Category: LGBT Academics & Writers
Sally Gearhart (1931-2021)
Sally Miller Gearhart (April 15, 1931 – July 14, 2021) – author, academic, feminist, and activist – passed away on July 14 at the age…
Rainbow Honor Walk adds new honorees
We previously reported on the first 20 honorees for the Castro’s Rainbow Honor Walk — a series of bronze plaques in San Francisco’s Castro District…
This month in SF Gay History: September
September 17, 1859 On this date in 1859, Joshua Norton proclaimed himself Emperor of the United States, becoming one of SF’s most colorful characters and…
This Month in SF Gay History: April
Alice B. Toklas April 30, 1877 On this date in 1877, lesbian author Alice B. Toklas, partner of Gertrude Stein, was born in San Francisco….
This month in SF Gay History: March
Disco legend Sylvester March 26, 1911 On this date in 1911, Tennessee Williams III (A Streetcar Named Desire), who is now honored on Castro’s Rainbow…
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: January 19 – 25
Sports Illustrated’s photo in Hi Tops helped make the gay sports bar nationally famous just a weeks after they opened. January 25, 1882 On this date in…
This Week in SF Gay History: November 24 – 30
Oscar Wilde (1889) November 30, 1900 On this date in 1900, writer Oscar Wilde, now honored on Castro’s Rainbow Honor Walk, died of cerebral meningitis,…
This week in SF Gay History: October 13 – 19
Cover photo by Doug Hinckle, The Washington Blade October 16, 1854 On this date in 1864, Irish writer Oscar Wilde, now honored on Castro’s Rainbow…
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