pride Month. Sunday, June 7, noon - 4pm, at Stopgap, 1277 Mission St. The first 200 people receive a commemorative 8th Anniversary pin Cast your vote for the Leather Contingent’s Pride Parade Marshals

New Dates for the SOMA Origins: Bars, Bathhouses, & Bars Walking Tours. Saturday, June 20, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Sunday, July 12, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Saturday, August 15, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Saturday, September 19, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm The tours are free but registration at sflcd.org/walking is required.

LAST CALL! We only have a few slots left at tomorrow's Kink & Draw: Impact Play Edition. Only $5 to register at sflcd.org/kinkdraw. It's the only way you'll see what poses Sir Thomas and Jorge Bonfigli will choose!

We still have a few slots open for this Wednesday's Kink & Draw: Impact Play Edition, featuring guest models Sir Thomas and Jorge Bonfigli. The session is from 6 to 8 pm at the Folsom Street Community Center, 1286 Folsom Street. 18+ Only $5 to register at sflcd.org/kinkdraw

If you were unable to join us at Tuesday's Safety & Solidarity Forum, you can get a recap at sfleatherdistrict.org/safety-and-s... which includes links to Robert Costic's "ICE Community Response" and Darius Taylor's "Care, Consent, and Community" presentations.

Thank you to everyone who came out to the Safety & Solidarity Forum last evening. Next up is the Kink & Draw: Impact Play Edition Wednesday, May 13, from 6 to 8 pm, at the Folsom Street Community Center. Only $5 to register at sfleatherdistrict.org/kinkdraw. You can't beat that - or maybe you can.

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday May 5, for the Safety and Solidarity Forum at the Folsom Street Community Center (1286 Folsom Street) from 6 to 8 pm. Optional Cinco de Mayo Taco Tuesday social next door at Azucar Lounge following the program.