Last week San Francisco's SOMA district played host to over 400,000 leather enthusiasts and spectators at the 25th Annual Folsom Street Fair, a treasured and historic San Francisco tradition. Having grown out of a crucial need in the mid 1980s to create opportunities where the gay and leather community could connect to health services and vital information, fundraise, and generally enhance the visibility and power of the gay rights movement, this year's Folsom Street Fair not only celebrated 25 years of Leather and Fetish pride, but also 25 years of cultural education, political activism, and social revolution.  Read More

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