Remembering Regina Gazelle, sobriety during Pride Month, Up Your Alley San Francisco
Daily Inspiration: Accept no one’s definition of your life, define yourself – Harvey Fierstein
- We were all programmed to some level by family and society to fit a mold
- Parents, church, friends, work, school and media all tell us who we should be
- Unsubscribe from all of that
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- Crazy season events
- New microphones
Social: Remembering Regina
- Regina Gazelle/Wells
Health: Sobriety during Pride Month
- Social pressure to be elevated
- Pride doesn’t have to be about bars and clubs
- Seek out sober friends, groups, and events.
- If you’re in nightlife while in recovery:
- Be honest about your triggers.
- Go slowly.
- Find ways to be useful instead of just there.
- Keep a drink in your hand—it reduces pressure more than you’d think.
- Sobriety doesn’t have to mean never going out again but it does mean learning when to leave.
Event: Up Your Alley Fair – San Francisco – July 26th, 2026
- Dore Alley is a heavily authentic, sex-positive environment featuring rubber, sportswear, heavy leather, and BDSM gear. Legal nudity is permitted within the event footprint.
- Streets are lined with dozens of adult vendors, multiple sound stages with live DJs, go-go dancers, and kink performance areas.
- The main Sunday fair is accompanied by a massive weekend of related LGBTQ+ nightlife parties, leather events, and club takeovers running from Friday through Monday.
- https://www.folsomstreet.org/up-your-alley
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