Tag: 1950s
Phyllis Lyon (1924-2020)
Phyllis Lyon (right) and her wife, Del Martin, at their first wedding in 2004. Phyllis Lyon, the pioneering activist who cofounded the first lesbian rights…
New look at early gay life in the Fillmore
LEFT: Longbar 1952. credit: San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library RIGHT: The Big Glass circa 1958. credit: San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Records Our…
Harvey Milk’s claims of dishonorable discharge for homosexuality prove true
Harvey Milk, the first openly-gay politician in San Francisco who was assassinated in 1978, often claimed to reporters that he had been dishonorably discharged from…
Lion Pub, Alta Plaza, JJ’s Piano Bar, and other Pac Heights bars of yesteryear
Clockwise from top left: bar ad for the Lion Pub; Alta Plaza Park; site of the old Alta Plaza bar, site of the old JJ’s…
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…
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…
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,…
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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