Category: People
Lucky 13 to be demolished?
SocketSite broke the news this morning that Lucky 13 may become the latest victim to the Market Street condo construction boom, which has seen several…
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: January 12 – 18
In 1958, the US Supreme Court ruled that One Magazine had a First Amendment right to mail its publication to subscribers. January 17, 1920 On…
These weeks in SF Gay History: December 29 – January 11
The Cockettes January 8, 1880 On this date in 1880, Norton the First, Emperor of San Francisco and Protector of Mexico, collapsed and died while…
This week in SF Gay History: December 15 – 21
December 15, 1973 On this date in 1973, the American Psychiatric Association’s Board of Trustees voted 13 to 0 to remove homosexuality from its list of mental…
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…
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…
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,…
Danny Williams (1952 – 2014)
Comedian Danny Williams, formerly of San Francisco, died of a staph infection in a Maryland hospital on November 4, 2014 according to the Bay Area…
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