Before the Castro, Polk Gulch was San Francis's Gayborhood - 7x7 Bay Area

Contents:

• SAN FRANCIS’S 3 MOST FAB GAY NEIGHBORHOODS
• THE BT GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS
• THE GAY TRAVELER’S GUI TO SAN FRANCIS
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS SAN FRANCIS
• UNVERG GAY HISTORY SAN FRANCIS
• MOVG TO LGBT SAN FRANCIS, CALIFORNIA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• SAN FRANCIS GAY MAP
• SAN FRANCIS GAY SNAS
• THE CASTRO, SAN FRANCIS GAY DISTRICT
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS SAN FRANCIS
• BEFORE THE CASTRO, POLK GULCH WAS SAN FRANCIS'S GAYBORHOOD

SAN FRANCIS’S 3 MOST FAB GAY NEIGHBORHOODS

When lookg for some of the bt gay neighborhoods San Francis, some stand out om the rt.

For some, is one of the bt gay areas San Francis. Bt gay areas San Francis.

Nowadays, s gay populatn per pa is one of the hight the world. San Francis has long been synonymo wh the gay muny and the LGBT movement at large.

THE BT GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS

It’s fair to say that while San Francis was beg a bean of hope for gay men and women around the world – the policy of the Uned Stat ernment and s treatment of LGBT cizens (particularly the stigma surroundg the HIV/AIDS crisis) was everythg but supportive and welg to the muny. The Stonewall Rts of 1969, while geographilly distant, voked a surge anizatns for the gay muny.

In the subsequent years – bars, galleri, cultural tablishments and social and cultural bonds were cemented to make San Franciso one of the homosexual epicenters of the world.

THE GAY TRAVELER’S GUI TO SAN FRANCIS

As the first openly gay man to be elected to public office the state of California – his robt, hands-on mpaigng lead to him beg, spe an ially osty receptn, wily accepted by the public. The gay history of San Francis is embedd to s history still prent both physilly and atmospherilly and enjoyed by s LGBT rints and all those who choose to vis.

Gay Hotels San Francis. Gay Tours San Francis.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS SAN FRANCIS

San Francis Gay Bars. San Francis Gay Clubs and Parti. You n download the Gay San Francis gui for ee.

Willows Inn – a gay owned bed and breakfast the Castro neighborhood of San Francis.

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UNVERG GAY HISTORY SAN FRANCIS

Unrstandg the gay scene is much more easily done wh the help of a lol and home-sharg is one of the bt ways to meet someone livg the cy who knows how thgs work, where and when are the bt nights to go out, and what plac to eat at and which to avoid. Misterb&b is our top choice if your prry is explorg the lol gay scene.

Beach – the north end of Baker Beach is the gay, clothg-optnal beach. Near Baker Beach is Marshall’s Beach which is also popular for gay and nu sunbathers.

Fd the gayborhood, Victorian hom, trendy shops and rtrants the Castro. San Francis is nsired an Amerin gay mec and at s heart beats the Castro District, one of the first gay neighborhoods.

MOVG TO LGBT SAN FRANCIS, CALIFORNIA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

This gay neighborhood is loted along Castro St. Hi Tops – this gay sports bar the Castro is a great spot to throwback drks while supportg your team.

SAN FRANCIS GAY MAP

Oasis – this venue by Drag legends D'Arcy Drollger and Hekla prents drag shows, baret and theater productns to a mixed gay/lbian crowd SoMa. The Stud – a rnerstone the San Francis gay bar scene, this dive-ish bar SoMa has been around the block. Eros – a gay, two-story sna the Castro wh steam, sna, showers, lockers, bunk beds and play areas.

San Francis Pri – this gay pri event started back 1970 and today is the largt gatherg of the queer muny and s alli natnwi. The event, held annually durg the last full weekend of June, has more than 200 para ntgents and exhibors and over twenty muny-n stag and venu like Homo Hip Hop to Gray Pri. The 40th Annual San Francis Gay Pri Para where the theme was “Forty and Fabulo” San Francis, Calif.

San Francis – home of the untry's first openly gay elected official (Harvey Milk), birthplace of the rabow flag, the first cy the Uned Stat to legalize gay marriage and host of the bt damn Pri para  the untry—remas a major LGBTQ+ epicenter. (They don't ll the 'gay pal of the world' for nothg. So whether you're here June or not, honor SF's storied gay history at the mms, bars and cultural landmarks.

SAN FRANCIS GAY SNAS

From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis.

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The amount of queer tablishments nted the 10-square-e town is rehg, particularly Rabow Cattle Company, the olst gay bar town. Rabow Cattle Company, a wtern-themed gay bar.

THE CASTRO, SAN FRANCIS GAY DISTRICT

I saw many siar banners throughout of the people I saw at Rabow Cattle Company were mature gay men who all seemed to be eher lol regulars or long-time patrons visg om out of town. " A portn of the proceeds om all sal go toward iativ that support reproductive rights, accs to tn, gay rights, and more. There’s always somethg gog on at the Eros gay sna the heart of San Francis.

Disver the dry sna, steam room, and open showers, where gay men get up to all sorts of mischief. “This clud workg wh gays, sex workers, ‘young chickens, ’ youth, hippi, gangs, dg addicts, and others.

) Anti-black discrimatn exists the gay muny and the Castro. This famo bar was a regular for gay men of lor who didn’t feel wele at other predomately whe clubs. Nurse and early AIDS activist Bobbi Campbell ed the ont wdow of this pharmacy to post a flyer 1981 warng the muny of “Gay Cancer”—bee neher the lol nor natnal ernment would sound the alarm—showg photos of lns ed by Kaposi sara (the rare ncer was found to be a rult of HIV’s toll on the immune system).

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS SAN FRANCIS

Tw Peaks Tavern go down history as the first gay bar Ameri wh wdows, meang patrons weren’t hidn om outsi view. The wdows allowed gays and lbians to sip cktails whout shame while lettg the sunshe and nightlife vibe .

BEFORE THE CASTRO, POLK GULCH WAS SAN FRANCIS'S GAYBORHOOD

G., the Dghters of Bilis and the Mattache Society) were jt begng, homosexualy was still registered as a pathology by the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn. Operated by Harvey Milk om 1972 to 1978, the store beme the center of the neighborhood’s growg gay muny. Rough, sual, and sparsely rated, the first gay bar the Castro opened pre-Stonewall way back 1963.

Over the next few s, approximately 30 more gay bars and shops opened around the Mule. While the relaxatn rooms, snas and a seclud ck for nu sunbathg were all gone, somehow the bathhoe’s spir liv Flaherty for The New York TimWhen one thks of gay San Francis, this isn’t ually what to md. But the Natnal Park Service has started a lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr history iative, mappg out dozens of hidn gems like Osento San Francis and other plac wh unacknowledged ti to gay culture.

I cid to e the Natnal Park Service survey map — and a gui — to go search of the and other nearly visible landmarks to get a better unrstandg of the Bay Area’s unherald gay tour started at the Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front Natnal Historil Park Richmond, Calif., on the eastern shore of San Francis Bay. The shift was so formative for the gay muny that the mm is seekg to clu lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr stori permanent exhibn mak clear that while the fense dtry employed women huge numbers — 12 ln 1941 and 18 ln by 1944 — there were still others whose liv were siarly shiftg amid war and discrimatn. ’ ”The next morng, I was joed by Donna Grav, a public historian who, together wh her lleague Shayne Watson, has studied the Bay Area’s gay historic s and has worked wh the Park Service sce 1999.