Posted in Bits & Pieces

Bits & Pieces of LGBT History

Halloween in the Castro (2005) Valencia Rose and Josie’s Cabaret & Juice Joint Michael Flanagan has a lovely piece in the BAR remembering the Valencia…

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Posted in Castro Memoires

Looking for Mama: The search for Kathryn Forbes’ childhood home

“For as long as I could remember, the small cottage on Castro Street had been home.” So begins Kathryn Forbes’ 1943 fictionalized memoir Mama’s Bank…

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Posted in Mass Media & Pop Culture Sexual Liberation

Reviewing Stonewall: What the critics are saying

We previously reported on the controversy that erupted following the release of the first trailer for Stonewall, openly-gay director Roland Emmerich’s take on the 1969…

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