IntroductnThe Alice B. Toklas Memorial Democratic Club of San Francis was the first registered Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) Democratic Club the natn. Formg only two years after the Stonewall rts the fancy of the LGBT civil rights movement, Alice grew to bee a vibrant anizatn that has ma a profound impact…
Contents:
- GAY HISTORY: HISTORY OF THE ALICE B. TOKLAS LGBT DEMOCRATIC CLUB, SAN FRANCIS, CALIFORNIA, 1971-2004
- RABOW DISTRICT: EXPLORG GAY CULTURE SAN FRANCIS
- SF GAY HISTORY
GAY HISTORY: HISTORY OF THE ALICE B. TOKLAS LGBT DEMOCRATIC CLUB, SAN FRANCIS, CALIFORNIA, 1971-2004
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Advotg wh the Democratic Party for human rights, social and enomic jtice, and equaly for all persons, foremost the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr for by Alice B. Found 1976 as the San Francis Gay Democratic Club, was the Cy’s first Democratic Club wh the word “gay” s name, a ntroversial and radil move at the time. Toklas Memorial Democratic Club of San Francis was the first registered Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) Democratic Club the natn.
RABOW DISTRICT: EXPLORG GAY CULTURE SAN FRANCIS
Alice has been cril to the fight for LGBT lears to w office, such as Mark Leno, the first gay man elected to the California State Senate.
Back 1971, had only been a uple of years sce the Compton’s Cafeteria Rt and Stonewall Rts; homosexualy was still registered as a mental disorr by the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn; the morn Women’s Movement was jt formg; Print Richard Nixon was playg to his “silent majory”; and the issue of homosexualy was still thought of the popular nscns as “The Love That Dare Not Speak s Name.
SF GAY HISTORY
At this time, ‘gay people’ (cludg women, men and transgenr people who equently referred to the muny this perd as a ‘gay movement’), all faced wispread cultural stigma and the high probabily that they uld be fired, expelled om fai, and subject to vlence for simply g out.