san diego community events
SAN DIEGO LEATHER PRIDE 2017 What do the leather folk do? Someone once defined the leather
LGBTQ FAMILY SKATE PARTY “Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates. You got a brand new key. I
think that we should get together and try them out, you see. I been looking around awhile, you got something for me. Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates. You got a brand new key…” Bring back any memories? There is nothing more entertaining, raucous, more nostalgic and fun, than whirling around a wooden rink on four, tiny rubber wheels…Well, maybe creating new memories as you do it with your chosen LGBTQ family, big or small! Join Families@The Center onSaturday, April 1, for a totally awesome LGBTQ Family Skate Party from 5 to 7 p.m. inside San Diego’s Skateworld Roller Rink at 6907 Linda Vista Road. Admission and skates are free, with optional costs for Inline Skates at $4 and Skatemates for $5. Space is limited, so please RSVP by Friday, March 17 by emailing
families@thecentersd.org. or call 619.692.2077 x212.
community as “outside the norm,” because they practice radical sexuality. It’s interesting, because for so much of the LGBT community’s history, everything we did was considered outside the norm, so why not celebrate all of it: leather, kink, fetish, whatever it is that “trips your trigger.” In the immortal words of an outside-the-norm master, RuPaul, “We all came into this world naked. The rest is all drag.” Celebrating their culture and defining their values is exactly what San Diego Leather Pride is all about…And they are doing it at the World Beat Center in Balboa Park (and other locations), fromWednesday, March 15 to Sunday, March 19. The fun begins at #1 Fifth AvenueWednesday, March 15 withTiger’s Pictionary, hosted by Tiger, Ms. San Diego Leather
2010.Thursday, March 16 is All Clubs Night and features theLeather Olympics, hosted by Ms. San Diego Leather 2004,
Karen.Friday March 17 begins with theLeather Pride Flag raising in Hillcrest, with a Meet & Greet just before the formal Opening Ceremonies, followed by the annualLeather Fetish Ball, produced by Robb Rodriguez (Mr. San Diego Eagle 2013).Saturday, March 18, the votes are tallied for the newMr/Ms San Diego Leather andSan Diego Bootblack, Mankind’s steamy fashion show and more events to follow. Then the weekend’s cherry-on-top takes place onSunday, March 19, a catered lunch featuring the return ofkeynote speaker Patrick Smith, International Mr. Leather 2015 and a Leather Vendor Faire. For tickets and more information, go to
sdleatherpride.com.
HILLCREST WIND ENSEMBLE The 45-piece Hillcrest Wind Ensemble is in its 31st year of performing and is a program of the LGBT Center, acting as a musical ambassador to the community as a whole. OnSunday, March 26, the group is “bringing it” to the South Bay in celebration of the coming rite of spring. The band will be performing its annual concert for the second year in a popular music series, sponsored by the First United Methodist Church of Chula Vista. It will be an afternoon that will include Gershwin’s “An American In Paris,” Bernstein’s “Candide Suite” and Copland’s “Hoe Down” fromRodeo. A major highlight during the performance will be organist Russ Peck, as he joins the band on First United’s newly restored and enlarged pipe organ for Alfred Reed’s “Alleluia Laudamus Te.” The concert is free, however a freewill offering is suggested. For more information, call 619.692.2077 x814 or go
tohillcrestwindensemble.com.
VICTORY FUND CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH Since 1991, Victory Fund has made it their goal to recruit, train and elect openly LGBT leaders to public office around the country. Their mission: “To change the face and voice of America’s politics and achieve equality for LGBT Americans by increasing the number of openly LGBT officials at all levels of government.” Over the past five years in California, they have helped elect 62 LGBT candidates to public office at all levels of government. Electing LGBT leaders, especially in light of last November’s outcome, gives the LGBT community a face and voice in politics, challenging the fear-mongering of extremists by speaking authentically about who we are, our families and our community. OnSunday, March 5, join Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia and former Army Secretary Eric Fanning, along with others, at the Bahia Resort Hotel on 998 W. Mission Bay Drive for a Champagne Brunch. Get to know the organization and its supporters and help change the face and voice of America’s current political climate by getting involved. For more information about the Victory Fund, check out their Facebook page at facebook. com/victoryfund. To purchase tickets for San Diego’s Champagne Brunch, go to
victoryfund.org/get-involved/events/victory-fund-san-diego-champagne-brunch.
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