Before the Castro, Polk Gulch was San Francis's Gayborhood - 7x7 Bay Area

Contents:

• SAN FRANCIS GAY SHOPS
• THE CASTRO, SAN FRANCIS GAY DISTRICT
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS SAN FRANCIS
• 5 QUEER-OWNED BS TO SHOP (AND SUPPORT) THE BAY AREAGO GRAB A FEW LGBTQI+ BOOKS AND SOME H KSASHA WEILBAKER·FOLLOWPUBLISHED THE BOLD ITALIC·5 M READ·MAY 7, 2021--LISTENSHAREBY MAX TEMPLETON ON UNSPLASHLONG KNOWN AS THE “GAY PAL OF THE WORLD,” SAN FRANCIS — AND THE GREATER BAY AREA — IS HOME TO A NEARLY UNTLS AMOUNT OF QUEER-OWNED BS, WHETHER BE THE SURANCE PANY DOWN THE STREET OR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GAY BAR.SUPPORT THE 5 LOL NONPROFS HELPG TO PRERVE THE BAY AREA — AND PLAGIVE YOUR GREEN TO MOTHER NATURE’S WH SAN FRANCIS NOW THE STATE’S “YELLOW TIER” OF COVID-19 RTRICTNS, NIZENS OF THE CY ARE NOW CREASGLY FORTABLE GOG OUT AND ABOUT. AND WH THAT NEWFOUND NFINCE (AND ACCSIBILY) TO EXPLORE THE REGN’S SHORG-UP BS LANDSPE, THERE’S ALSO NOW A GROWG OPPORTUNY TO PUT YOUR DOLLAR WHERE YOUR ETHICS ARE.SHOP LOL. SHOP QUEER. SHOP STAABLE.HERE’S A LIST OF FIVE QUEER-OWNED BS THE BAY AREA TO GIVE YOUR HARD-EARNED SH TO EXCHANGE FOR GOODS OR SERVIC — BEE, FISLLY SPEAKG, THE BAY AREA’S SMALL BS, PECIALLY S QUEER ON, ARE FAR OM OUT OF THE WOODS, YET.LN DANCE CAFEPHOTO: BY CHRISTY WANG FOR LN DANCE CAFE, VIA INSTAGRAMI FIRST ENUNTERED LN DANCE CAFE AFTER MEETG A IEND BY LAKE MERRT OAKLAND ON A SATURDAY EVENG, AFTER PRE-ORRG OUR MEALS ONLE EARLIER THE WEEK. THE FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY AND REVIEWS WERE PROMISG, BUT I STILL WASN’T SURE WHAT TO EXPECT. NEEDLS TO SAY, LN DANCE CAFE SURPASSED ALL EXPECTATNS OF WHAT A CLASSIC EVENG OF “TAKEOUT-BY-THE-LAKE” ULD BE.OWNED BY BREAKOUT CULARY STAR C.Y. MARIE CHIA — WHOSE FE NOT ONLY WAS VOTED AS TBI’S BT NEW EATERY THE EAST BAY FOR 2020 BUT WHO, HERSELF, WAS ALSO EMED THE BREAKOUT LOL CHEF BY OUR REARS LAST YEAR—LN DANCE CAFE IS A PLANT-BASED SGAPOREAN RTRANT DOWNTOWN OAKLAND THAT OPENED 2020. PREVLY, C.Y. MARIE CHIA AND HER PARTNER, SHANE STANBRIDGE FOUND S + M VEGAN, A POP-UP OAKLAND.SCE S OPENG, LN DANCE CAFE HAS CULTIVATED RAVE REVIEWS OM LOLS THAT KEEP G BACK FOR MORE.LOTED AT 380 17TH STREET OAKLAND, LN DANCE CAFE IS OPEN FOR WALKUP ORRS ON WEDNDAY OM 5–8 P.M. AND PREORR ONLY ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS OM 5–8 P.M., MORE TAILS.CASTRO TATTOOPHOTO: CASTRO TATTOOS VIA INSTAGRAMNTLED SAN FRANCIS’S THE CASTRO DISTRICT, CASTRO TATTOO IS A LBIAN-OWNED TATTOO