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• Upcoming 15 Association Events
• Message from the Chairman
• Party Committee
• Member News
• Other News and Events

Upcoming 15 Association Events

Get out and play with your brothers! Mark your calendars for these upcoming 15 Association Play (and other) Events:

• Sat Aug 23rd  4pm – 6pm — Sampler & Demos — Transform1060, 1060 Folsom St, SF, Advance Ticket Recommended. This event is free. People can attend who are NOT in The 15’s system, but they will still be required to sign a Release Form. There will be Demos, with demonstration Doms and subs, and Samplers, where attendees can sign up to experience different fetish activities.
• Sat Aug 23rd  6pm – 10pm (Doors Close: 9pm) — Pizza and Play Party — Transform1060, 1060 Folsom St, SF, Advance Ticket Recommended. This starts with a Pizza Party from 6–7pm, and then a Play Party from 7–10pm.
• Sat Sept 27th 6pm – Midnight (Doors Close: 10pm) — Folsom Play Party — Transform1060, 1060 Folsom St, SF, Advance Ticket Required, no ticket sales at the door.
• Sun Oct 12th  3pm – 7pm — SF Eagle Beer Bust  — 398 12th St, SF.
• Sat Oct 18th  6pm – 11pm (Doors Close: 9pm) — October Play Party  — Transform1060, 1060 Folsom St, SF, Advance Ticket Recommended.

For Advance Ticket Recommended events, tickets can be purchased in advance on the website, but can also be obtained at the door if they are still available (however the only payment allowed is credit/debit card, i.e. no cash).

The Calendar on our website is more current than the Inquisitor.

Message from the Chairman

Brothers, Having finished my first month as your chairman I have to say the learning curve is a bit steeper than I expected and I know now that I can not succeed without the support and compassion of the rest of the fraternal committee. The executive committee is doing all the heavy lifting at the moment as well as walking their new chairman through his various responsibilities, often repeatedly. My gratitude is yours. Everyone that attended the Dore Alley play party, member or guest, was a part of an unforgettable event. It is my hope that each and every one of them found a connection. Our party committee certainly put forward every effort to make that possible. A special shoutout to everyone that gave their time as a host or house top. Last Sunday’s street fair surpassed all my expectations. It was filled with more, and more intense, play than I recall seeing in years and we were treated to some truly spectacular scenes. I was glad to share the space with our trans-masc brothers of Phoenix Club. It was great to meet you guys. Once again our house tops were tireless in their...community outreach. I don’t know where some of you find the energy; Tom, Bill, Louie & Matt come to mind, but I know I must be forgetting more than one of you. Please accept my heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed to the weekend’s events—whether in planning, executing, volunteering, or simply dropping by to play. Your Chairman, Rob Callbeck “It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” — Marcus Aurelius

Party Committee

New to Kink? Samplers, Pizza & Play Party, Saturday, Aug. 23

If you’ve always wanted to try something, but were afraid to ask – our August Party will be for you!!! August is usually one of our smaller parties, which gives us an opportunity to try something different. So we’re going to implement the “Sampler & Play” party we’ve been wanting to offer. From 4 – 6pm, we will offer 15-minute samples of different styles of play that our club offers, especially “entry-level” play like bondage, flogging, spanking, edging, electro, and other beginner play. This prelude to the play party will be FREE ADMISSION and open to anyone who is eligible for our parties. Please RSVP by getting a “free ticket” on our website, to help us know how many to prepare for. We’ll also ask you to sign a very simple liability release form at the door. Invite your friends; Everyone can stop by.

From 6pm until 10pm, we will have a regular Play Party – for which you do need to buy a ticket. We’ll provide pizza, so you don’t have to run out for dinner. For first-time guests, who get excited by the samplers and want more, and who aren’t in our database system yet, we will have volunteers standing by to help you enter your contact info.

