This Month in SF Gay History: February
Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin at their City Hall wedding in February of 2004. February 3, 1874 On this date in 1874, Gertrude Stein, author…
This week in SF Gay History: January 19 – 25
Sports Illustrated’s photo in Hi Tops helped make the gay sports bar nationally famous just a weeks after they opened. January 25, 1882 On this date in…
This week in SF Gay History: January 12 – 18
In 1958, the US Supreme Court ruled that One Magazine had a First Amendment right to mail its publication to subscribers. January 17, 1920 On…
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…
Gay holiday traditions in San Francisco
San Francisco Skivvies Run, a holiday fundraising tradition in the Castro Michael Flanagan, a local journalist who has done so much fantastic reporting on LGBT…
This week in SF Gay History: December 15 – 21
December 15, 1973 On this date in 1973, the American Psychiatric Association’s Board of Trustees voted 13 to 0 to remove homosexuality from its list of mental…
This week in SF Gay History: December 8 – 14
The Henry Gerber House in Chicago, Illinois December 12, 1922 On this date in 1922 or 1923 (the exact year is disputed), José Julio Sarria…
This Week in SF Gay History: December 1 – 7
December 5, 1933 On this date in 1933, Prohibition was repealed with the ratification of the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Gay bars start…
World AIDS Day
December 1 marks World AIDS Day, an international day of awareness for the AIDS pandemic that has been observed every year since 1988. The very…
Jane Addams (1860 – 1935)
Jane Addams, the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, is one of the 20 inaugural honorees on the Rainbow Honor Walk…
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