Behold: A Map Of San Francis's Lost Gay Bars: SFist

Contents:

• SAN FRANCIS’S 3 MOST FAB GAY NEIGHBORHOODS
• CULTUR EXPLAED: HOW DID SAN FRANCIS BEE THE WORLD’S GAY MEC
• BEHOLD: A MAP OF SAN FRANCIS'S LOST GAY BARS
• UNVERG GAY HISTORY SAN FRANCIS

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.

CULTUR EXPLAED: HOW DID SAN FRANCIS BEE THE WORLD’S GAY MEC

For some, is one of the bt gay areas San Francis. Bt gay areas San Francis. Did you know that San Francis is known to be the “Gay Capal of the World”?

Now famo for s annual Pri ftival, queer performanc and open gay bars, San Francis is a cy of love and diversy.

I dug a ltle to the bottom for plac and events to check out Castro Gay Capal of the WorldThe openns and eedom of the LGBT muny today sure didn’t e easy. Photo cred: Goln Gate Natnal Parks ConservancyDurg WWI, “blue discharg” (a form of admistrative ary discharge) were issued by the US to people who were ught engagg homosexual San Francis beg the last port of ll before war the Pacific, many homosexuals were left behd to form their own muny of “intified gays”.

BEHOLD: A MAP OF SAN FRANCIS'S LOST GAY BARS

1977: Harvey MilkPhoto cred: Roger EbertHarvey Milk was the first openly gay man elected to public office. At a time of rampant discrimatn, he beme a voice for the LGBT muny wh bold reform agendas that protect gay phed for improvements lol servic and facili Castro, and spoke out on important issu for margalised muni (LGBT people, women, racial mori etc) cred: The Bold ItalicHe also sponsored an anti-discrimatn bill and helped pass a gay rights ordance removg anti-gay discrimatn hog and today, his ntributns are wily regnised wh the muny and paved the way for future ton and gay policians like Gav Newsom and Mark Leno.

UNVERG GAY HISTORY SAN FRANCIS

For stance, Bobbi Campbell led tnal projects that helped spread awarens about “Gay Cancer” and s, San Francis remas one of the ontnners AIDS rearch and and Events that scream #PriIf you’re thkg of makg a trip down to the vibrant Castro District, here are some plac and events to check out:Tw Peaks TavernBack the day, gay bars operated only behd closed wdows, hidn om the rt of the neighbourhood.

This was what ma Tw Peaks Tavern so was the first gay bar San Francis to feature full-length open wdows, allowg s LGBT patrons to look out and more importantly, to let others look . It was our first time a gay bar, and we had no ia what to, the bartenr, weled heartily spe the by afternoon and we had a lovely chat wh Cdy, a lady stg the rner.

“[World War II] properly marks the begng of the natn’s, and San Francis’s, morn gay history, ” wrote historian John D’E his book “Makg Trouble: Essays on Gay History, Polics, and the Universy.

Until 1973, homosexualy was still diagnosed as a mental health disorr when the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn removed om the send edn of s Diagnostic Statistil Manual (also known as DSM 2). “By uprootg an entire generatn, the war helped channel urban gay life to a particular path of growth—away om stable private works and toward public mercial tablishments, ” wrote lol historian Allan Bébé, his book “Comg Out Unr Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women World War II. For those still servg the ary, livg as—or beg emed as—a homosexual earned you a discharge, more monly known as a “blue ticket” or “blue discharge.

“Ironilly, the creasg harassment of gay men and lbians the armed servic, cludg the e of the notor, unsirable ‘blue’ discharg, helped to build a sense of muny among s victims, ” Bebe wrote “Comg Out Unr Fire.