The Gay Traveler’s Gui To San Francis - Gayety

Contents:

• SF GAY HISTORY
• THE GAY TRAVELER’S GUI TO SAN FRANCIS
• THE 10 BEST SAN FRANCIS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS SAN FRANCIS
• THE BT GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS
• GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS
• BT GAY CLUBS SAN FRANCIS
• A GAY GUI TO THE CASTRO

SF GAY HISTORY

The bt gay nightclub the stro. The Café has been a staple the LGBTQIA+ Castro muny for almost 30 years, and we are thrilled for our patrons to experience our state-of-the-art gay bar & nightclub.

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In the South Bay, they go to the off-the-beaten-path gay bar Renegas. “Jolene’s is also a spot that is workg hard to -cis-gay-man the queer nightlife scene, ” Calamia says. But that tty-soundg nickname— was the first gay bar San Francis to have plate-glass wdows that let passersby see who’s si, and the patrons skew silver—is one the regulars willgly share.

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A gay sports bar was practilly a ntradictn terms when Hi Tops opened the Castro nearly a ago, but no one should doubt the near-universal appeal of rn dogs and a pork-chop-on-a-stick.

If you’ve hung out the Castro long enough, your jar has probably accumulated more than a few drk tokens om here, a gay bar? Well, ’s neher and both: a majory Irish-owned, majory LGBTQ-owned venue named for a gay Irish humanarian. Sectn at a mic ftival, and a queer-iendly ambiance all nspire to make this Missn spot among the most hospable bars the Street has all but been annexed to the Mara, but once upon a time, there was a htler-filled gayborhood lled Polk Gulch—of which the Cch is the sole survivor.

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A rpeted dive narrow enough that you n touch the bar wh one hand and the oppose wall wh the other, ’s home to the Hot Boxxx Girls, a troupe of olr drag performers who, as well as the Tubteak Connectn, DJ B Statn John’s re-created dis and SF’s longt-nng gay party. Cash is the Axis - random gay bar that tourists end up at.. Tripadvisor performs checks on historic venue, the first gay bar SF that had wdows so folks uld look om the street.

Tripadvisor performs checks on TSan Francis, CA354 ntributnsThe Pilsner is a tried and te sual gay bar that offers iendly service. San Francis gay bars are a popular statn for not only the cy’s gay men, but for straight men and women terted havg a “gay old time”. The cy’s gay bars feature large, outdoor celebratns (not unlike a gay pri para) that attract people of all strip that wish to be entertaed by a group of eclectic and unique sgers and dancers.

GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS

While not exclive any sense, some gay bars are signated for only certa typ of patrons (i. Perhaps the only SF rtrant to embrace outdoor dg by sellg patrons warm socks and blankets, Canela’s menu specials are also worth keepg on your radar at Halloween, Passover, C Mayo, and pretty much all holidays, along wh prix fix tied to SF Gay Men’s Chos shows and mil-theater opengs. This two-level der wh formi, red swivel chairs, and plenty of rnival glass has been a league of s own ever sce the almost-as-gay Sparky’s vanished om Church Street years ago.

Walk and be greeted by a fabulo Art Nouve mural, too sweet to be lled homoerotic, of two mystil-lookg men about to smooch. In 2004, Natali – who by then also owned the Detour – sought to buy the Pendulum, a bar across the street om Badlands that largely tered to Ain Amerin gay men. Opponents argued that his closure of the Castro’s only Ain Amerin gay bar proved his racism.

Batey, Eve, “Controversial Castro Gay Bar and 12-Year-Old SoMa Seafood Spot Both Close for Good, ” Eater San Francis, July 30, 2020. Buchanan, Wyatt, “Gays at receivg end of bias, ” San Francis Chronicle, June 26, 2005.

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“San Francis fds gay bar owner discrimated agast blacks, ” The Advote, April 28, 2005.

Photos: Gay and Lbian Historil Society of Northern California.

A GAY GUI TO THE CASTRO

The Black Cat Cafe on Montgomery Street beme home to a gay drag revue starrg José Sarria. Sarria was born San Francis and performed each Sunday afternoon for fifteen years to full ho of 250 or more, g his role as Madame Butterfly to sermonize about homosexual rights and leadg a sg-along of "God Save the Nelly Queens... When fally closed 1963, The Black Cat had broken the barriers that prevented overtly gay bars om existg eely.

A 1951 California Supreme Court cisn banned the closg down of a bar simply bee homosexuals were the ual ctomers. Sarria for Supervisor, 1961, first openly gay person to n for office San Francis.

Manuel Castells nvcgly argu The Grassroots and the Cy that The Black Cat had also tablished an important cultural precent for the gay muny: fun and humor. Black Cat CafeIt wasn’t until after World War II, when gay men and lbians swarmed San Francis after service the Pacific, that the Black Cat assumed a “gayer” personaly.