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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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Posted in Gay Bars & Clubs HIV & AIDS LGBT Business People Protests This Week in SF Gay History

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…

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