Posted in Featured Story LGBT Political Leaders Memorials

Former Supervisor Harry Britt dies

I just thought Harry was a great asset to San Francisco and did a really fantastic job. He’s kind of an unsung hero because he’s…

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Posted in Featured Story Gay Bars & Clubs South of Market

The Stud to close after 54 years

The artist/nightlife collective owners have announced that The Stud, which lays claim to being San Francisco’s oldest gay bar, will not reopen at its current…

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Posted in Gay Bars & Clubs Pacific Heights

Lion Pub, Alta Plaza, JJ’s Piano Bar, and other Pac Heights bars of yesteryear

Clockwise from top left: bar ad for the Lion Pub; Alta Plaza Park; site of the old Alta Plaza bar, site of the old JJ’s…

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Posted in Castro 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…

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Castro Sweep, October 1989
Posted in Castro HIV & AIDS Protests

The Castro Sweep: Martial law in the Castro

Cover Photo: Rick Gearharter, October 6, 1989. It started out as a routine protest by the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT/UP). The organization had…

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Openly LGBT people who have served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Posted in LGBT Political Leaders

Harvey’s legacy on the BOS

When Harvey Milk was sworn in as a San Francisco Supervisor on January 8, 1978, he was the first openly gay person to hold elected office…

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