Posted in Drag Community Featured Story LGBT Activitists LGBT Entertainers LGBT Political Leaders

D’Arcy Drollinger named SF’s first Drag Laureate

As more and more conservative states pass draconian anti-trans and anti-drag laws, San Francisco is pushing back by creating a new position of Drag Laureate….

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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 Historical Collections

New museum for GLBT Historical Society?

The GLBT Historical Society is soliciting funds to create a permanent LGBTQ Museum and Research Center. The museum is currently leasing space on 18th Street…

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Posted in Bathhouses Gay Bars & Clubs Memoires

Sex, Drugs & Disco

This week’s Bay Area Reporter has some fascinating excerpts from Mark Abramson’s new autobiography, Sex, Drugs & Disco: San Francisco Diaries from the Pre-AIDS Era….

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Posted in Leather Community Sexual Liberation South of Market Street Fairs

Folsom Forever

A trailer for Folsom Forever, a documentary by Mike Skiff about the history of the Folsom Street Fair, has just been posted on Youtube. From the…

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Posted in Leather Community South of Market Street Fairs

History of the Folsom Street Fair

The Folsom Street Fair has grown into the largest annual BDSM, leather, and fetish event in the world, and the third largest annual outdoor event…

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Posted in Leather Community Sexual Liberation

Origins of the hanky code

In the early 1970s, some gay men — particularly in the leather scene — began to wear colorful handkerchiefs to signal their sexual interests (e.g.,…

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