Leather is optional at the Folsom Street Fair. Anything is optional at the Folsom Street Fair, any type of clothing or even no clothing at all. This annual block party is a celebration of all fetishes, especially those revolving around leather and the attendant whips, chains, S&M, B&D, corsets, and other fun stuff.
Are you the prudish type? Better not continue with this post.
You're still reading? Please. Go ahead. Scroll down and look at the photos. I'll wait.
No, really. I'll be right here. Go.
You're back? Good.
In perfect Indian Summer balmy weather, hundreds of thousands enjoyed the sights and sounds and sensations on a four-block stretch of Folsom Street. A little extra sunblock was needed for areas that don’t usually see the sun.
There were several spanking booths, and no shortage of spankees who waited in line and ponied up cash (all proceeds to charity) to be spanked. Or flogged. Or whipped. Restraints optional.
Like most events in this mellow city, the vibe was courteous and peaceful. All the “aggression” was consensual role-playing. As always, the San Francisco Police Department were on patrol, walking in pairs along the street with the other fairgoers, blending right in with their own uniforms. It was difficult to tell the real cops from the police-uniform fetishists.
FreeThinker’s Folsom Fair Fotos below. Again, if you are on the prudish side, avert your eyes!
19 comments:
Oh. My. God.
Since you call yourself "free thinker" at least be free thinking enough to believe that people can change. The destructive lifestyle that I lived for over twenty years is nothing that would be considered "gay." If losing alot of friends and acquaintances to AIDS is considered a life worth living I think I will pass. Religion on the otherhand in just as destructive poisoning minds and placing them in bondage. A living relationship with my Creator/ our Creator is possible but again that is choice, too. So whatever your intent in posting a link to the pics it is nothing that I miss nor want. So while I accept your choice then the community that calls itself "gay" should likewise accept the fact that men and women can change through a life relationship with Yeshua.
Nice photos. You did a good job capturing the energy and joy of the event!
Yes, awesome pics!
Your pictures pretty much summed up the event, which was a lot of fun to attend. So glad you had the Scrotum Polish sign. I didn't take my camera and was kicking myself when I saw that sign.
Yo! Free Thinker! Thanks for dropping by my humble blog. Wow! Your blog is so cool - such a lot of effort and passion has clearly been invested in it. Over here in England, the main publication of the British Humanist Society is also called "Freethinker". Fraternal greetings and say hello to SF for me. We visited in April. I love your city. It feels like it could have been my home.
Thanks for dropping by my blog, Free Thinker. :-)
Very colorful blog. San Francisco is indeed a wonderful, enegetic city. I didn't see anything like this when I was there, but I did take part in one hell of an anti-war march there right before the US invaded Iraq. Not that it stopped Bush, but it was nice to see people exercising their democratic rights in such large numbers.
I remember seeing alot of those people there! Always a good time!!
Mr. "Freethinker":
Thanks for stopping by. Of course the Folsom Street Fair (FSF) is not just for homosexuals. It is for all of those who seek to pervert that which is good. FSF is actually a radical perversion of how sex was intended. Such a perversion is the result of rebellion against God their Creator. Of course, you personify this rebellion in your blog and by your very assumption of being a "freethinker."
This is what the Bible says: "For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator-- who is forever praised. Amen. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion."
I like your definition of a free thinker. Unfortunately it is rather naive. In your free thinking you have only traded in the true God of the Bible for a false and enslaving religion with yourself and/or reason as god. You rule your life and you have traded in one "religious dogma" for another. You are now your own authority. If you are not your own god than from your definition you seem to have placed reason as your deity. For many, reason becomes their sole authority and religion. The very sad thing is that reason is so corrupted. Interestingly, you unwittingly exalt reason as an unquestioned, infallible and sure dogma. The very thing you despise in “religious” people you end up doing yourself with reason. It seems that you have placed a lot of your faith in reason and reason alone.
Do you really believe that you can reason independently of all authority and religious thought? This is only possible if you were to exist in a vacuum of nothingness. You are shaped by authority and by religion. I no doubt believe that you are a very religious person. Of course you reject Christianity, but you seem to have developed your own atheistic religion. One of the main tenets of such a man-centered religion is the rejection of Jesus Christ and the only true religion he offers. As the Bible says you have exchanged the truth of God for a lie.
I would much rather be labeled as a critical thinker. One who seeks after the truth and determines its validity or invalidity through careful study and attainment of knowledge. Such free thinking to which you espouse only results in a free fall of the mind and soul. Have you ever read completely through and understood that which you so quickly denigrate – the Bible? Do you understand truly the message of Jesus Christ?
Yet, by rejecting the God of the Bible and his Son Jesus Christ you have allowed your thinking to become futile and as punishment God has given you over to your sin. However, God is in the habit of saving and changing those who hate him. Paul, one of the main writers of the New Testament hated God before his life was changed after he realized who Jesus Christ was and what Christ had done. In fact, he actually killed Christians, much worse than your denigration with words. Yet, God demonstrates his love for the world in this way – while we were still in our sin, still with our corrupt God hating minds – he sent his Son to die on the cross to take away our sins. If you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ you will be saved. Your mind will be renewed. Your thinking will be aligned with the way it was created to be. You will know your God, your creator.
Of course, all this only appears as foolishness to those who are perishing, to those who reject and hate God. Yet it is the greatest wisdom to believe in the one who created you. Whether you believe it or not you were created to worship, you were created religious. Yet, because of the sin of your heart you have rejected the only way to restore true worship to the one and only true God. By believing in Jesus Christ you will restore that relationship. This is not foolishness, but hope and life for now and in the next.
Thank you for your time in reading this. Thank you for posting your comment on my blog. Please feel free to respond if you would like. I would very much like to hear your thoughts about what I have said. By the way I agree with you – I would rather listen to Green Day over Stryper any day! I certainly think they are right in Jesus of Suburbia. Many who claim to be Christians have so distorted Christianity that it has become unrecognizable. Too many Christians offer a watered down Jesus tailor made for what people want – what will make them feel good. This is not at all how the Bible presents the almighty Son of God.
They are also right: “No one ever died for my sins in hell as far as I can tell.” Jesus did not die in hell; he died on a cross some 2,000 years ago outside of the city of Jerusalem. It was there he died for the sins of those who believe on him. And three days later by the power of God he arose from the dead and now he stands at the right hand of God the father awaiting the time of judgment and salvation. “As far as [you] can tell” Jesus may never have died for your sins, but I tell you the truth – if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved. You will not stand condemned. You will have eternal life. You will not stand at the “end of another lost highway” but you will stand before the One who is the Way and the Truth and the Life.
Foolishness…maybe. Words of life – definitely!
Hey Free-
Thanks for stopping by. (Let me guess. I bet "fetish" was in your search string.)
And D.B. Cooper was a good guess, but no, that picture was one of the murderous islamists suspected in the Bali Bombing. You know, one of those Mooslim guys who would gladly kill all of those attending the Folsom Street Fair in search of his 15 minutes of fame and 72 raisins. :-(
BTW - Back in 1980-1992 I lived in SF over by Dolores Beach (20th and Church). I still really miss it...
Cheers - Dinah
Well, you certainly have some outspoken commenters here! The pics of the cellulite asses were a little shocking, but other than that I really liked them. Have not been to San Fran, but it seems F-A-B-O!! Oh, and Green Day's new album is the shizzit.
Freethinker - Clearly this post is intended for shock value in a crude attempt to spark some controversy by posting obscene pornographic photos. Well, apparently it worked!
Since "anything is optional at the Folsom Street Fair," I wonder if any of these sodomite, sadomasochistic perverts in your photos have a fetish in molesting young boys? I bet they do! I mean, where do they draw the line when it comes to their own personal sexual gratification? I wonder if there were any booths for raping small children at this fine festival of fags and fornicators? Would you still freely plaster pictures of children being sodomized all over your site for the whole world to see? As long as you issue a warning for those who are on the “prudish” side there is no limit to what you will post, is there?
Usually I would pay no attention to such extreme garbage, but I noticed a couple comments worth responding to.
Rick – What an awesome testimony you have! ~ Praise the Lord for what you are doing by exposing homosexuality for the fraud that it is! Keep pressing on with the Truth! I’m looking forward to browsing through your writings.
William - Excellent comments, I couldn’t have said it better myself! You are right on target with what you say, thanks for being so bold in proclaiming God’s Word. I’m looking forward to browsing through your blog as well.
One major component I wanted to add to your closing statement: “if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved,” is that in order to truly be saved you must REPENT and turn from your wicked ways.
Some additional words for Mr. Freethinker from the Bible:
“Professing themselves to be wise, they became FOOLS…” -Romans 1:22
“The FOOL has said in his heart, there is no God.” – Psalm 14:1
“And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” – 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12
And Freethinker…please spare us with more photos! One can only handle so much filth and perversion in one post. Seriously FT, are you really proud to have something as vile and repulsive as the Folsom Street Fair represent your character and the company you keep?
It’s funny how the phrase “Under God” or the concept of “Intelligent Design” are offensive to you, yet you don’t flinch an inch when it comes to wicked public displays of perversion.
Perhaps it is freethinkin' time to start taking yourself more seriously so others will too?
Hey, sorry I haven't been around lately. I love checking out your blog! What an interesting party! I wonder if my ex was there?!!
Only in San Francisco ...
Totally amazing photos, FrreeThinker! You capture the vibe. It's like I'm there. Wish I coulda really been there.
I love jiggly round asses.
Hey Freethinker... Thank you for visiting my Blog. Drop by again anytime. As for the pics here... some damn nice boobs.
Everyone - Thanks for all the great comments. I just looked through these photos again, and it reminded me of how much a fun and wild time it was. The percentage of smiling faces is a good measure of the joy of an event. And about $300,000 was raised for local charities! For my "prudish" guests - and I don't mean that in an insulting way - your well-spoken and civil points of view are welcome. Rick, Of course people can change. But not everyone needs to change, and not everyone needs a god to change themselves. William, yes, sex is a focus of the Folsom Street Fair, and it's also about freedom in expressing sexuality in individual ways. Whatever "Bible sex" is, I did not see it there, but it would be as accepted as any other fetish (except for the priest/altar boy thing). Can you learn to accept that others may wish to follow other paths in life? Dani, This post was not intended to shock. The only shocked reactions are coming from the "god squad" here. (And I only posted the tamer photos!) Why do thoughts of children come to you after reading/seeing this post? I don't recall seeing any children there. Regardless, I suspect that those that have a "fetish in molesting young boys" are overwhelmingly god-believers.
Since when is a naked body "pornograhpic"? Lighten up people!
I've been to one or two San Francisco events where some people walk around nude or similarly dressed (as pictured above). What amazed me most about it was how innocent it all seemed to be. No one was doing anything lude or attacking others, they were just doing their thing.
Jen C - Right on. Nudity is natural! But I am aware that my blog readership is literally all over the map (Click one of the city names on the "Last 20 Visitors" section of the sidebar), icluding the mostly straitlaced red-state Middle America, hence my disclaimer in the text of this post.
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