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50 Years of Fabulous: Documentary celebrates Imperial Council
“United we stand, divided they’ll catch us one by one.” Jose Sarria, founder of the Imperial Court This week’s Bay Area Reporter reviews a new…
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This Month in SF Gay History: February
Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin at their City Hall wedding in February of 2004. February 3, 1874 On this date in 1874, Gertrude Stein, author…
This week in SF Gay History: December 8 – 14
The Henry Gerber House in Chicago, Illinois December 12, 1922 On this date in 1922 or 1923 (the exact year is disputed), José Julio Sarria…
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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Emperor Norton I (c. 1818 – 1880)
Lesbian and gay San Franciscans may fondly remember Jose Sarria as the Widow Norton, Empress I of San Francisco. But if she was the widow…
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