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• 7 ESSENTIAL LGBT THGS TO DO SAN FRANCIS BY JASON HEIMANN, TRAVELOCY STAFF WRER | APR 23, 2018 | 1 MENT GAY OR STRAIGHT, EVERYBODY LOV SAN FRANCIS. THE CY’S BEGUILG TOPOGRAPHY AND TOPSY-TURVY WEATHER PATTERNS (BRG A SRF JULY!) ADD LAYERS OF ROMANCE TO REQUISE ATTRACTNS LIKE SNAPPG A SELFIE ONT OF THE GOLN GATE BRIDGE, HOLDG ON TIGHT AS RICKETY BLE RS CLIMB IMPOSSIBLY STEEP HILLS, RIDG A FERRY TO SSALO AND SO MUCH MORE. BUT THE CY’S E-AS-YOU-ARE ATTU HAS MA AN IRRISTIBLE STATN FOR LGBT TRAVELERS EVER SCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II. THERE’S MUCH TO SEE AND DO; NSIR THIS YOUR GAY SAN FRANCIS PRIMER.RELATED: SAN FRANCIS TO CARMEL: A NATURE-FILLED CALIFORNIA ROAD TRIP CISE THE CASTRO THE EPICENTER OF GAY LIFE SAN FRANCIS SCE THE EARLY ‘70S, THE CASTRO DISTRICT IS LED WH RABOW FLAGS, HISTORIC S, LIVELY BARS AND, CREASGLY, CHA STOR. THE TERSECTN OF 18TH AND CASTRO STREETS IS GAY GROUND ZERO AND A NSTANT HIVE OF ACTIVY. GRAB A SWEET TREAT AT HOT COOKIE, SAMPLE CREDIBLE DIM SUM AT MAMA JI’S AND PAY TRIBUTE TO GAY CIVIL RIGHTS IN HARVEY MILK AT 575 CASTRO STREET, WHERE A MURAL AND PLAQUE HAVE BEEN PLACED HIS HONOR.GET YOUR GAY HISTORY STRAIGHT A WORTHWHILE PLACE TO LEARN ABOUT THE WAYS THE GAY MUNY HAS SHAPED SAN FRANCIS, THE GLBT HISTORIL SOCIETY NTAS NUMERO TERTG ARTIFACTS THE FORM OF VTAGE PRT PUBLITNS, PHOTOS, D RERDGS, FLYERS AND ARTICL OF CLOTHG VERG EVERYTHG OM THE ASSASSATN OF HARVEY MILK TO THE IMPACT OF THE AIDS CRISIS ON THE CY. NOTEWORTHY IS THE MM’S EMPHASIS ON REGNIZG THE NTRIBUTNS OF LGBT WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF LOR. ENTERTA YOUR NER CEPHILE A REQUISE SELFIE UNR THE NEON-L CASTRO THEATER SIGN IS AN EXPERIENCE UNTO SELF, BUT NOTHG PAR TO ACTUALLY SEEG A MOVIE AT THIS HISTORIC THEATER. THE LANDMARK MOVIE PALACE FIRST OPENED 1922 AND TODAY IS HOME TO FRAMELE: THE SAN FRANCIS LGBT FILM FTIVAL AND ALSO BOASTS A WILDLY DIVERSE AND ENTERTAG LENDAR, CLUDG SG-A-LONGS, CLASSICS, CULT FILMS AND MORE. THE PIèCE RéSISTANCE IS THE ANIST WHO ENTERTAS BEFORE THE START OF EACH MOVIE! H THE BEACH— A PARK! SLOPG MISSN DOLOR PARK THE MISSN DISTRICT OFFERS THE KD OF SKYLE VIEWS SHUTTERBUGS DROOL OVER, BUT GIVEN THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALSO ONE OF FOGGY SAN FRANCIS’S SUNNIT, ’S BEE A FACTO BEACH. IN PARTICULAR, THE TOP RIM OF THE PARK HAS BEEN BTOWED THE CHEEKY NAME THE “F SHELF” THANKS TO THE PREPONRANCE OF GAY MEN AND WOMEN WHO NGREGATE