{"id":14317,"date":"2022-09-19T09:46:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T09:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/?p=14317"},"modified":"2022-11-30T10:13:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T10:13:26","slug":"history-of-folsom-street-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/history-of-folsom-street-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legendary History of San Francisco\u2019s Folsom Street Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14317\" class=\"elementor elementor-14317\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55e5f21 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"55e5f21\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a515511 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a515511\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Legendary History of San Francisco\u2019s Folsom Street Fair<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e17c8b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e17c8b1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3ac0d13\" data-id=\"3ac0d13\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b31437 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b31437\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitty Stryker<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-426eca6 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"426eca6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4742173 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4742173\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folstrom-ART-1024x400.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folstrom-ART-1024x400.png 1024w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folstrom-ART-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folstrom-ART-768x300.png 768w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folstrom-ART.png 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a13e944 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a13e944\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c424b2\" data-id=\"1c424b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7088b81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7088b81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clips4sale.com\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VM-NEW-YES.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d3c8c e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"d5d3c8c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5094f5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5094f5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At first, when you step off the train in San Francisco to go to the world\u2019s largest leather event, you may feel a little awkward and out of place in your leather corset or your chaps and harness. You may notice a few curious glances from tourists from out of town, along with a couple of knowing grins. But once you begin the walk from Market Street down to the intersection of 9th and Folsom, you will see them emerging from buses, cars, and apartments &#8211; people in leather uniforms, people dressed up as latex ponies, people in neat suits with a leather harness flashing over a pressed shirt, people in booty shorts and a vest. Suddenly you will be in a flood of joyous leather folks and kinksters, all gathering on the last Sunday in September to celebrate the infamous, historical <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.folsomstreet.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Folsom Street Fair<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Folsom Street Fair has existed as long as I\u2019ve been alive &#8211; 38 years and counting. It is the leather biker cap at the end of Leather Pride Week, which begins a week before with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sfleatherdistrict.org\/lw\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LeatherWalk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a sort of combination leather pride parade\/fundraising walk that stops off at multiple famous watering holes with ties to the leather community. Folsom Street Fair attracts hundreds of thousands of people from around the world, and is the third biggest street event in California; pretty wild for a subculture long considered fringe. So, how did we get here, from a niche within a niche to one of the most popular events in San Francisco.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1b3a48 e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"b1b3a48\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-173e2bc e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"173e2bc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb84da3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bb84da3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Streetstyle_-_Folsom_Street_Fair-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Streetstyle_-_Folsom_Street_Fair-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Streetstyle_-_Folsom_Street_Fair-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Streetstyle_-_Folsom_Street_Fair-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Streetstyle_-_Folsom_Street_Fair-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Streetstyle_-_Folsom_Street_Fair.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2918cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2918cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Just another day at the Folsom Street East Festival. Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/istolethetv\/42838988652\/\">istolethetv<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-306fa0b e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"306fa0b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ef80ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1ef80ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/We_wear_pink_-_Folsom_Street_Fair_2018-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/We_wear_pink_-_Folsom_Street_Fair_2018-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/We_wear_pink_-_Folsom_Street_Fair_2018-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/We_wear_pink_-_Folsom_Street_Fair_2018-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/We_wear_pink_-_Folsom_Street_Fair_2018-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/We_wear_pink_-_Folsom_Street_Fair_2018.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06a1a85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06a1a85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A couple of fellas wearing pink at Folsom Street East 2018. Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/istolethetv\/42838988652\/\">istolethetv<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3935332 e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"3935332\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c1d903 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"9c1d903\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d35635 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d35635\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_scale_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_scale_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_scale_direction&quot;:&quot;out-in&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_scale_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:20,&quot;end&quot;:80}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Folsom Street Fair Etiquette:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ac9513 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"0ac9513\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa86855 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aa86855\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/folsom-street-fair-etiquette%20\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"78\" src=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hand-300x78.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hand-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hand-768x200.png 768w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/hand.