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Get hyped for the festival now and keep the party going! Identity and Pride: Youth Art Show This exhibition, from youth members of Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco’s Citywide Arts Programs, reinvents the historic rainbow Pride flag in honor of San Francisco’s LGBTQ Pride Parade. The show is a peek into the lives of youths living in Bayview-Hunters Point, the Tenderloin, the Mission, Excelsior and the Western Addition of San Francisco and explores themes of gender, sexual identity, love and community.
11 a.m-6 p.m. June 18-July 14. Free. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St., S.F. www.ybca.org
Frameline 43 The San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, which runs June 20-30, is celebrating its 43rd year, making it the longestrunning LGBTQ+ film festival. Opening night kicks off with “Vita & Virginia,” Chanya Button’s film about the relationship between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West. The festival closes with David Charles Rodrigues’ documentary about the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus’ tour of the American South, “Gay Chorus Deep South.”
June 20-30 at various venues in San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland. www.frameline.org
Vamp’s Pride Kick-Off Party Here’s to a night of dancing to DJ sets and musical performances — with some kink and BDSM mixed in. The event will include rope bondage performances by JD (of Two Knotty Boys) and Victoria Blue (VoxBody), and a flogging demonstration by Saber. Also expect go-go dancing from Saber and Jazmine Vieira.
8 p.m.-2 a.m. Monday, June 24. $10-$250. Beaux SF, 2344
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