What Mother would bring her Daughters to a sex parade(See Below). I never thought I would see values in the USA sink this low in my life time. What really pisses me off is that some stupid drunk college kid that urinate's in public after a party could get charged as a sex offender(some States) but, these fools can run naked down the street spanking each other in the full view of young children and the general public and thats ok. I know that it is S.F. but still. All I have to say is WTF?
Leather-clad revelers hot, sweaty in S.F.
Good-natured spanking, flogging at festival benefits gay, lesbian and AIDS groupsBy Kellie Ell, CORRESPONDENT
SAN FRANCISCO — Despite sweltering morning heat, leather-clad minions mixed with fully nude street revelers as an estimated 400,000 people flocked to Folsom Street on Sunday for the 22nd annual Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco.
Dominants and submissives came from all over the globe, including London, Paris, Canada, New Zealand and Australia to experience the "granddaddy of leather" extravaganzas, according to Darryl Flick, president of Folsom Street Events. The organization hoped to raise at least $265,000, the same as last year, to provide services to gay, lesbian and AIDS organizations throughout San Francisco.
First aid personnel said the biggest problem was party-goers passing out from heat exhaustion. But Flick said that the fair provides a chance for people to honestly express themselves and receives the full support of the city.
"Everybody has some degree of fetish," said Bill Worthen, vice president of Folsom Street Events.
Worthen joined the leather community more than 10 years ago after attending a leather party wearing his father's leather pants. He still owns the pants and talks freely of interests in flogging and water sports.
Fixations displayed at the fair ranged all across the board.
Sister Maple Syrup, a leather-clad nun in spiky black studded boots and neon blue hair, said she was fully involved in the leather community and has been for more than three years. She said she does hospice work to raise money for charities all over the Bay Area.
"I love being out in a kinky environment. I'm a kinky nun," Maple Syrup said. "A great way to control a man is to get him to wear panties."
Maple Syrup said she has the full support of her three college-age daughters who also attended the fair, the youngest of which Maple Syrup said has an interest in spanking. The fair attracted the usual enthusiasts in San Francisco's leather-clad, S&M and gay community, as well as many families.
"There's a lot more straight people and strollers," said Chuck Rudd, a member of the Bears of San Francisco, a local nonprofit organization.
Elder San Francisco resident Larry Raymond said he comes to the fair every year for "all the good hot bodies."
Kat Ortland, a statuesque model and a recent college graduate from Oregon, suited up in an all-black vinyl pantsuit and three-inch lace-up boots to demonstrate Shabiri, the Japanese art of binding.
"There are amazing people here and some amazing customs," Ortland said. There's a raw energy. Everyone is so uninhibited.