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc93d2d e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"cc93d2d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b42889 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b42889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/folsom-street-fair-etiquette\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5 Essential Tips<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5a2dcc e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"b5a2dcc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76e0b28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76e0b28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Folsom Street Fair: The Early Years<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, it\u2019s important to understand why South of Market, or SoMa, is considered the leather district in San Francisco. From the 1960s to the early 1980s, more than 30 gay leather bars, bathhouses, and sex clubs thrived in the area, nicknamed the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foundsf.org\/index.php?title=Folsom_Street:_The_Miracle_Mile\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Folsom \u201cMiracle Mile\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was, by many accounts, a horny gay paradise, particularly for those gay men who didn\u2019t feel the effeminate stereotype of homosexuality fit them. San Francisco\u2019s SoMa offered another possibility, one which got national attention in 1964, when <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Life<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> magazine <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thornyc.livejournal.com\/483766.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published an article about homosexuality in America<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Alongside the article was a photo featuring a mural on the side of the Tool Box, San Francisco\u2019s first leather bar in the SoMa neighborhood. The mural, by local artist Chuck Arnett, was a black and white image of men in black jackets with chiseled jawlines. It was a siren call to gay men across the United States, who saw themselves reflected, many of the first time. While the Castro was the hotspot for gay politics, it was SoMa that was its throbbing libido.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to all that, it may surprise you to know that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.folsomstreet.org\/history\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the first Folsom Street Fair was more of an anti-gentrification effort than it was a leather event<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Called \u201cMegahood,\u201d it was organized by Kathleen Connell and Michael Valerio, two gay neighborhood activists who were generally more focused on fighting City Hall\u2019s attempts to crack down on SoMa\u2019s leather community in order to gentrify it. Valerio and Connell came together initially as part of the South of Market Alliance, speaking on behalf of affordable housing and community-driven economic development, instead of flooding the neighborhood with high-rise towers. The two realized that what they needed to bring the gay community together to protect SoMa was something that would unite pleasure and politics, much like local politician Harvey Milk had done with the Castro Street Fair.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so, in 1984, Megahood was born. It looked very different from Folsom Street Fair today &#8211; in fact, only 3 leather-aligned organizations were present, with local artists selling their wares, musicians playing for the crowds, and 200 classic cars on display. The goal was to show that the Folsom area was not a blighted, abandoned neighborhood in need of revitalization, but rather an already vibrant and diverse community of people. It was an immediate success, raising money for charity, and for the first few years, it would double in size, then double in size again as word got out.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But while this was going on, so was the slow onslaught of AIDS, leaving devastation in its wake. The leather community was fundraising in every way they could to help support the AIDS Emergency Fund, Project Open Hand, AIDS hospices, and other community responses. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of people, mostly gay men, were dying of AIDS, while states debated whether or not to quarantine and isolate them from the rest of the community. SF politicians casually discussed how it would impact local politics if this \u201cgay cancer\u201d wiped all the homosexuals from the map. Citing public health concerns, gay bars and bathhouses were being shuttered by local governments. It seemed like all the political power that LGBTQ+ folks had managed to fight for was at risk of disappearing when it was most needed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65e9489 e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"65e9489\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4024a4d e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"4024a4d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00cf378 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"00cf378\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_Street_Fair_San_Francisco_2017_17-576x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_Street_Fair_San_Francisco_2017_17-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_Street_Fair_San_Francisco_2017_17-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_Street_Fair_San_Francisco_2017_17-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_Street_Fair_San_Francisco_2017_17-864x1536.jpeg 864w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_Street_Fair_San_Francisco_2017_17-1152x2048.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_Street_Fair_San_Francisco_2017_17-scaled.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ae0f03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ae0f03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"firstHeading\" class=\"firstHeading mw-first-heading\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">Folsom Street Fair San Francisco 2017. Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tomhilton\/37074526750\/\">Tom Hilton<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3337d85 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"3337d85\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aff2af5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aff2af5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/All_ears_-_Folsom_Street_Fair-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/All_ears_-_Folsom_Street_Fair-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/All_ears_-_Folsom_Street_Fair-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/All_ears_-_Folsom_Street_Fair-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/All_ears_-_Folsom_Street_Fair-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/All_ears_-_Folsom_Street_Fair.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-879fc83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"879fc83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A pair of pups at the Folsom Street East Festival. Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/istolethetv\/42838988652\/\">istolethetv<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c50951 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"5c50951\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04794ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04794ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Folsom Goes Leather<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1988, the leather community took the leash, turning the event into a celebration called Leather Pride Weekend. Leather title events, where men competed to be named Mr. SF Leather or Mr. Drummer (after the American leather magazine), became part of the lead-up to the community street fair. Set against the grim reality of death and grief, the leather community\u2019s fundraising efforts, safer sex advocacy, and determination to maintain a symbol of community joy had some stumbles, but they managed to hold on tight and continue to raise much-needed funds for AIDS care. And in 1991, the scrappy street festival became named the Folsom Street Fair.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mid-90s dealt with more struggles as multiple events competed on dates, splitting the dwindling gay community between Pride events, the Castro Street Fair, and another smaller leather event called Up Your Alley. Eventually, they collaborated and became consistent, turning each event into a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brokeassstuart.com\/2014\/09\/19\/the-down-and-dirty-history-of-the-folsom-street-fair\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bigger tourist destination for gay men who were finally finding hope in living again<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The technology boom in the Bay Area saw gay men making more money than before, while the advances in medicine also meant that AIDS was becoming less of an immediate death sentence. As the dollars flooded in, SF City Hall began to see the value in the annual leather festival. Big sponsors began to sign up for Folsom Street Fair, like beer companies and airlines, which made local politicians even happier to look the other way when the end of September arrived. Porn companies focused on leather sex rubbed shoulders with major hotel chains without too much strain, and there were many years of pervy peace for that Sunday in September.