San Francisco Bay Area Leather AlliancE
The San Francisco Bay Area Leather Alliance is committed to creating a welcome and supportive environment for members of the SF Bay Area leather, fetish, kink, and motorcycling communities. We seek to facilitate community members in safely learning, growing, connecting, honoring, and enjoying each other.
LETTER TO OUR COMMUNITY
Dear Members of the Community,
The San Francisco Bay Area Leather Alliance has been serving this community for over 40 years, providing grants to injured and ill members of our community, producing the Mr. San Francisco Leather contest, running Leather Alley at Pride, and building connections between leather organizations in our area.
But we have been lax in our responsibility, in particular our failure to keep our State of California non-profit charitable giving paperwork current. This oversight has persisted for the past four years. We take full responsibility for the oversight, and we sincerely apologize for any concern or disruption this has caused within our community.
Considering this situation, we are taking action to ensure our organization becomes financially stable and legally compliant. We have engaged a consultant to assist us in getting all necessary State paperwork completed, and we want to reassure you that we still maintain our Federal nonprofit status.
Until this issue is resolved, we are going to have SOMArts as our fiscal sponsor. This will ensure that we are operating under the umbrella of a non-profit organization that is in full compliance with the state of California. Their sponsorship will continue until our own status with the state is up to date. We believe this is the responsible course of action to restore trust and transparency in our operations.
As we work towards fiscal solvency, the Mr. San Francisco Leather event will continue as planned.
We deeply regret the impact our mismanagement has had on your trust in us. We are committed to rectifying this situation and will keep you informed of our progress.
Thank you for your understanding and support as we work through these challenges. Please have patience with us as we navigate this situation. Reach out to us if you have any questions or input.
Sincerely,
The Board of Directors of the San Francisco Bay Area Leather Alliance
Al Rahm, President
Deborah Hoffman-Wade, Treasurer
Rio Spooner, Secretary
Monthly Meetings
Our Board of Directors meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month, at 7:00pm, via Zoom. Guests are welcome. You do not have to be a board member or a member of the organizations to attend and/or get involved.
Our Grant Program
One of the primary functions of the San Francisco Bay Area Leather Alliance is to support our grant program. The Alliance and its predecessor groups have provided grants to individuals within our communities since the 1970′s who are in serious financial distress due to an accident, serious illness, or death.
Our Events
Leather Alley
June 29 & 30, 2024
SF Pride Festival
Leather Alliance Weekend
San Francisco, CA
Volunteer Appreciation & Community Awards
January 2023
Our Organizations
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SF girls Of Leather
We are a group of self-identified Leathergirls. Membership is not limited by race, creed, orientation or gender; however, self-identification as a Leathergirl is essential. A girl-heart is an individual self-identity. San Francisco girls of Leather is a unique and powerful group of individuals — our solidarity and commonality is found in our understanding that the definition of Leathergirl involves who you are and not just how you play.
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Folsom Street
Folsom Street is committed to cultivating a safe, open, and inclusive environment for the kink, leather, and alternative sexuality communities while centering equity for BIPOC and LGBTQA2I+ people in our work. We are rooted historically in the fight against gentrification and displacement both here in San Francisco, on unceded Ohlone land, and worldwide. We unite, strengthen, and affirm the community through support, resources, education, advocacy, visibility, and celebration by centering and uplifting marginalized voices. We are dedicated to sexual liberation and the right to pleasure as a crucial part of the whole liberation movement.
Folsom Street is an explicitly anti-racist organization and we are committed to decolonizing our practices. We welcome feedback and guidance from our communities.
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Society of Janus
The Society of Janus is a San Francisco-based support and education organization for people interested in learning about BDSM. We provide an opportunity to meet others with similar interests in a safe, relaxed atmosphere with only one cardinal rule: All BDSM activities can and should be safe, consensual, and non-exploitative.