Golden Gate Guards
Serving the SF Bay Area Community for 36 years!
A Letter from our President:
Greetings in leather,
We are proud to be in our 36th year of service to the community.
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Yours truely,
Roger Sullivan
Golden Gate Guards 36th Year President
In Memoriam:
We are sad to announce the passing of a charter member and long time active club participant, Richard "Dick" Manning. Dick was the second club president and served as a club officer for eleven years. He attended many, many club events over the years and performed in a number of the annual run shows. Dick is survived by his husband, Michael Sicard.
You will be missed, Dick - rest in peace!
- Be sure to join in the fun for the Golden Anniversary of the Golden Dildeaux Awards!
- Hurry! Nominate your friends for one or more awards before nominations close on Sunday.
- Actively campaign for your candidates to raise contributions for the PRC Emergency Financial Assistance program (formerly the AIDS Emergency Fund)!
- Join the camaraderie and see who gets a Woody at the live-in-person Woody Awards Show!
Looking for a Few Good Men and Women!
Looking for a Few Good Sponsors and Advertisers!
Leather Pride Parade 2019
In order to preserve a long-standing tradition, many leather and kink community organizations and individuals will be gathering on the Sunday before Folsom Street Fair (September 22) to celebrate the start of Leather Week, to show our pride and diversity, and to raise the Leather Flag. This year, groups plan to gather at the Folsom Street Foundry at 11 am, step off at noon, and march down Folsom, 8th and Harrison Streets, stopping at some of our favorite SoMa venues, before gathering at the SF Eagle for a major beer bust and the raising of a new 25'x15' Leather Flag, on a magnificent 80-foot flagpole, at the brand-new (not quite completed) Eagle Plaza!
Planning is happening quickly. All varieties of leather, kink, fetish, queer, motorcycle, or LGBTQ organizations are encouraged to make their decision to march asap, and sign up at Leatherprideparade Org. Please prepare a sign or banner identifying your group to carry in the parade. If you can offer to provide some volunteers to help, that would be fantastic!
Individual marchers are also very welcome! Sign up to march and/or volunteer! Or just show up! Visitors to San Francisco are particularly invited to join in!
The Golden Gate Guards will be performing color guards during the parade.
Celebration of Life:
Dick Manning & Mike Sicard
We are having a Celebration of Life service for our club brothers Dick Manning and Mike Sicard on Saturday, October 2 from 11:00 AM to Noon. Service will be conducted by Golden Gate Guards president, Jack Goodall and Rev. Victor Floyd. In keeping with good social distancing practices and to allow friends and relatives from outside the San Francisco area to attend, the Celebration of Life service will be online via a Zoom meeting.
Please mark your calendar and join us sharing memories and respect for our departed brothers.
Join Zoom Celebration of Life:
Join Celebration of Life
or join manually with following credentials:
Zoom Celebration of Life ID: #33878732
Zoom Celebration of Life Passcode: #33832
About Our Organization
The Golden Gate Guards is a leather-Levi, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, open to both men and women, that serves the San Francisco Bay Area. We host safe, sane, and enjoyable events for those with an interest in leather, Levis, motorcycles and uniforms while raising money for other non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations... and we have fun, too!
Beneficiaries:
Each year the Golden Gate Guards focus their fund raising efforts on at least one non-profit organization.
Our beneficiaries for ?
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Alexander Hamilton Post 448 -
Tenderloin Tessie
Holiday Dinner Program -
Positive Resource Center's
Emergency Financial Assistance
(GDAs)
We are now taking requests for next year's beneficiaries! To be considered, please send your organization's information to:
Golden Gate Guards Beneficiaries
PO Box 14478
San Francisco, CA 94114
All submissions should be in by January 2, ?.
Our beneficiaries for ? will be announced soon...
Check our Events Calendar for the next Beverage Benefit supporting our Beneficiaries!
Major Events
Happy Holidays:
The Golden Gate Guards wish you and yours the happiest of Holidays and a healthy, happy and successful New Year!
A Letter from our President:
Hello Everyone,
As we approach GGG's 34th anniversary, I'd like to give everyone an update on club activities.
As you all know, due to Covid 19 we are limited in our ability to host fundraisers and social events.
However, the club is healthy and strong; and we have some creative online events which we hope to announce after the new year. The Golden Gate Guards will continue to support and stand in solidarity with the community. Although we can’t be together this year, we want to thank everyone for supporting us throughout the years helping us get to our 34th anniversary.
As we remain strong as one, we will be together again in 2021!
Stay safe. In Leather.
Jack Goodall
President/ Golden Gate Guards
Who the Hell Are the Golden Gate Guards?
We are a leather-Levi 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in San Francisco. Open to everyone. Men, women, doesn't matter. If you are into leather, denim, bikes, uniforms, or just like hanging out with people who are, you fit in here.
What do we actually do? Five things.
- We have fun. That is the whole point. If it is not fun, why bother.
- We hang out together. Camaraderie, brotherhood, sisterhood, whatever you call it. People from the alternative lifestyle scenes need their people. We are those people.
- We throw events that are safe and sane. No drama. No sketchy shit. Just good times for anyone who likes leather, Levis, motorcycles, or uniforms.
- We teach newcomers. A lot of people want to explore this world but have no clue where to start. We show them. No judgment. No gatekeeping.
- We raise money for other nonprofits. PRC Emergency Financial Assistance, Alexander Hamilton Post 448, Tenderloin Tessie. Real organizations doing real work.
Where We Came From
Back in 1976, some guys started the Imperial Guards of San Francisco. Their job was basically to be the bridge between the Imperial Courts and the leather-Levi crowd. Two worlds that did not always talk to each other. The Imperial Guards made it work.
Fast forward to 1986. The courts gave us their blessing to go independent. So we did. That is when the Golden Gate Guards officially became a thing. Our patch still has the Imperial Crown on it because we do not forget where we came from. The year 1976 is on there too. Respect your elders.
Then 1987 came around. That is the year we added the phoenix to our patch. Why? Because we rose up as something new. The GGG was born. Different name, same mission, stronger than before.
In 2001, we got our 501(c)(3) status from the IRS and the State of California. That was a big deal. It meant we could raise money the right way and give it to the organizations that needed it. No more passing around cash in envelopes.
What the Patch Means
Our patch tells the whole story if you know how to read it. 1976 is the start. The Imperial Crown shows our roots with the courts. 1987 is our rebirth. The phoenix is us coming back stronger as the Golden Gate Guards. We wear that thing on our vests with pride because we earned every piece of it.
What We Are Not
We are not a motorcycle club, though some of us ride. We are not a leather bar, though you will find us in them. We are not a dating club, though people have met that way. We are just a group of people who got tired of doing nothing and decided to build something instead.
Thirty six years of serving the Bay Area. Thousands of dollars raised. Hundreds of events thrown. Countless friendships made. That is who we are.
Come to a beverage benefit. Talk to someone wearing a vest. See for yourself. The website is just the front door. The real club is out there at the bars, the fairs, and the runs.