Tag: Bay Area Reporter
50 Years of Fabulous: Documentary celebrates Imperial Council
“United we stand, divided they’ll catch us one by one.” Jose Sarria, founder of the Imperial Court This week’s Bay Area Reporter reviews a new…
Bay Area Reporter digitizes archives
The Bay Area Reporter, which is both San Francisco and America’s longest continuously-published and highest circulation LGBTQ newspaper, has always been SF Gay History’s preeminent…
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…
This month in SF Gay History: August
August 2, 1924 On this date in 1924, author James Baldwin (Giovanni’s Room), now honored on the Castro’s Rainbow Honor Walk, was born. August 19,…
This Month in SF Gay History: April
Alice B. Toklas April 30, 1877 On this date in 1877, lesbian author Alice B. Toklas, partner of Gertrude Stein, was born in San Francisco….
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