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San Francisco's historic Leather District lived up to its name today with the 40th edition of the Folsom Street Fair.

A leather dragon. A viking with horns. A man in a multicolor diaper. At the Folsom Street Fair on Sunday, all flavors of kink raised their hands in attendance.

Police are investigating a report of a hate crime Saturday night outside a restaurant in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood after a pair of New York tourists said they were pepper-sprayed after the city's leather-clad Folsom Street Fair. At about 7:30 p.m., Neil Frias and Jeff White, both visiting from New York for the annual fair, billed as the "world's largest leather event," were at a McDonald's restaurant near Golden Gate Avenue and Fillmore Street. They were ordering food when two suspects rushed them, uttering homophobic slurs. Frias told the San Francisco Chronicle that one of the men told them...

. . . Sex tent: San Francisco mayoral candidate Bevan Dufty has landed smack in the middle of a touchy neighborhood problem - public sex at the Folsom Street Fair. For years, the annual outdoor bacchanal was a feast of fetishes and public fellatio. But that may be changing.According to the Bay Area Reporter, two people went up to a couple of cops during July's Up Your Alley Fair (the little brother of the Folsom Street bash) and complained about the public sex going on in plain sight. The cops explained that this was San Francisco and that the...

They held the world's biggest celebration of leather, bondage and sexual fetish in San Francisco on Sunday, and due to the event's interactive nature, many people are now walking gingerly. "Enough is enough," said Lowell Clark, pulling up his blue jeans after emerging from one of dozens of spanking booths at the 25th Folsom Street Fair. Clark, a 30-year-old San Francisco waiter, conceded he was a novice at the booths, where men and women in search of stimulation were struck with whips, paddles or bare hands. Clark was last spanked at the age of 6 at the hands of his...

Nude men engaged in multiple instances of public sex on a municipal street while police officers, on foot and bicycle, congregated nearby making no attempt to enforce public indecency regulations, according to a report on the latest homosexual-fest in San Francisco. The behavior was documented in photographs of an event called "Up Your Alley," which is sponsored by the same group that organizes the city's fall "gay"-fest, the Folsom Street Fair, on which WND has reported. "Consider how liberal government authorities like Mayor [Gavin] Newsom have corrupted the men in blue by stipulating that police not prosecute public nudity and...

Responding to pressure from Christian groups, the Miller Brewing Co. is asking organizers of a "gay" street celebration in San Francisco to remove its logo from a promotional poster portraying Jesus Christ and his disciples as "half-naked homosexual sadomasochists." As WND reported, the poster for the Folsom Street Fair replaces the bread and wine representing Christ's blood and body with sadomasochistic sex toys. In a statement on its website, Miller said while it has "supported the Folsom Street Fair for several years, we take exception to the poster the organizing committee developed this year." "We understand some individuals may find...

Miller Lite-approved: Toddlers at the Folsom Street Fair By Michelle Malkin • October 1, 2007 03:37 PM It’s not just 17-year-olds who were welcome at the Folsom Street Fair leather/bondage orgy. Check out the photos of two-year-old twin toddlers in attendance at the 2005 fair. (Hat tip - LGF commenters) Look. At. The. Children’s. Clothes. One is wearing a leather-studded harness. Via the Xpress Online: