Through archival photographs, historic footage, and terviews wh bar owners, bartenrs and proment muny members, this documentary provis a glimpse to the rich history of San Diego's gay history and culture.
Contents:
- SAN DIEGO'S GAY BAR HISTORY
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR.
SAN DIEGO'S GAY BAR HISTORY
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San Diego was home to same-sex upl as far back as the 19th century, but wasn’t until around World War II that gays and lbians started to e out of the shadows and fd plac to ll home. The Gayt Neighborhood of Them All.
The Hillcrt “Gayborhood“. Durg World War II, the cy’s gay bars were maly downtown, where they tered to sailors.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR.
But thgs changed dramatilly the 1970s as Hillcrt attracted LGBTQ people who sought cheap hog and were willg to fix up Victorian hom, a classic se of “gaytrifitn. ” The Brass Rail, meanwhile, led the vanguard of gay and lbian bars flockg to the “gayborhood” and nearby neighborhoods — North Park, Banker’s Hill, and Universy Heights.
“Gayborhoods allow gays and lbians to fd one another for iendship and fellowship, sex, datg, and love, spe the ascendance of datg apps, ” said Am Ghaziani, thor of the book “There Go the Gayborhood?, ” a 2017 terview. There has been a lot of talk about the cle of the classic “gayborhood” the Uned Stat. A Voice of San Diego analysis of 2010 cens data found that lol gay male upl were still highly ncentrated Hillcrt and nearby neighborhoods.
Bar None – Gay Waterg Hol to Remember. Gay bars are fairly rare the days: Only about a dozen are still open the cy of San Diego. But our regn was home to many dozens of gay bars over the eight s sce World War II, acrdg to the 2018 KPBS documentary “San Diego’s Gay Bar History.