Lastly, you may have noticed a new feature at our party last month: Hosts — with sexy sashes or flashing name badges on. We will have hosts at every party to answer questions and help out those new to our parties. See you at the party this month!

Other News and Events

Other Events of interest to Members

• 2nd and 4th Thur of the month April – October — 5pm – 9pm — SOMA Nights, Folsom St between 6th and 10th St, SF

Mr. SF Bear Weekend mr-sf-bear.com (All events at the SF Eagle except for Friday)

• Thu Aug 14 — 8pm – 9pm — Opening Flag Raising and Fabulous Feud
• Fri Aug 15 — 6pm – 9pm — Meet & Greet, Powerhouse
• Sat Aug 15 — 1pm – 3:30pm — SF Gaymer Day
• Sat Aug 16 — 4pm  — Mr. SF Bear 2026 Contest
• Sun Aug 17 — 3pm – 7pm — Mr SF Bear Victory Party and SF Eagle Beer Bust

Other Events:

• Sat Sep 21 — 11am – 3pm — LeatherWalk,Powerhouse
• Sun Sep 28 — 11am – 5pm — Folsom Street Fair
• Sat Oct 18 — Noon– 6pm — Bearrison Street Fair, 11th and Harrison St, SF www.bearrison.org
• Thu Oct 30 – Sun Nov 2 — PS Leather Pride, PSLOD host Gods of Leather www.pslod.org/leatherpride

In and around Portland Oregon:

• Sat August 16 — 6pm — PDX Men’s Party, The Dragon’s Den, 3103 NE 136th Avenue, Vancouver, WA 98682. Voice 360-408-9404 www.pdxdungeonparty.net info@pdxdungeonparty.net
  Don Blair and Gary Meyer are hosting the PDX Dungeon Men’s Party on the third Saturday of each month. A great place to practice the fine gentlemanly arts of BDSM in a safe place, where you can explore and enjoy. Please register in advance to attend the party. They also host the “Fist Friday&rdqou; September 5 and December 5.

Sober Leathermen – Find Recovery at Leather Events

The soberleathermen.org website was born out of the desire to connect people to sobriety at leather events. While the focus is on gay leathermen, we hope that people of all gender identities will find the website helpful when navigating sobriety in leather spaces.

This website is not affiliated with any event, meeting, or fellowship.

Leather 12 Step Recovery

For those who are in recovery from addiction, there is a Zoom Leather Recovery group that meets several times a week. Not affiliated with AA/NA/Al-Anon and established over the pandemic, it is an open 12-step meeting for those who are in our community and wish to meet with and be supported by like-minded individuals who understand their kink & fetish interests and how those can interact with recovery.

To inquire, email zoomleatherrecovery@gmail.com for more information.

The group meets on:
Monday @ 5:30pm
Tuesday & Thursday @ 6pm
Sunday @ 10am

Safeword Press

A new publisher, Safeword Press, is dedicated to re-publishing the works of authors in the Leather community who first published their books decades ago. They currently offer the book “Run, Little Leather Boy” by Larry Townsend. Next on their agenda is to re-publish other works by Larry Townsend, followed by other authors soon. www.safeword-press.com

Veterans Leather Alliance

There is a new organization dedicated to serving the needs of Veterans who are also in the Leather community. They can be found on Facebook and Instagram.

Patreons

Transform1060! Check out the website www.Transform1060.org for donation opportunities and description of the facility.

The Leather Journal — NOW back to paper print! Still recording our history and the greater Leather, Kink and Fetish community for over 35 years!
https://www.patreon.com/theleatherjournal
https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-the-leather-journal-going

Got News? We want it!

Do you have News or Events our members would have interest in or enjoy outside the Dungeon?! Whether you are producing an event or just attending one others may not be aware and wish to participate. Our Community has much to offer and a variety of tastes so don’t hesitate to e-mail by the 25th of the month for publication in the following month’s issue. Inquisitor editor: Tyler Fong tazpuppy15@gmail.com.