This Week in SF Gay History: November 24 – 30
Oscar Wilde (1889) November 30, 1900 On this date in 1900, writer Oscar Wilde, now honored on Castro’s Rainbow Honor Walk, died of cerebral meningitis,…
Danny Williams (1952 – 2014)
Comedian Danny Williams, formerly of San Francisco, died of a staph infection in a Maryland hospital on November 4, 2014 according to the Bay Area…
The Black Cat Café’s second act
We’ve written extensively about the Black Cat Café in North Beach, one of San Francisco’s early gay bars thanks to the efforts of Jose Sarria,…
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…
Historical Castro markers finalized
Before 1776 – The native Yelamu people live nearby in the village of Chutchui, relocating each winter to the bayside village of Sitlintac. A creek…
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…
Halloween jumps to the Castro
SF’s Gay Halloween – Part 4 More than three decades of Halloween in the gayborhood For more than three decades now, the Castro’s gay Halloween celebrations…
The party moves to SF’s gay downtown
SF’s Gay Halloween – Part 3 Halloween in the Polk, SF’s first gay downtown The Nob Hill Club opened in the Polk in 1950, becoming the…
The gays get into the Halloween spirit
SF’s Gay Halloween – Part 2 Gay Halloween in North Beach The old Barbary Coast area of San Francisco, which includes parts of the present-day…
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