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• Upcoming 15 Association Events
• Message from the Chairman
• Events Committee
• Bootcamp XXXVI
• Member News
• Other 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 May 16th  5pm – 11pm (Doors Close: 9pm) — Flash! A Photography and Play Party  — StopGap, 1277 Mission St, SF (At 9th Street) Advance Ticket Recommended.
• June 19th – 24th — Bootcamp XXXVI — Saratoga Springs. Advance Registration Required.
• Sat July 25th 6pm – Midnight (Doors Close: 10pm) — Dore Play Party — Paradox, 1310 Mission St, SF, Advance Ticket Required.
• Sun July 26th 11am – 5pm — Dore Outdoor Dungeon

For Advance Ticket Required events, tickets must be purchased in advance, and will NOT be available at the door.

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

I would like to thank Rob Callbeck again, for steering our club through some rough seas over the last year. Changing our dungeon is not an easy task. I would also like to thank Christopher Wood and his crew at Transform1060 for their years of keeping a beloved San Francisco space open for the broader kink community. I wish them well on their continued journey. As your new Chairman (at least coming out of retirement), my goals for this year are to stabilize all of the gains we have made. I will be working to ensure that our parties continue to be welcoming, fun, sexy, and financially secure. I will also be working on developing upcoming leadership for our club. We need fresh perspectives, and new energy as we continue to grow and evolve. I also want to continue to play hard, enjoy myself, and get to know all of you. You are the reason I put in the work. I want to hear your ideas, hopes, and fears. Leadership should be a reflection of us all. In June, we have the opportunity to have a mini street fair booth. On Sunday June 7th from noon-3pm, there is the Cultural District Ringold Block Party in Ringold Alley. We will have a booth with crosses and a place for us all to meet up. We will need a few volunteers to help out with our play booth. The party will have food vendors, drinks, and shopping. As well, voting for the Leather Marshalls for the Leather Pride parade contingent will happen at the party. Rumor has it that one of our own is nominated to help lead our community contingent. Eric See Chairman

Events Committee

Saturday May 16th will be our “FLASH” Party

5 to 11 p.m., Doors Close: 9pm.

Note: Venue Changed to Stopgap, 1277 Misson St, near 9th Street

It’s time for the only party in the year in which we allow, indeed encourage, you to take photos of each other — or ask Jovon, the same fantastic kinky professional we hired last year, to capture you in the act of playing or posing in your favorite fetish gear. Enhance your Recon profile, or stick them in your private scrapbook. If you attended “Flash” last year, you know what fantastic images Jovon creates.

Remember, all photos need the consent of everyone who’s in the frame. Photos taken by Jovon will be for you and your play partner only! Neither the club nor the photographer will keep any photos. Camera shy? You can signal you want to play without being photographed — by simply wearing one of our provided white armbands.

We’re moving this party to the Stopgap venue (so that Onyx can hold their party at Paradox), and because the dungeon ambiance, range of lighting choices, and larger space of Stopgap will actually work better for our collective desires to snap some very hot pix of our hottest scenes.

And lastly, we will need volunteers to make this party happen. Please sign up for Set-up (two hours), Coat Check, Dungeon Monitor, or Tear-down shifts (one hour).

Dress up or strip down! Strut your stuff. Be a Dom or sub; Smile, Smirk, Squirm, or Squeal in front of the cameras.

We look forward to see what you come up with — on May 16th, from 5 to 11 pm. Doors Close: 9pm.

— Eric and Feather, your 15 Party Co-Chairs

Bootcamp XXXVI

“THREE DAY MINI-RUN OPTION”

Want to attend Boot Camp but can't get a lot of time off work? Or just need to try it out before making the full commitment of time and money?

On May 1st Registration opens for a 3-Day Mini Run. Members and Guests (who must be sponsored by a Member who is attending Boot Camp) will be welcome to come up Friday, June 19th (Registration starts at 2:00 p.m.) and stay until Monday, June 22 at noon. Only Bunk Bed and Camping are available for this option.

We hope to see you there!

Jeff Garner and Mike Walker
Boot Camp Committee Co-Chairmen

Member News

Esprit de Corps 2026

A number of our brothers had a lot of kinky fun attending Esprit de Corps hosted by the Discipline Corps of Dallas, TX this March. The DC men were incredibly hospitable and lots of fun to play with! Thanks for hosting a great event and for giving us a big Texas welcome, guys!

2026 Golden Dildeaux Awards – Winners – Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District

Congratulations to the winners and nominees this year! The Leather and LGBTQ+ Cultural District raised $20,890. Members of The 15 Association got top votes on several categories.

Daniel Barnes, Sir Thomas Bonfigli, Xander Boy Bootblack, Ricardo Carrillo, Daddy Gauge, Marc (Pony) Owens, Eric See, Sir Jim Stokes and Jimmy Weir.

All the winners can be found at sfleatherdistrict.org

Race Bannon (Honorary) announced as Leather Hall of Fame inductee!

Other Events

Sat June 6th — 1pm – 3pm — Leather Cultural Dist Town Hall, Folsom Community Center, 1286 Folsom St, SF, CA. www.SFLCD.org

Sun June 7th — 12 Noon – 3pm — Leather Cultural Dist Ringold Alley Block Party, www.SFLCD.org

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

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.