An extreme exhibitionist like this guy for example, who sat naked on the public sidewalk in front of an elementary school with his legs splayed wide open (while filming the reactions of passersby), would in any other cultural setting be regarded as a dangerous lunatic in need of psychiatric help or involuntary commitment to a jail or mental hospital.īut here at Up Your Alley his antics barely merited a glance, much to his dismay the goal of exhibitionism is to elicit shocked reactions from your victims. The disturbing thing about events like Up Your Alley is that they provide total acceptance and a nonjudgmental "safe space" for people who are quite obviously mentally ill. a new champion arose! All hail The Freak! This guy seemed the odds-on favorite to win the "Freak of the Day" award, until. (This fetish is known as " ballbusting.") Somehow, the adjacent sign announcing the "Apocalypse" seems depressingly appropriate. Yes, his shirt really does say "Kick Me in the Balls." Yes, he really did want passing strangers to kick him in the balls. But yes, there will be penises, so be forewarned! I last reported on Up Your Alley back in 2008, but the antics of the participants was so outrageously pornographic that merely documenting what happened that year got my entire domain added to many databases of URLs blacklisted for being X-rated, meaning my site was blocked for any users on networks with "safe search" settings.Īs a result, this time around I'm going to avoid showing any actual sexual activity, and just keep to lighthearted commentary. All photographs on this page taken at the 2015 Up Your Alley Fair.) (As the picture above shows, this report contains some images of full-frontal nudity. Even so, tens of thousands of participants showed up this year on July 26, many of whom were either naked or wearing "bondage gear" or fetish outfits. It is generally regarded as the "Folsom Street Fair for locals," since Up Your Alley is not nearly as well known as its sister event. Every year the city of San Francisco hosts a free, open-to-the-public street festival called Up Your Alley for the gay BDSM (bondage, discipline and sadomasochism) sexual subculture.