Typically held on the last weekend in September, milquetoast sex and fetish fete Folsom Street Fair will move its date for the first time in 20 years. Next year's butt blowout will take place on Sunday, September 23. Why? Well, according to queer publication The Bay Area Reporter, it's because of Oracle OpenWorld. "Organizers opted to move the festival, which draws hundreds of thousands of people each year, to avoid a scheduling conflict with Oracle OpenWorld, which will run September 30 through October 4." more ›

SoMa's annual Folsom Street Fair was a wet one. Also, it rained. (Ha!) But seriously, folks, loads or sex fetish fans descended upon Folsom this weekend for their sex fetish fair. Even mayoral candidate Joanna Rees showed up to show off her legs. (Really, Joanna, you look amazing here.) So did Ross Mirkarimi, but sporting far too much clothing. Anyway, here are some photos from Sunday's slap-and-tickle festival. (It goes without saying, but some if not most of these photos are NSFW. You've been warned.) more ›

Folsom Street Fair brought out the sun and sleaze in grand form this year. Fleshy bits and pieces were out in full force at yesterday's annual ode leather and sexual fetish in SoMa. Here are some scenes from yesterday's bash. (It should go without say, but these images are NSFW. Please be cautious, curious ones.) more ›

You may not be into leather or the BDSM scene, but if you live in San Francisco you've probably breezed through Folsom Street Fair once or twice. Call it what you will, but it is the largest event of its kind in the world, and the third largest single-day outdoor event in California -- behind SF Gay Pride and maybe Long Beach Pride? (We think these numbers are hard to nail down, but suffice it to say the gays like to party outdoors.) more ›

Yesterday's Up Your Alley Fair is what the Folsom Street Fair used to be before all the tourists pushing baby strollers started showing up. More than 8,000 leather daddies -- and as many as perhaps a dozen biological women -- braved the cold fog wearing little more than a gimp mask and a smile to benefit PAWS, the AIDS Emergency Fund, and others. We tried to limit the amount of naked penis visible in these shots, but in that kind of environment there's only so much a photographer can do. The fully-lubed, unexpurgated photoset can be can be found at DJTennessee's flickr page, as well as a few over at Nature abhors a vacuum. more ›

Oh, San Francisco. You amuse us so. more ›