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This Week in SF Gay History: October 27 – November 2
November 1, 1937 On this date in 1937, Tom Waddell, Olympic athlete and founder of the Gay Games who is now honored on the Castro’s…
Posted in Gay Bars & Clubs LGBT Activitists LGBT Business People Memorials Radical Faeries This Week in SF Gay History
This Week in SF Gay History: October 20 – 26
October 24, 1998 On this date in 1998, Horst Hans Grahlmann, owner of Uncle Bert’s in the Castro as well as the Rainbow Cattle Company…
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…
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…
History of Castro gay bars
Gay history is inextricably linked to the bar scene. For generations, gay people met each other furtively at hookup spots: parks, the piers, and other…
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