Posted in Gay Bars & Clubs North Beach

The Black Cat Café’s second act

We’ve written extensively about the Black Cat Café in North Beach, one of San Francisco’s early gay bars thanks to the efforts of Jose Sarria,…

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Posted in Gay Bars & Clubs Halloween North Beach

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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Posted in Drag Community LGBT Activitists LGBT Entertainers North Beach

José Sarria (1922/1923 – 2013)

José Julio Sarria was born on December 12 in either 1922 or 1923 in San Francisco, raised primarily by a single mother. Following his service in…

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