SHOP THAT PRIS SELF ON BEG “TOURIST, LGBTQ, AND POC IENDLY.” THE SHOP IS OWNED BY LONG-TIME TATTOO ARTIST, HALEY ADAMS, AND EMPLOYS FIVE OTHER ARTISTS, EACH WH THEIR OWN UNIQUE STYLE.UNLIKE OTHER TATTOO SHOPS, WHICH TAKE BETWEEN FORTY AND FIFTY PERCENT OF THE ARTISTS’ EARNGS, CASTRO TATTOO IS ONE OF ONLY TWO SAN FRANCIS TATTOO SHOPS THAT CHARGE A MONTHLY RENTAL BOOTH FEE (WHICH IS A PREFERABLE BS MOL FOR ARTISTS).LOTED AT 3991 17TH STREET SAN FRANCIS, THE TATTOO SHOP IS OPEN OM 12 P.M. TO 8 P.M., SEVEN DAYS A WEEK; WALKUP AND APPOTMENTS ARE BOTH TAKEN. MORE .BOLERIUM BOOKS“SAN FRANCIS, MAY-2016” BY MALTMAN23 IS LICENSED UNR CC BY-SA 2.0A SAN FRANCIS STUTN, BOLERIUM BOOKS WAS FOUND 1981 BY JOHN DURHAM AND HAS BEEN RRYG THE MOST RADIL OF TL SCE; BOLERIUM SCRIB SELF AS “PURVEYORS OF RARE AND OUT-OF-PRT BOOKS, POSTERS, AND EPHEMERA ON SOCIAL MOVEMENTS.”THE STORE, TOO, IS KNOWN TO SELL A REFULLY CURATED SELECTN OF BOTH NEW AND ED BOOKS FOR THOSE LOOKG TO EXPAND THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF GAY AND LBIAN STUDI, ASIAN-AMERIN ACTIVISM, AMERIN AND INTERNATNAL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, AND MUCH MORE, ALL A VARIETY OF LANGUAG.LOTED AT 2141 MISSN SREET #300 SAN FRANCIS, BOLERIUM BOOKS IS OPEN ON A ROTATN SCHLE OUT OF ABUNDANT UTN DURG THE PANMIC — SO CHECK THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE HOURS. MORE .BROWN SUGAR BOTANILSPHOTO: BROWN SUGAR BOTANILS VIA INSTAGRAMCHRIS WAKEFIELD AND KALIMA AAK STARTED BROWN SUGAR BOTANILS (BSB)— A PANY THAT SELLS A VARIETY OF HEMP-BASED PRODUCTS — AS A WAY TO “BLEND TRADNAL HERBAL APPLITNS WH HIGH-QUALY HEMP” WHILE CREATG A BS THAT VALU SUPPLY CHA CLIVY OVER ALL ELSE. (THE OAKLAND-BASED ONLE-ONLY PANY CURRENTLY SELLS TCTUR, SALV, AND PRE-ROLLED CBD AND LAVENR PRODUCTS, WH FULL TRANSPARENCY AS TO THE GREDIENTS ED EACH PRODUCT AND WHERE EACH GREDIENT OM.)BROWN SUGAR BOTANILS SCRIB SELF AS A “SOCIAL ENTERPRISE FIRST,” MEANG THAT WILL NOT SACRIFICE ETHICS FOR PROF AND AIMS TO SUPPORT THE MUNY OF OAKLAND AS BT AS POSSIBLE.BSB, WHICH CURRENTLY EXISTS AS AN E-MERCE BS, OFFERS LIVERI EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TO THE SAN FRANCIS BAY AREA; SHOULD YOU BE OUTSI THE BAY AREA, CHECK THE PANY’S ORR FAQS TO SEE IF YOU’RE WH THEIR RANGE OF SHIPPG. MORE .FEELMORE ADULT
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• THE CASTRO, SAN FRANCIS GAY DISTRICT
• BEFORE THE CASTRO, POLK GULCH WAS SAN FRANCIS'S GAYBORHOOD
• LOOKBACK: WHAT GAY LIFE WAS LIKE SAN FRANCIS 1976

