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Pleasure, Pain and Leather: Photos of Folsom Street Fair 2022

Written by The Standard StaffPublished Sep. 25, 2022 • 6:45pm
Trish Wright poses on chair at Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. Folsom Street Fair is an annual BDSM and leather street fair that takes place between 8th and 13th street in San Francisco’s SoMA District. | Samantha Laurey for The Standard

The sun was shining and the leather was sweet as the Folsom Street Fair returned to the streets of SoMa for the 39th celebration of kink and alternative sexuality.

Furries, bondage practitioners, subs and doms took over the blocks between Eighth and 13th Streets on Sunday, Sept. 25.

Click through our gallery of (safe-for-work) snapshots from the event for a peek at the action.

Photos by Samantha Laurey for The Standard.

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