In the months since it opened, Rikki’s, the Bay Area’s first sports bar dedicated to women’s athletics , has hosted all kinds of queer-friendly, women-centric community events. Joyous Pride Week celebrations. Moving reunions of friends honoring a loved one who recently passed. And, of course, rollicking Golden State Valkyries watch parties.

And now, just ahead of Thanksgiving, another first: On Sunday, Nov. 23, the Castro District bar will host what might be San Francisco’s first ever lesbian pie-eating contest (yes, you read that correctly) — an epically sloppy, no-hands, no-forks battle for bragging rights and a $100 cash prize.

The event is the brainchild of Curve magazine founder Franco Stevens, whose nonprofit Curve Foundation now manages the legendary San Francisco–based

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