Month: September 2014
Historical plaques coming to the Castro
Another historical element to the Castro’s sidewalk widening project is scheduled to be unveiled in early October: a series of 20 plaques inscribed with a factoid…
America’s first gay bar?
Queerty has an interesting excerpt from Justin Martin’s new book, Rebel Souls: Walt Whitman and America’s First Bohemians, in which he suggests that in the…
How Divisadero got connected to Castro Street
Hoodline has a fascinating article describing how Divisadero Street ended up getting connected to Castro Street. They weren’t always connected. Initially Divisadero just sort of…
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…
Mark Bingham (1970 – 2001)
Mark Bingham (May 22, 1970 – September 11, 2001) was a gay San Franciscan who was one of four passengers on the hijacked United Flight…
Castro Street, then and now
Roy McKenzie has a fantastic article on Hoodline showing the Castro as it used to look in the early 1900s (back when the neighborhood was still…
Video report of the Smithsonian’s LGBT collection
Earlier we reported that the Smithsonian is preparing a special exhibit of artifacts relating to LGBT history and pop culture, including items from the television…
Leonard Matlovich (1943 – 1988)
On September 8, 1975, Leonard Matlovich appeared on the cover of Time magazine with the headline, “I Am a Homosexual,” catapulting him into the national…
José Sarria (1922/1923 – 2013)
José Julio Sarria was born on December 12 in either 1922 or 1923 in San Francisco, raised primarily by a single mother. Following his service in…
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