An iative by the Natnal Park Service and lol guis give an overview of unrappreciated s that helped shape San Francis’s gay muny, and the natn’s.
Contents:
- SF GAY HISTORY
- UNVERG GAY HISTORY SAN FRANCIS
- WHY THE FIRST GAY OLYMPICS WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT SPORTS
- THE COMMTEE ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HISTORY
- BEFORE THE CASTRO, POLK GULCH WAS SAN FRANCIS'S GAYBORHOOD
SF GAY HISTORY
The reputatn of San Francis as a gay Mec go back to the Gold Rh days of 1849, when there were an timated 40,000 men and 700 women. All those * lgbt history san francisco *
After s of standg at the foreont of gay culture, ntu to be globally regnised as one of the most progrsive and LGBTQ+ iendly ci the world.
UNVERG GAY HISTORY SAN FRANCIS
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Durg World War 1, the US Navy began dischargg known homosexual and black soldiers port ci, known as the “blue discharge” practice.
As alhol was illegal until 1933, bars were already nng a risk, and was no more illegal to allow gay and lbian patrons to enter. Mona’s, the first lbian bar San Francis, opened on Unn Street 1934, while nightclubs wh drag shows attracted both gay and straight dienc. From 1942 to 1943, ary patrols known as the San Francis Moral Drive targeted and raid the gay bars of San Francis, claimg to be protectg servicemen om homosexuals.
WHY THE FIRST GAY OLYMPICS WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT SPORTS
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However, by the end of the 1940s, the gay bar scene was growg and queer bars beme not only a safe space for gay and lbian people, but also a statn for visors to the cy, who watched performanc and mgled wh the lols. Many beat poets, cludg those who were openly gay such as Allen Gsberg, me to San Francis due to the more permissive environment and aligned themselv wh LGBTQ+ groups. The Dghters of Bilis, found 1955, was the first lbian-centred anisatn the USA, while the Mattache Society, one of the earlit gay rights anizatns the USA, beme headquartered San Francis 1956.
THE COMMTEE ON LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR HISTORY
San Francis's GLBT Historil Society Mm and Archiv, the natn's first stand-alone mm of gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr history and culture has put expansn plans on hold amid the ronavis panmic. * lgbt history san francisco *
When police officers raid the gay bar Tay-Bh Inn and arrted 103 people, the public began to qutn the harassment of the gay muny. By 1962, gay bar owners had found the Tavern Guild, the first gay bs associatn, rponse to the ntued police raids and harassment.
That same year, the Natnal Planng Conference of Homophile Organizatns held the first natnal nventn of gay and lbian groups San Francis. It was the first openly gay bar wh opened wdows San Francis, floutg the laws that once required gay bars to have blackened wdows or no wdows at all. Gay bars ually sponsored the teams and the teams often held petns wh each other along wh the San Francis Police softball team.
BEFORE THE CASTRO, POLK GULCH WAS SAN FRANCIS'S GAYBORHOOD
In November 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francis Board of Supervisors, beg the first openly gay elected official California. It has bright neon rabow lights, vtage furnure, and huge wdows which display all the fun si, a tribute to beg the first gay bar to not have blackout wdows San Francis.