Tag: SOMA
D’Arcy Drollinger named SF’s first Drag Laureate
As more and more conservative states pass draconian anti-trans and anti-drag laws, San Francisco is pushing back by creating a new position of Drag Laureate….
The Stud to close after 54 years
The artist/nightlife collective owners have announced that The Stud, which lays claim to being San Francisco’s oldest gay bar, will not reopen at its current…
New museum for GLBT Historical Society?
The GLBT Historical Society is soliciting funds to create a permanent LGBTQ Museum and Research Center. The museum is currently leasing space on 18th Street…
Sex, Drugs & Disco
This week’s Bay Area Reporter has some fascinating excerpts from Mark Abramson’s new autobiography, Sex, Drugs & Disco: San Francisco Diaries from the Pre-AIDS Era….
Folsom Forever
A trailer for Folsom Forever, a documentary by Mike Skiff about the history of the Folsom Street Fair, has just been posted on Youtube. From the…
History of the Folsom Street Fair
The Folsom Street Fair has grown into the largest annual BDSM, leather, and fetish event in the world, and the third largest annual outdoor event…
Origins of the hanky code
In the early 1970s, some gay men — particularly in the leather scene — began to wear colorful handkerchiefs to signal their sexual interests (e.g.,…
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