HERE BY THE HUNDREDS ON WARM WEEKENDS TO NOODLE, ROE AND OLIC TY SWIMWEAR.EAT, DRK AND BE A MARYMOST VISORS E TO SAN FRANCIS LOOKG FOR A GOOD TIME AND THIS RPECT THE CY DO NOT DISAPPOT. CONSIR DG AT GAY-EQUENTED LEGENDS LIKE ELEGANT ZUNI CAFé (FEATURED HBO’S LOOKG), SWAN OYSTER DEPOT AND ALL-NIGHT GREASY SPOON ORPHAN ANDY’S. CROSS THE BAY TO CHECK OUT MISS OLLIE’S AND JUHU BEACH CLUB—BOTH HELMED BY LBIAN CHEFS. A BAR CRAWL, MEANWHILE, SHOULD CLU STOPS AT POPULAR JOTS LIKE THE STUD, TW PEAKS, EL R, BADLANDS AND OASIS.PAY YOUR RPECTSYOU ULD SP SO MANY AFTERNOONS OUT OF A VIS TO STUNNG, ALBE FOGGY, GOLN GATE PARK. CULTURE VULTUR WILL LOVE THE YOUNG MM AND THE CALIFORNIA AMY OF ARTS AND SCIENC, WHILE NATURE ENTHIASTS SHOULD HEAD TO THE SAN FRANCIS BOTANIL GARN, THE JAPANE TEA GARN AND THE BUFFALO PADDOCK. BUT DO TAKE A MOMENT TO BOW YOUR HEAD AT THE NATNAL AIDS MEMORIAL GROVE WHICH PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LNS OF LIV IMPACTED BY AIDS.PHOTO URTY OF THE BUCHANANLET MR. SANDMAN BRG YOU A DREAM IT’S EASY TO SLEEP WELL SAN FRANCIS. BECK’S MOTOR LODGE IS A CHARMG AND REHABBED MOTEL THE HEART OF THE CASTRO AND A RELATIVE BARGA (BY SF STANDARDS). OR CHECK OUT THE BUCHANAN, THE HEADQUARTERS OF KIMPTON, LOTED JAPANTOWN (NEAR THE EXCELLENT KABI BATHS). CHEAP SLEEPS, MEANWHILE, N BE HAD AT THE HIP NEW GOOD HOTEL, WHICH IS CRAFTED MOSTLY OF RECLAIMED MATERIALS. EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE BUCKS TO THROW DOWN AT THE FAIRMONT ATOP NOB HILL, AT THE VERY LEAST SWG BY THE HOTEL’S LEGENDARY TIKI BAR, THE TONGA ROOM & HURRINE BAR, FOR A MAI TAI. B LATT POSTS JASON HEIMANN, TRAVELOCY STAFF WRERLATT POSTS BY JASON HEIMANN, TRAVELOCY STAFF WRER (SEE ALL) 9 HOTELS TO LIVE OUT YOUR FAVORE HOLIDAY-THEMED TV TEARJERKER - NOVEMBER 8, 2021 TOP KID-IENDLY HOTELS NEAR UNIVERSAL STUDS HOLLYWOOD - JULY 1, 2021 WHERE SHOULD YOU GO TO “SEIZE YOUR SOMEDAY”? (QUIZ) - JUNE 16, 2021TRAVELOCY PENSAT THORS FOR THEIR WRGS APPEARG ON THIS SE; SUCH PENSATN MAY CLU TRAVEL AND OTHER STS.S_EXP.PAGENAME="";S_EXP.PROP24=""; VAR S_=S_EXP.T();IF(S_)(S_) 1 COMMENT
• THE BT GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS
• CULTUR EXPLAED: HOW DID SAN FRANCIS BEE THE WORLD’S GAY MEC
• THE GAY TRAVELER’S GUI TO SAN FRANCIS
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

