Category: Events
SF Halloween was never just for kids
SF’s Gay Halloween – Part 1 San Francisco’s early embrace of Halloween From practically the very beginning, San Franciscans have made a very big deal…
This Week in SF Gay History: October 27 – November 2
November 1, 1937 On this date in 1937, Tom Waddell, Olympic athlete and founder of the Gay Games who is now honored on the Castro’s…
This week in SF Gay History: October 6 – 12
October 11, 1972 MaryEllen Cunha and Peggy Forster received their liquor license for the Twin Peaks Tavern. They uncovered the plate glass windows (which had…
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…
History of the Castro Street Fair
The Castro Street Fair, about to celebrate its 41st anniversary, will be held on Sunday, October 5, 2014 in San Francisco’s Castro District. The fair…
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…
Why Pride?
San Francisco holds its annual San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Celebration on the last Sunday of every June as it has every year since…
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