The Gay Traveler’s Gui To San Francis - Gayety

Contents:

• CULTUR EXPLAED: HOW DID SAN FRANCIS BEE THE WORLD’S GAY MEC
• 5 REASONS WHYSAN FRANCIS'S ORIGAL GAYBORHOOD REMAS TIMELS
• THE GAY TRAVELER’S GUI TO SAN FRANCIS
• LOOKBACK: WHAT GAY LIFE WAS LIKE SAN FRANCIS 1976
• MOVG TO LGBT SAN FRANCIS, CALIFORNIA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

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

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”.

5 REASONS WHYSAN FRANCIS'S ORIGAL GAYBORHOOD REMAS TIMELS

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.

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. Most people might assume that the Castro has always been San Francis’s ma gayborhood, but that wasn’t always the se.

THE GAY TRAVELER’S GUI TO SAN FRANCIS

Check out Chambers, the swanky rtrant si the inic Phoenix Hotel, which was found the 1980s by openly gay San Francis hotelier, Chip Conley. Gay Ci is your gay travel gui to gay bars, rtrants, hotels and events wh reviews, maps and photos ci wherever you travel. If someone wanted to travel by unicycle or be a whe person wh dreadlocks or raise a child munally among a group of gays or live on a boat or start a ridiculo-soundg pany, that was jt fe.

This sprg, after the cy’s gay-pri para banned police officers om marchg uniform, Breed announced that out of solidary, she wouldn’t march eher. The San Francis metropolan area has a higher percentage of adults who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr than any other cy the untry, a new survey found. -- The San Francis metropolan area has the hight percentage of the adult populatn who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr (LGBT) of any of the top 50 U.

LOOKBACK: WHAT GAY LIFE WAS LIKE SAN FRANCIS 1976

The rults are based on rpons to the qutn, "Do you, personally, intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr? As the first cy the USA to legalise gay marriage and elect an openly gay official (Harvey Milk), San Francis is a te gay in. 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.

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

Mona’s, the first lbian bar San Francis, opened on Unn Street 1934, while nightclubs wh drag shows attracted both gay and straight dienc. The US ary’s blue discharge practice ntued to World War II, wh many gay men settlg San Francis at the end of the war. 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.

In 1943, the police raid the gay bar Rickshaw Chatown, arrtg dozens of patrons and settg off a small rt. 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. In 1961, entertaer and drag queen José Sarria beme the first openly gay ndidate the USA to n for public office.