Category: 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…
This month in SF Gay History: September
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…
Stonewall film faces backlash
A trailer released for Roland Emmerich’s film Stonewall, a fictionalized accounting of the 1969 riots in New York City widely cited as the public “coming…
Folsom Forever
A trailer for Folsom Forever, a documentary by Mike Skiff about the history of the Folsom Street Fair, has just been posted on Youtube. From the…
These weeks in SF Gay History: December 29 – January 11
The Cockettes January 8, 1880 On this date in 1880, Norton the First, Emperor of San Francisco and Protector of Mexico, collapsed and died while…
Origins of the hanky code
In the early 1970s, some gay men — particularly in the leather scene — began to wear colorful handkerchiefs to signal their sexual interests (e.g.,…
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