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This Month in SF Gay History: May

Author: Icarus Published Date: May 2, 2015 Leave a Comment on This Month in SF Gay History: May

Cast of the “Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City” musical in San Francisco (May 2011) May 5, 1921 On this date in 1921, Dorothy Louise…

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Jane Addams (1860 – 1935)

Author: Icarus Published Date: November 25, 2014 Leave a Comment on Jane Addams (1860 – 1935)

Jane Addams, the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, is one of the 20 inaugural honorees on the Rainbow Honor Walk…

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The plaque honoring Gertrude Stein will be unveiled with 19 other Rainbow Honor Walk honorees on September 2, 2014.
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Rainbow Honor Walk about to be unveiled

Author: Icarus Published Date: August 28, 2014 Leave a Comment on Rainbow Honor Walk about to be unveiled

The Bay Area Reporter has more about the impending unveiling of the Rainbow Honor Walk that we reported on recently. The official unveiling ceremony is…

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Plaque honoring disco legend Sylvester, one of 20 plaques that will be part of the Rainbow Honor Walk in the Castro.
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Castro’s Rainbow Honor Walk

Author: Icarus Published Date: August 25, 2014 Leave a Comment on Castro’s Rainbow Honor Walk

Over the last several months, the 400 and 500 block of Castro Street, the epicenter of the City’s gayest neighborhood, has been undergoing a massive…

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