<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Dear friends,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">The Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District wants to be sure that women, nonbinary and genderqueer leather

 folks  are included in the series of focus groups they're holding. They have specifically asked for Exiles members to participate, if you haven't already done so, in a group to be held on December 1st.</div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(136,136,136);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:206px;height:109px"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kK38QXFkAa2YEBnYkzQgAa2_3vq0EwT-ApBJcOAYVMDTACa38CD765hIFMxaq1oq7RnfneA1XRm4B5z_gpbULUpWeFxfIJndnn4NKETgfsP_uwff2uCp8DUocbAVeMk4SIOjJUgn" width="206" height="109" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Your ideas are a key component to determine which Cultural District projects the city will fund over the next three years.  We are reaching out to constituencies across our community with focus groups to hear from people who live, work, or play in SOMA.  </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We want to hear from kinky people</span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, to share your ideas, join our focus group on </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tuesday, December 1,</span><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> from 6 to 8 pm, via Zoom: </span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpf-ugrjopGdOmVbKH9vm5EaSLeqZ-bKlh" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(26,115,232);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYpf-ugrjopGdOmVbKH9vm5EaSLeqZ-bKlh</span></a></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please email any questions to </span><a href="mailto:manager@sflcd.org" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">manager@sflcd.org</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></font></p><font style="" size="4" color="#000000"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font style="" size="4" color="#000000">I look forward to seeing you there!</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font style="" size="4" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font style="" size="4" color="#000000">Best wishes,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font style="" size="4" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font style="" size="4" color="#000000">Rio</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font style="" size="4" color="#000000">Co-Coordinator, the Exiles</font></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000"></font> </div><div><font color="#000000"></font> </div><div><font color="#000000"> </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Ask yourself "What can I do to make a difference?" Then do it from your heart. - Mama Reinhardt</span></div></div></div></div></div>