Ameri's First Gay Mm Opens In Castro: SFist

Contents:

• THE CASTRO, SAN FRANCIS GAY DISTRICT
• AMERI'S 1ST GAY MM OPENS IN SAN FRANCIS CASTRO DISTRICT
• IS THE CASTRO GETTG LS GAY?
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI
• AMERI'S FIRST GAY MM OPENS IN CASTRO

THE CASTRO, SAN FRANCIS GAY DISTRICT

In jt one room you see the 'history' of gay life San Francis. Small, pact actually still packs a punch wh personal stori amongst the historil ntext of gay rights. As an out and proud gay Asie guy, I found an emotnal experience.

You're gog to see same-sex upl and people drsg ways you'd expect for one of the most historic gay neighborhoods the untry as well as ways that you might not expect, pecially durg Pri.

AMERI'S 1ST GAY MM OPENS IN SAN FRANCIS CASTRO DISTRICT

I know the typil gay man has to have a place to go for recreatn. And high pric for drks a gay bar now. MiFremont, CA175, 889 ntributnsJun 2020We were the Castro District of San Francis durg Gay Pri Week-end.

The stro has always ronated wh me as a ltle (gay) boy watchg the news about a gay guy nng for public office. Castro street is the center of this famo historic gay district.

IS THE CASTRO GETTG LS GAY?

We vised lol rtrants the area a uple of liked the Rabow Honor Walk which featur bronze, siwalk plaqu that honor Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgen personali like Spanish poet Feri Garcia Lor, Freddie Mercury, Keh Harg, Amerin dis star Sylvter, Osr Wil, Virgia Wolf, Ameri poet and wrer Jam Baldw, Tennsee Williams, Frida Khalo, Allen Gsberg and many area is a ltle grad, terrated and n down wh many homels people the is worth a brief, our opn, The Castro is much more tertg than the overrated touristic se “Pated Ladi”. Follow along on a gay wrer’s adventur at Pri around the world; read about a bisexual woman’s journey to The Gambia to vis her stnchly relig fay; and hear om a non-genr-nformg traveler about unexpected challeng and triumphs on the road. Bee while mastream books and schools seldom tell tal of queer history, stutns like ONE Natnal Gay & Lbian Archiv and The Legacy Walk proudly specialize dog jt that.

ONE Natnal Gay & Lbian Archiv.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

Loted the gayborhood Boystown, along a half-e of the North Halsted Street Corridor, the seri of snazzy bronze plaqu affixed to steel rabow-lored pylons memorate the life and work of queer notabl such as Walt Whman, Leonard Bernste, and Alan Turg. Found the 1970s as an answer to the patriarchalism rampant the gay rights movement, the archiv feature a tly jaw-droppg selectn of memorabilia. There are plenty of piec here, cludg the doodly sketch, “Male Genals, ” illtratg his fabulo mpy gay gaze.

So, om Stonewall archiv to morn gay art exhibns, we’ve put together a list of the top 10 LGBTQ mms the world offerg up gay culture and sight to all thgs queer, wherever you are the world. Llie+Lohman Mm of Gay and Lbian Art, New York, USANamed after their New Yorker founrs Frz Lohman and Charl Llie, the Llie+Lohman Mm of Gay and Lbian Art is the rult of s of stggl and opposn, startg wh a small 1969 exhibn that took place their Soho loft.

Schwul Mm, Berl, GermanyWily regard as the first ‘gay mm’ is the Schwul Mm Berl which trac s origs back to 1984 wh a sgle exhib si the Berl Mm. ONE Natnal Gay & Lbian Archiv, Los Angel, USAAimed at promotg public awarens of LGBTQ issu through prervatn is the ONE Natnal Gay & Lbian Archiv Los Angel. Owg much to the Universy of Southern California Librari terms of space and rourc, ONE has been enshred on Wt Adams Boulevard sce 2010, providg visors and amics accs to perdils, books, films, photography, d rerdgs and personal papers, all relatg to the history of gay and lbian issu the Uned Stat.

