Category: Halloween
Halloween jumps to the Castro
SF’s Gay Halloween – Part 4 More than three decades of Halloween in the gayborhood For more than three decades now, the Castro’s gay Halloween celebrations…
The party moves to SF’s gay downtown
SF’s Gay Halloween – Part 3 Halloween in the Polk, SF’s first gay downtown The Nob Hill Club opened in the Polk in 1950, becoming the…
The gays get into the Halloween spirit
SF’s Gay Halloween – Part 2 Gay Halloween in North Beach The old Barbary Coast area of San Francisco, which includes parts of the present-day…
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SF Halloween was never just for kids
SF’s Gay Halloween – Part 1 San Francisco’s early embrace of Halloween From practically the very beginning, San Franciscans have made a very big deal…
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This Week in SF Gay History: October 27 – November 2
November 1, 1937 On this date in 1937, Tom Waddell, Olympic athlete and founder of the Gay Games who is now honored on the Castro’s…
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