SAN FRANCIS GAY SHOPS

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THE CASTRO, SAN FRANCIS GAY DISTRICT

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EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS SAN FRANCIS

Gay-owned and gay-proud, Daddy’s Barbershop offers one-of-a-kd stylg for your vatn clip. Also, kill some time strollg the Safeway supermarket on Market and Church, dubbed "the Gayt Grocery Store on Earth".

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San Francis has long been synonymo wh the gay muny and the LGBT movement at large.

5 QUEER-OWNED BS TO SHOP (AND SUPPORT) THE BAY AREAGO GRAB A FEW LGBTQI+ BOOKS AND SOME H KSASHA WEILBAKER·FOLLOWPUBLISHED THE BOLD ITALIC·5 M READ·MAY 7, 2021--LISTENSHAREBY MAX TEMPLETON ON UNSPLASHLONG KNOWN AS THE “GAY PAL OF THE WORLD,” SAN FRANCIS — AND THE GREATER BAY AREA — IS HOME TO A NEARLY UNTLS AMOUNT OF QUEER-OWNED BS, WHETHER BE THE SURANCE PANY DOWN THE STREET OR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GAY BAR.SUPPORT THE 5 LOL NONPROFS HELPG TO PRERVE THE BAY AREA — AND PLAGIVE YOUR GREEN TO MOTHER NATURE’S WH SAN FRANCIS NOW THE STATE’S “YELLOW TIER” OF COVID-19 RTRICTNS, NIZENS OF THE CY ARE NOW CREASGLY FORTABLE GOG OUT AND ABOUT. AND WH THAT NEWFOUND NFINCE (AND ACCSIBILY) TO EXPLORE THE REGN’S SHORG-UP BS LANDSPE, THERE’S ALSO NOW A GROWG OPPORTUNY TO PUT YOUR DOLLAR WHERE YOUR ETHICS ARE.SHOP LOL. SHOP QUEER. SHOP STAABLE.HERE’S A LIST OF FIVE QUEER-OWNED BS THE BAY AREA TO GIVE YOUR HARD-EARNED SH TO EXCHANGE FOR GOODS OR SERVIC — BEE, FISLLY SPEAKG, THE BAY AREA’S SMALL BS, PECIALLY S QUEER ON, ARE FAR OM OUT OF THE WOODS, YET.LN DANCE CAFEPHOTO: BY CHRISTY WANG FOR LN DANCE CAFE, VIA INSTAGRAMI FIRST ENUNTERED LN DANCE CAFE AFTER MEETG A IEND BY LAKE MERRT OAKLAND ON A SATURDAY EVENG, AFTER PRE-ORRG OUR MEALS ONLE EARLIER THE WEEK. THE FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY AND REVIEWS WERE PROMISG, BUT I STILL WASN’T SURE WHAT TO EXPECT. NEEDLS TO SAY, LN DANCE CAFE SURPASSED ALL EXPECTATNS OF WHAT A CLASSIC EVENG OF “TAKEOUT-BY-THE-LAKE” ULD BE.OWNED BY BREAKOUT CULARY STAR C.Y. MARIE CHIA — WHOSE FE NOT ONLY WAS VOTED AS TBI’S BT NEW EATERY THE EAST BAY FOR 2020 BUT WHO, HERSELF, WAS ALSO EMED THE BREAKOUT LOL CHEF BY OUR REARS LAST YEAR—LN DANCE CAFE IS A PLANT-BASED SGAPOREAN RTRANT DOWNTOWN OAKLAND THAT OPENED 2020. PREVLY, C.Y. MARIE CHIA AND HER PARTNER, SHANE STANBRIDGE FOUND S + M VEGAN, A POP-UP OAKLAND.SCE S OPENG, LN DANCE CAFE HAS CULTIVATED RAVE REVIEWS OM LOLS THAT KEEP G BACK FOR MORE.LOTED AT 380 17TH STREET OAKLAND, LN DANCE CAFE IS OPEN FOR WALKUP ORRS ON WEDNDAY OM 5–8 P.M. AND PREORR ONLY ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS OM 5–8 P.M., MORE TAILS.CASTRO TATTOOPHOTO: CASTRO TATTOOS VIA INSTAGRAMNTLED SAN FRANCIS’S THE CASTRO DISTRICT, CASTRO TATTOO IS A LBIAN-OWNED TATTOO SHOP THAT PRIS SELF ON BEG “TOURIST, LGBTQ, AND POC IENDLY.” THE SHOP IS OWNED BY LONG-TIME TATTOO ARTIST, HALEY ADAMS, AND EMPLOYS FIVE OTHER ARTISTS, EACH WH THEIR OWN UNIQUE STYLE.UNLIKE OTHER TATTOO SHOPS, WHICH TAKE BETWEEN FORTY AND FIFTY PERCENT OF THE ARTISTS’ EARNGS, CASTRO TATTOO IS ONE OF ONLY TWO SAN FRANCIS TATTOO SHOPS THAT CHARGE A MONTHLY RENTAL BOOTH FEE (WHICH IS A PREFERABLE BS MOL FOR ARTISTS).LOTED AT 3991 17TH STREET SAN FRANCIS, THE TATTOO SHOP IS OPEN OM 12 P.M. TO 8 P.M., SEVEN DAYS A WEEK; WALKUP AND APPOTMENTS ARE BOTH TAKEN. MORE .BOLERIUM BOOKS“SAN FRANCIS, MAY-2016” BY MALTMAN23 IS LICENSED UNR CC BY-SA 2.0A SAN FRANCIS STUTN, BOLERIUM BOOKS WAS FOUND 1981 BY JOHN DURHAM AND HAS BEEN RRYG THE MOST RADIL OF TL SCE; BOLERIUM SCRIB SELF AS “PURVEYORS OF RARE AND OUT-OF-PRT BOOKS, POSTERS, AND EPHEMERA ON SOCIAL MOVEMENTS.”THE STORE, TOO, IS KNOWN TO SELL A REFULLY CURATED SELECTN OF BOTH NEW AND ED BOOKS FOR THOSE LOOKG TO EXPAND THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF GAY AND LBIAN STUDI, ASIAN-AMERIN ACTIVISM, AMERIN AND INTERNATNAL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, AND MUCH MORE, ALL A VARIETY OF LANGUAG.LOTED AT 2141 MISSN SREET #300 SAN FRANCIS, BOLERIUM BOOKS IS OPEN ON A ROTATN SCHLE OUT OF ABUNDANT UTN DURG THE PANMIC — SO CHECK THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE HOURS. MORE .BROWN SUGAR BOTANILSPHOTO: BROWN SUGAR BOTANILS VIA INSTAGRAMCHRIS WAKEFIELD AND KALIMA AAK STARTED BROWN SUGAR BOTANILS (BSB)— A PANY THAT SELLS A VARIETY OF HEMP-BASED PRODUCTS — AS A WAY TO “BLEND TRADNAL HERBAL APPLITNS WH HIGH-QUALY HEMP” WHILE CREATG A BS THAT VALU SUPPLY CHA CLIVY OVER ALL ELSE. (THE OAKLAND-BASED ONLE-ONLY PANY CURRENTLY SELLS TCTUR, SALV, AND PRE-ROLLED CBD AND LAVENR PRODUCTS, WH FULL TRANSPARENCY AS TO THE GREDIENTS ED EACH PRODUCT AND WHERE EACH GREDIENT OM.)BROWN SUGAR BOTANILS SCRIB SELF AS A “SOCIAL ENTERPRISE FIRST,” MEANG THAT WILL NOT SACRIFICE ETHICS FOR PROF AND AIMS TO SUPPORT THE MUNY OF OAKLAND AS BT AS POSSIBLE.BSB, WHICH CURRENTLY EXISTS AS AN E-MERCE BS, OFFERS LIVERI EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TO THE SAN FRANCIS BAY AREA; SHOULD YOU BE OUTSI THE BAY AREA, CHECK THE PANY’S ORR FAQS TO SEE IF YOU’RE WH THEIR RANGE OF SHIPPG. MORE .FEELMORE ADULT

