SAN FRANCISCO — Porn producer Kink.com has been told that it has to defend itself against lawsuits from actors who say they contracted HIV on set. Courthouse News reported that Atain Specialty Insurance Company sued Peter Acworth, CEO Kink.com, and his companies in November 2015. Atain claimed has no duty to cover litigation costs related to a rash…
SAN FRANCISCO — Activist Anthony Torres, known in San Francisco as Bubbles, was shot and killed in the city’s Tenderloin area this past weekend, local media reported. From SFGate.com: San Francisco activist, artist and DJ Anthony Torres, who was best known by his gender-nonconforming alter ego, Bubbles, was fatally shot early Saturday morning, according to…
SAN FRANCISCO – The Board of Directors of Folsom Street Events announced charitable giving in the amount of $322,666 on Tuesday. This takes the agency’s charitable donations to nearly $5.5 million since it first started. Demetri Moshoyannis, Executive Director, says, “2014 was a year of great change for Folsom Street Events, as the Folsom Street…
SAN FRANCISCO – It is time to select the next Leatherwomen who have the courage to represent us with a vision and show us the diversity of our leather community and announce the International Ms Leather (IMsL) 2014 Weekend! Twenty eight women have stood up and served their communities as International Ms Leather (IMsL). Another…
SAN FRANCISCO – Our friend Trystero, IMsL Historian and all around awesome person, shared this video of our own Bootblack Bella winning International Ms. Bootblack 2013 and Sarha winning International Ms. Leather 2013. Congratulations to both of you!
SAN FRANCISCO – In 1999, International Ms Leather owner Amy Marie Meek (owner 1995-2006; IMsL 1993) expanded the annual IMsL Weekend to include a new contest: International Ms Bootblack (IMsBB). At the time, it was the only international forum in which woman-identified individuals could demonstrate their bootblacking skills in order to compete for an international bootblacking…
SAN FRANCISCO – Want an incredible surprise wrapped up just in time for your holidays? We are rushing headlong into the holiday season and have a gift idea for you. Registration for International Ms Leather (IMsL) Weekend opens on December 1 and should be at the top of your shopping list! The April 18-21, 2013…
SAN FRANCISCO – Today, Folsom Street Events announced the dates for Folsom Street Fair for the next three years. In the early years of the fair (1984-1992), it was timed to coincide with the autumnal equinox; however, from 1993 on, the fair’s date came to be associated with the last Sunday in September. In 2012,…
SAN FRANCISCO – The Board of Directors of Folsom Street Events announced charitable giving in the amount of $324,030 today. Jacob Richards, Board President, says, “2012 was a good year for Folsom Street Events and our charities. We are enormously grateful to our sponsors, beneficiaries, beverage partners, and the leather/fetish community for the ongoing support.…
