Bay Area Reporter :: Leather-kink News

Bearrison Street Fair - Folsom's 'cousin' celebrates body positivity

October 3, 2023 | by David-Elijah Nahmod

The third annual Bearrison Street Fair, which takes place on October 14 inside the Leather and LGBTQ Cultural District in SoMa, is sometimes dubbed "a fair for every bear."

Formal wear, Folsom style, hits the fair

by BAR staff
Sep 27, 2023

The 40th annual Folsom Street Fair unleashed plenty of leather and kink in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood.

B.A.R.'s Bestie balloting begins

by Cynthia Laird
Sep 25, 2023

It's time for Bay Area Reporter readers to cast their ballots for the LGBTQ newspaper's annual Best of the Bay contest.

Folsom Street welcomes the world for 40th fair

by John Ferrannini
Sep 20, 2023

The 40th annual Folsom Street Fair is bringing leatherfolk and kinksters to San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood from around the world Sunday, September 24.

DJ Tom Stephan aka SuperChumbo

by Gregg Shapiro
Sep 19, 2023

Also known as Superchumbo, Tom Stephan has DJed countless clubs, festivals, and parties, and includes to be one of the hardest-working DJs behind the decks. He'll play at Matinee Pervert at The Midway on September 23.

Making a point at Up Your Alley

by BAR staff
Aug 2, 2023

A dancer makes their point at the Up Your Alley street fair held July 30 in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood.

SF leather district board member resigns over tweets

by Cynthia Laird
Jul 20, 2023

A member of the San Francisco Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District board resigned Thursday, a couple of weeks after he posted tweets that some viewed as racist and anti-trans.

15 Association celebrates anniversary

by BAR staff
Mar 1, 2023

The 15 Association, a fraternity for men who engage in BDSM, held its 43rd anniversary dinner last weekend.

Streaking through history: New Yorker article tells of Robert Opel

by Jim Provenzano
Feb 6, 2023

Robert Opel, the famed "Oscar streaker," was also a gay gallery owner, nudism activist, and freelance photographer whose life and death are the subject of an expansive essay by Michael Schulman in the February 6 issue of The New Yorker magazine.

Moody blues: Stephan Ferris' 'Blue Movie: Scenes from the Life of a Sexual Outlaw'

by Jim Piechota
Oct 14, 2022

Former gay porn actor Stephan Ferris's debut memoir that chronicles his life in 77 unflinching and graphically depicted scenes. Ferris (aka Blue Bailey) considers the experiences that shaped his early years as "dangerous and potentially deadly."

Additional sites eyed for SF leather history walk plaques

by Matthew S. Bajko
Oct 3, 2022

An additional 46 historic sites throughout San Francisco's South of Market district are being eyed for inclusion in what has been dubbed the Leather History Cruise.

Welcome crowds return to Folsom

by BAR staff
Sep 28, 2022

After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID pandemic, the leather- and kick-themed Folsom Street Fair returned to San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood in all its glory Sunday, September 25.

Folsom Street Fair 2022

by photo by Steven Underhill
Sep 26, 2022

Kink in all its glory hit the South of Market streets for the annual Folsom Street Fair on Sept. 25. Attendees dressed in leather, rubber, fetish gear, drag —and for some not dressed in much at all— enjoyed strutting their kinky garb.