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GLBT Historil Society & Mm, San Francis, USAPlayfully referred to as the ‘gay Smhsonian’ is the GLBT Historil Society & Mm San Francis, which holds an extensive llectn of historic artefacts, all relatg to the history of LGBT people the US, wh a eper foc on San Francis and Northern California. Loted on 18th street the Castro neighbourhood – San Francis’s gay mec – GLBT is the first LGBT mm of s kd dited solely to the e, allowg visors to ga sights to lol legend and polil figure Harvey Milk as well as to explore var temporary and permanent exhibs spanng everythg om archival materials to graphic arts. Stonewall Natnal Mm & Archiv, Fort Lrdale, USAWhile Fort Lrdale might not be the first cy that sprgs to md when lookg to memorate the Stonewall uprisg, the Stonewall Natnal Mm & Archiv Fort Lrdale, fact, serv a very strong lol LGBTQ muny, alongsi other municipal offergs like the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Travel Associatn and the Pri Center of Florida.

AMERI'S FIRST GAY MM OPENS IN CASTRO

Now loted Wilton Manors, Florida’s top gay mm hosts revolvg exhibs, film screengs, readgs and fundraisers throughout the year. Natnal Gay & Lbian Sports Hall of Fame, Chigo, USAThis next LGBTQ mm is one for the queer sports fanatics among you. The Natnal Gay & Lbian Sports Hall of Fame loted Chigo is the only mm of s type the US.

The ArQuiv, Toronto, CanadaNatnally supported sce 1973 as part of Canada’s progrsive polics and gay-iendly approach, the untry’s natnal LGBTQ archiv are well-n and important cultural stutns.

In Toronto, disver The ArQuiv (Canadian Lbian & Gay Archiv), which hosts one of the largt queer historil llectns the world. Atralia Lbian & Gay Archiv, Melbourne, AtraliaRun by a volunteer-based muny for over 40 years is the Atralia Lbian & Gay Archiv Melbourne.

As well as hostg exhibs at the ma se of the archive and library, the muny also puts on var exhibs operatn wh partner galleri across Atralia, naturally jog on big lendar events such as Sydney Gay & Lbian Mardi Gras and Midsumma Ftival.

Officially named the Internatnal Homo/Lbian Informatn Archive, but gog by IHLIA LGBT Herage for short, this llectn has been growg rapidly the cy’s Public Library sce 1999. “At a time when there was ltle overlap—and sometim open nflict— between gay and lbian circl many Amerin ci, the society was found by lbian women and gay men, ” noted historian Gerard Koskovich an article entled "Displayg the Queer Past: Purpos, Publics, and Possibili at the GLBT History Mm. A few years later, cidg wh the release of Milk, the 2008 bpic chroniclg the life and ath of San Francis’s most famo gay rights advote Harvey Milk, the mm took a gamble and opened a pop-up down the street om the Castro Theatre (where the filmmakers staged the film’s world premiere).

”1984 Lbian and Gay Freedom Day Para. (Photo: Arlene Krantz, urty of GLBT Historil Society)Current exhibns speak to this ethos of cultural reprentatn, wh featur rangg om a display on Jiro Onuma, the only known, out, gay adult ternee at the Japane ternment mps durg World War II, to "The Lbians of The Ladr: Courage Unr Attack" (Dghters of Bilis, a small group of queer women, many of lor, who found a society for lbians), and "History is Now: The Dragon F Project", which tells stori om queer Asian Pacific mm has ntued to experiment wh digal media and teractive displays an attempt to pture the attentn of mm patrons; the techniqu are pecially effective exhibns the ve of “Dragon F, ” whose oral histori are told pellg terviews that n be viewed sequentially and dividually. You n read more about this seri and get rmatn on the remag schle, a gay bar formerly loted at Turk and Leavenworth appears “Gayborhoods: Lost Queer Landsp, ” currently on view the Ma Gallery of the GLBT History Mm.