VALUES. PRINCIPLES. PRACTICES.
VALUES
Transparency and truth
Equity and accountability
Integrity and authenticity
Creativity and possibility
Trust and kindness
Empathy and love
Humility and persistence
Courage and resilience
Sustainability and vision
Collaboration and cooperation
PRINCIPLES
Our work is rooted in our values
Dedication to personal and systemic change
Decolonizing access to pleasure and sexual liberation
Prioritizing relationship, consent and trust
Rising to our challenges together
Building connection through service
Breaking stigma and stereotypes
Showing up for each other and the community
Creating spaces that center marginalized people
Treating every single person with dignity and respect
PRACTICES
Looking to our mission and long vision for our service
Centering relationships with ourselves, each other, and our communities
Encouraging fresh thought and creative solutions
Challenging and supporting each other to grow
Commitment to personal growth and intersectional work outside of our work together
Collective leadership and shared decision making
Confronting and shifting oppressive dynamics
Engaging in conflict and accountability openly
Being open to change and challenge
Creating a culture of reflection, feedback, adaptation, and gratitude
Thank you to the Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective for being a primary inspiration.
MISSION
Folsom Street is committed to cultivating a safe, open, and inclusive environment for the kink, leather, and alternative sexuality communities while centering equity for BIPOC and LGBTQA2I+ people in our work. We are rooted historically in the fight against gentrification and displacement both here in San Francisco, on unceded Ohlone land, and worldwide. We unite, strengthen, and affirm the community through support, resources, education, advocacy, visibility, and celebration by centering and uplifting marginalized voices. We are dedicated to sexual liberation and the right to pleasure as a crucial part of the whole liberation movement.
Folsom Street is an explicitly anti-racist organization and we are committed to decolonizing our practices. We welcome feedback and guidance from our communities.