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4942aee e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"4942aee\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e7aa7a e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"3e7aa7a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2318a2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2318a2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_Street_Fair_San_Francisco_2017_01-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_Street_Fair_San_Francisco_2017_01-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_Street_Fair_San_Francisco_2017_01-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_Street_Fair_San_Francisco_2017_01-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_Street_Fair_San_Francisco_2017_01-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_Street_Fair_San_Francisco_2017_01.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c578cfb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c578cfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sdms-quick-view__title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Folsom Street Fair San Francisco 2017. <span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tomhilton\/37074526750\/\">Tom Hilton<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ed2d5d e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"0ed2d5d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-539a873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"539a873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"931\" src=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_street_fair_san_francisco_2012_8024491100-880x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_street_fair_san_francisco_2012_8024491100-880x1024.jpeg 880w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_street_fair_san_francisco_2012_8024491100-258x300.jpeg 258w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_street_fair_san_francisco_2012_8024491100-768x894.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Folsom_street_fair_san_francisco_2012_8024491100.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ac08b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ac08b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">Folsom street fair, san francisco (2012). <\/span><span class=\"mw-page-title-main\">Photo credit: <\/span><a class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/32029534@N00\" rel=\"nofollow\">torbakhoppe<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49cece7 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"49cece7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a74a783 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a74a783\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Folsom\u2019s Visibility: A Blessing and a Curse?<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As word spread and mainstream society became more curious and less skittish about homosexuality, other kinds of tourists began to check out not only Pride parties in major cities but also events like Folsom Street Fair. People took pictures, often without asking, and showed them off online, which got shared by people who were intrigued or shocked. The local police got photos sent to them of nudity, masturbation, and public sex, with demands to know why this was being allowed. As of 2009, I had definitely seen the beginning signs of a police crackdown on kinky activity on the streets of the Folsom Street Fair, as the cops began to enforce the rules themselves rather than leaving it to the more laissez-faire attitude of the organizers. While originally, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/bayarea\/article\/Folsom-Street-Fair-less-kinky-more-corporate-4851461.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">many Folsom Street Fair vendors were members of the community<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and often fundraised via cheeky erotic displays, organizers have had to stomp much of that out in order to get their permits from the city. Visibility is truly a double-edged sword.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some in the leather and queer communities feel pushed out of their own space by those straight tourists who treat the Fair with the respect and subtlety of a bachelorette party at a gay bar. I know I\u2019ve felt weirdly put on display by khaki-clad men with cameras who steal photos and vanish into the crowd, never even meeting my eyes. It\u2019s a far cry from when I first began going, and I\u2019ve certainly felt exhausted and on edge defending my body and image from those who don\u2019t ask consent. Have the glory days of Folsom Street Fair already passed us by?\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would actually say no, that in fact, we need Folsom today as much as we ever did. Debates are constantly raging about whether or not it is indecent to be gay in public and in what ways gayness is deemed \u201cacceptable\u201d, even now, in this the year of our Lord 2022. These conversations about obscenity and perversion and queer sexual joy are still incredibly important battles that we have not won, not yet.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Folsom Street Fair is a symbol of the leather community standing tall against city officials, against AIDS, against community despair, to say no to those that seek to sterilize our behavior.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its endurance shows that we do not have to concede to respectability politics to have a voice that still *matters*.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you go to Folsom, whether it\u2019s your first time or your 38th, whether you\u2019re LGBTQ+ or straight, tread those streets with acknowledgment of how hard-won they are.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Remember the leather boots that trod before you, fighting alongside battles against gentrification, refusing to be \u201ccleaned up\u201d. Participate in the event by lending a hand or volunteering some time, and consider that you are part of a proud lineage of mutual aid and leather community.\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/zippermagazine.com\/folsom-street-fair-etiquette\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Know your etiquette<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as your history, and you\u2019ll be welcomed with open arms at Folsom, to explore and express yourself alongside the rest of us joyful deviants<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f68bb6c e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"f68bb6c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07a6c00 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"07a6c00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kitty Stryker at Folsom Street Fair 2016<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11c8910 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11c8910\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/officiallykittystryker\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitty Stryker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been working on defining and cultivating consent culture for over 10 years through her <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kittystryker.medium.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">writing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/consentculture.com\/workshops\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">workshops<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/consentculture.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She\u2019s the editor of \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thorntreepress.com\/ask\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask: Building Consent Culture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c, and is especially interested in bringing conversations about consent out of the bedroom into everyday life. Kitty is <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/kittystryker\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">currently working on a second book<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> through Thorntree Press, \u201cAsk Yourself: The Consent Culture Workbook\u201d. She also works as a street medic for direct actions, plays Dungeons and Dragons, and cares for her two cats. 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