It’s fair to say that while San Francis was beg a bean of hope for gay men and women around the world – the policy of the Uned Stat ernment and s treatment of LGBT cizens (particularly the stigma surroundg the HIV/AIDS crisis) was everythg but supportive and welg to the muny. The Stonewall Rts of 1969, while geographilly distant, voked a surge anizatns for the gay muny.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

In the subsequent years – bars, galleri, cultural tablishments and social and cultural bonds were cemented to make San Franciso one of the homosexual epicenters of the world. As the first openly gay man to be elected to public office the state of California – his robt, hands-on mpaigng lead to him beg, spe an ially osty receptn, wily accepted by the public. The gay history of San Francis is embedd to s history still prent both physilly and atmospherilly and enjoyed by s LGBT rints and all those who choose to vis.

Gay Hotels San Francis. Gay Tours San Francis.

San Francis Gay Bars. San Francis Gay Clubs and Parti. You n download the Gay San Francis gui for ee.

THE CASTRO, SAN FRANCIS GAY DISTRICT

Willows Inn – a gay owned bed and breakfast the Castro neighborhood of San Francis.

Misterb&b is not a hotel or cha, but rather a bookg platform for rooms, apartments and hom and allows you to book om gay and gay-iendly hosts around the world. Unrstandg the gay scene is much more easily done wh the help of a lol and home-sharg is one of the bt ways to meet someone livg the cy who knows how thgs work, where and when are the bt nights to go out, and what plac to eat at and which to avoid. Misterb&b is our top choice if your prry is explorg the lol gay scene.

BEFORE THE CASTRO, POLK GULCH WAS SAN FRANCIS'S GAYBORHOOD

Beach – the north end of Baker Beach is the gay, clothg-optnal beach. Near Baker Beach is Marshall’s Beach which is also popular for gay and nu sunbathers. Fd the gayborhood, Victorian hom, trendy shops and rtrants the Castro.

LOOKBACK: WHAT GAY LIFE WAS LIKE SAN FRANCIS 1976

San Francis is nsired an Amerin gay mec and at s heart beats the Castro District, one of the first gay neighborhoods.

This gay neighborhood is loted along Castro St. Hi Tops – this gay sports bar the Castro is a great spot to throwback drks while supportg your team.

Oasis – this venue by Drag legends D'Arcy Drollger and Hekla prents drag shows, baret and theater productns to a mixed gay/lbian crowd SoMa. The Stud – a rnerstone the San Francis gay bar scene, this dive-ish bar SoMa has been around the block.