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This month’s newsletter includes:

• Board Meeting
• Golden Dildeaux Awards
• SOMA Second Saturdays
• Cultural District 5th Anniversary!
• Also on May 6th
• Membership
• Donations
• Stay in Touch

Board Meeting

The next meeting of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Board of Directors is scheduled for:

Wednesday, March 15, 2023
from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Join the Zoom meeting here.
Or call 1 408 638 0968 and enter Meeting ID: 847 8906 0820 Passcode: 972086

For questions, contact manager@sflcd.org. 
View:  the agenda, minutes of past Board meetings

Golden Dildeaux Awards

The Woodys are here!

• Attend the Golden Dildeaux Awards Launch Party!
  • At the SF Eagle Beer Bust
  • Sunday, March 12, 3 to 7 pm,
  • See who scored a coveted nomination!
  • Past winners, bring your awards for a special photo op!
  • Online voting begins at 5pm!
  • $15 Beer or Soda Bust, includes Food. $5 for food only.
  • Great raffle prizes, golden jello shots, new ByrdBeaks items, tail-wagging Service Pups.
  • Bring a friend!  Meet up on Bloom!
• Vote Early, Vote Often! 
  • Vote here, beginning at 5 pm on March 12, 2023
  • Voting remains open until 5 pm on April 20.
  • Each vote costs $1.
  • Proceeds benefit the PRC Emergency Financial Assistance fund.
  • Voting is unlimited!  Stuff the ballot box for your favorite candidates!
• Attend the Woodys! 
  • At the SF Eagle, Saturday, April 22, 6 to 8 pm.
  • The envelopes will be opened live, in person, and Woody Statuettes given to the winners!
  • Dress for the occasion!  Take pics and selfies on the Red Carpet!
• "What the heck are the Golden Dildeaux Awards?"

SOMA Second Saturdays!

• Our March SOMA Second Saturdays had to be cancelled, due to leaking from Thursday's storm at the Folsom Street Community Center.
• But in the Spring we return to the fresh air! 
  • 12th Street, between Folsom and Harrison
  • Saturday, April 8, 12:noon to 5 pm 
  • Artists!  Artisans!  Entertainment!
  • Erotic Storytelling -- Live and In Person!
  • Applicable COVID-19 precautions enforced. 
  • This is a smoke-free event.
  • Free!  Donations welcome. 
  • A joint project of the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District, Folsom Street, and the SOMA West Community Benefit District.  
  • Exhibitors and vendors, sign up here.
  • If you are interested in entertaining, or organizing activities, please contact Cal Callahan.
  • Repeats on the second Saturday of each month.  Mark your calendar!  

Celebrate the District's 5th Anniversary!

• Please join us at the LEATHER & LGBTQ Cultural District Fifth Anniversary Party! 
• At Folsom Street Foundry (1425 Folsom Street)
• On Saturday, May 6, 2023, from 6 to 10 pm
• With MCs Lance Holman and Alotta Boutté.
• It's free!

Also on May 6th

• Bare Chest Calendar Finals at DNA Lounge (375 Eleventh Street) (3 to 6 pm)
• Ms. SF Eagle Leather Contest at the SF Eagle (3 to 5 pm)
• Both events are within two blocks of our Anniversary Party, attend them all!
• Mark your calendar, and spend a kinky and queer afternoon and evening in the LEATHER District!

District Membership

• Join the Cultural District now! 
• Membership is $15 (dues waiver available for financial hardship).
• Your membership helps us know and promote your goals, and assures you can vote for our Board next August.   
• Click here to join or renew.
  • Do not share this link with others; it has been customized for you, and will expire in 7 days.  
• For assistance, please contact manager@sflcd.org.

Donations

• Help keep SOMA Kinky & Queer; Make a donation today! 
• Your gift helps keep our kinky places and spaces in SOMA, and supports community events, performances and public art.  
• Thanks!

Stay in Touch

• Tell your friends they can sign up to receive this newsletter at sflcd.org/signup.  
• Please use the social media links below to follow, repost, retweet, amplify, and share everything we do!      

Have you been nominated for a Golden Dildeaux Award?  Find out!