Left: Empress Doris X of the Imperial Court, 1975. Right, top two: Pride 1980. Right, bottom: Empress Jose Sarria, the Widow Norton, 1989. Photos courtesy…

The artist/nightlife collective owners have announced that The Stud, which lays claim to being San Francisco’s oldest gay bar, will not reopen at its current…

Phyllis Lyon (right) and her wife, Del Martin, at their first wedding in 2004. Phyllis Lyon, the pioneering activist who cofounded the first lesbian rights…

Once a decade, the United States takes a census of everyone living in the United States. The population counts are then used to allocate Congressional…

LEFT: Longbar 1952. credit: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library RIGHT: The Big Glass circa 1958. credit: San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Records   Our…

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…

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…

August 2, 1924 On this date in 1924, author James Baldwin (Giovanni’s Room), now honored on the Castro’s Rainbow Honor Walk, was born. August 19,…

Cast of the “Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City” musical in San Francisco (May 2011) May 5, 1921 On this date in 1921, Dorothy Louise…

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….