Category: People
This Week in SF Gay History: November 10 – 16
November 10, 1924 On this date in 1924, Phyllis Ann Lyon was born in Oklahoma. She became a lesbian pioneer and, with her future wife…
SF’s LGBT representation changes
When San Francisco’s elected and re-elected officials take their oaths of office in January of 2015, we’ll be represented by fewer openly-LGBT officials than we…
This Week in SF Gay History: November 3 – 9
November 7, 1961 On this date in 1961, Jose Sarria, the first openly gay political candidate in the U.S., finished 9th for 5 open SF…
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…
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…
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…
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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