The Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District, created by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 2018, is 22 city blocks in the South of Market neighborhood that have been home to numerous leather and kink venues since the 1960s.
I'm often asked what the leather in our name means. It's a shorthand term that encompasses an ever-expanding subculture of erotic self-expression and sex that is enjoyed by all genders, orientations, and identities, and includes everything from wearing fetish attire to engaging in exotic, kinky activities.
After a delay last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District is excited that San Francisco's annual weeklong celebration of leather culture is here.