Petrelis Files

(Lamppost at United Nations Plaza.)

First Time: Leather Pride Flags on
SF Lampposts for Folsom Street Fair

The annual S/M and leather street party on Folsom Street marks its 25th year of giving sexual fetishists what they want with this year's event, happening more than a month away on September 28.

And maybe for the first time, city lampposts along a several-block area of Market Street, are festooned with the black & blue striped, with a red-heart, leather pride flags, blowing in the wind. They're spanking new and not faded, like the rainbow flags that adorn the street poles for pride events in June.

I asked Alex Randolph, Mayor Gavin Newsom's gay liaison, about the flags and this was his response:

As far as I was able to find out today this is the first year that Folsom
Street Fair has put up the lampposts. Hope this helps.

Click here for more info on the Folsom Street Fair. Warning! The link is for mature adults only and definitely not safe for viewing from your computer at work.

Here are some shots of the flags I took this week: