Bay Area Reporter

09/29/2025

Considered the most prominent gay photographer of the male physique in the 20th century, Bob Mizer’s archives are maintained by the Bob Mizer Foundation, which will soon change its name to the Bob Mizer Museum and Photographic Archives. A recent tour showed the amazing expanse of the archive.

09/29/2025

Folsom Street Fair 2025 – photos by Steven Underhill

Kink unleashed was the theme under slightly overcast skies, with a humid flair in the air for the annual Folsom Street Fair, held September 28. Hundreds of thousands of people either dressed up or down, or wore nothing at all, and in between live performances and DJed grooves, wandered the packed streets on Folsom Street filled with community booths, beverages, and some naughtiness… well, a lot of naughtiness.

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09/27/2025

The Folsom Street Fair is as stunning as the city’s hidden underbelly — and just as ripe for appreciation. We present a collection of newly published books on kink, leather, B**M, and, well, h***y Bay Area vampires at sea on a cruise, and why not?

Welcome to Folsom Week here in San Francisco, where the scenery is as stunning as the city’s hidden underbelly---and just as ripe for appreciation. We present a collection of newly published books on kink, leather, B**M, and, well, h***y Bay Area vampires at sea on a cruise, and why not?

09/26/2025

When prolific photographer Mick Rock (1948-2021), “the man who shot the ’70s,” visited the set of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” he capture hundreds of casual images of the cast and crew from the 1975 cult classic. His posthumous collection, with Tim Mohr, “Rocky Horror: A Behind the Scenes Look at the Cult Classic,” is out on Sept. 30.

When prolific photographer Mick Rock (1948-2021), “the man who shot the ’70s,” visited the set of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” he capture hundreds of casual images of the cast and crew from the 1975 cult classic. His posthumous collection, with Tim Mohr, “Rocky Horror: A Behind the S...

09/26/2025

BREAKING: The Castro Theatre will be reopening in February and is hiring now, confirmed to the B.A.R.

Read more at ebar.com

📸 by Scott Wazlowski

09/26/2025

BREAKING: The Castro Theatre will be reopening in February and is hiring now.

The Castro Theatre will be reopening in February and is hiring now, according to a post on its website.

09/26/2025

FOLSOM⛓️: A quarter of a million people are expected to descend on San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood for the 42nd annual Folsom Street Fair on Sunday, bringing together leatherfolk and kinksters of all stripes.

A quarter of a million people are expected to descend on San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood for the 42nd annual Folsom Street Fair on Sunday, bringing together leatherfolk and kinksters of all stripes.

09/26/2025

A quarter of a million people are expected to descend on San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood for the 42nd annual Folsom Street Fair on Sunday, bringing together leatherfolk and kinksters of all stripes.

The leather-themed festivities began September 21 with the annual LeatherWalk, kicking off San Francisco’s Leather Pride week.

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📸 by Dot

09/26/2025

What if your greatest love was your first one and any chance of happiness disappeared when it ended? That’s the haunting idea behind the new gay film romance, “The History of Sound.”

Read our review at ebar.com

📸 courtesy Universal Pictures

09/25/2025

It may not be unusual for a filmmaker to make a documentary about his father. But when your father is the creator of “The Rocky Horror Show” and its cult film adaptation, things are a little bit different.

It may not be unusual for a filmmaker to make a documentary about his father. But when your father is the creator of “The Rocky Horror Show” and its cult film adaptation, things are a little bit different. For Linus O’Brien, he’s struck gold with “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror...

09/25/2025

From festive kink to art that makes you think, we’ve got a wide variety of events; not just Folsom Street Fair fun, but arts events that don’t require leather or even pleather. It’s all in this week’s Going Out.

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09/24/2025

As editor-in-chief at Drummer’s most compelling and cutting edge, Jack Fritscher is the sage, scholar and historian enlightening the culture with his new book, “Inventing the Gay Gaze: Essays and Interviews, Profiles in Gay Courage, Volume 3.”