Before the Castro beme the gay mec for the entire Uned Stat, Polk Gulch, centered around Polk Street, was the hub for the LGBT , gay bars quietly existed other parts of the cy— the Tenrlo and North Beach—but Polk Gulch was the first neighborhood where gay-owned dayti...
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. 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.
UNVERG GAY HISTORY SAN FRANCIS
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. * lgbt history san francisco *
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.
WHY THE FIRST GAY OLYMPICS WAS A WATERSHED MOMENT SPORTS
Fd out more about the GLBT History Mm San Francis. It is a space for the Gay, Lbian, Bisexual & Transgenr muny as well as anyone else. * 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.
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 *
By 1962, gay bar owners had found the Tavern Guild, the first gay bs associatn, rponse to the ntued police raids and harassment.
BEFORE THE CASTRO, POLK GULCH WAS SAN FRANCIS'S GAYBORHOOD
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.