7 ESSENTIAL LGBT THGS TO DO SAN FRANCIS BY JASON HEIMANN, TRAVELOCY STAFF WRER | APR 23, 2018 | 1 MENT GAY OR STRAIGHT, EVERYBODY LOV SAN FRANCIS. THE CY’S BEGUILG TOPOGRAPHY AND TOPSY-TURVY WEATHER PATTERNS (BRG A SRF JULY!) ADD LAYERS OF ROMANCE TO REQUISE ATTRACTNS LIKE SNAPPG A SELFIE ONT OF THE GOLN GATE BRIDGE, HOLDG ON TIGHT AS RICKETY BLE RS CLIMB IMPOSSIBLY STEEP HILLS, RIDG A FERRY TO SSALO AND SO MUCH MORE. BUT THE CY’S E-AS-YOU-ARE ATTU HAS MA AN IRRISTIBLE STATN FOR LGBT TRAVELERS EVER SCE THE END OF WORLD WAR II. THERE’S MUCH TO SEE AND DO; NSIR THIS YOUR GAY SAN FRANCIS PRIMER.RELATED: SAN FRANCIS TO CARMEL: A NATURE-FILLED CALIFORNIA ROAD TRIP CISE THE CASTRO THE EPICENTER OF GAY LIFE SAN FRANCIS SCE THE EARLY ‘70S, THE CASTRO DISTRICT IS LED WH RABOW FLAGS, HISTORIC S, LIVELY BARS AND, CREASGLY, CHA STOR. THE TERSECTN OF 18TH AND CASTRO STREETS IS GAY GROUND ZERO AND A NSTANT HIVE OF ACTIVY. GRAB A SWEET TREAT AT HOT COOKIE, SAMPLE CREDIBLE DIM SUM AT MAMA JI’S AND PAY TRIBUTE TO GAY CIVIL RIGHTS IN HARVEY MILK AT 575 CASTRO STREET, WHERE A MURAL AND PLAQUE HAVE BEEN PLACED HIS HONOR.GET YOUR GAY HISTORY STRAIGHT A WORTHWHILE PLACE TO LEARN ABOUT THE WAYS THE GAY MUNY HAS SHAPED SAN FRANCIS, THE GLBT HISTORIL SOCIETY NTAS NUMERO TERTG ARTIFACTS THE FORM OF VTAGE PRT PUBLITNS, PHOTOS, D RERDGS, FLYERS AND ARTICL OF CLOTHG VERG EVERYTHG OM THE ASSASSATN OF HARVEY MILK TO THE IMPACT OF THE AIDS CRISIS ON THE CY. NOTEWORTHY IS THE MM’S EMPHASIS ON REGNIZG THE NTRIBUTNS OF LGBT WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF LOR. ENTERTA YOUR NER CEPHILE A REQUISE SELFIE UNR THE NEON-L CASTRO THEATER SIGN IS AN EXPERIENCE UNTO SELF, BUT NOTHG PAR TO ACTUALLY SEEG A MOVIE AT THIS HISTORIC THEATER. THE LANDMARK MOVIE PALACE FIRST OPENED 1922 AND TODAY IS HOME TO FRAMELE: THE SAN FRANCIS LGBT FILM FTIVAL AND ALSO BOASTS A WILDLY DIVERSE AND ENTERTAG LENDAR, CLUDG SG-A-LONGS, CLASSICS, CULT FILMS AND MORE. THE PIèCE RéSISTANCE IS THE ANIST WHO ENTERTAS BEFORE THE START OF EACH MOVIE! H THE BEACH— A PARK! SLOPG MISSN DOLOR PARK THE MISSN DISTRICT OFFERS THE KD OF SKYLE VIEWS SHUTTERBUGS DROOL OVER, BUT GIVEN THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALSO ONE OF FOGGY SAN FRANCIS’S SUNNIT, ’S BEE A FACTO BEACH. IN PARTICULAR, THE TOP RIM OF THE PARK HAS BEEN BTOWED THE CHEEKY NAME THE “F SHELF” THANKS TO THE PREPONRANCE OF GAY MEN AND WOMEN WHO NGREGATE HERE BY THE HUNDREDS ON WARM WEEKENDS TO NOODLE, ROE AND OLIC TY SWIMWEAR.EAT, DRK AND BE A MARYMOST VISORS E TO SAN FRANCIS LOOKG FOR A GOOD TIME AND THIS RPECT THE CY DO NOT DISAPPOT. CONSIR DG AT GAY-EQUENTED LEGENDS LIKE ELEGANT ZUNI CAFé (FEATURED HBO’S LOOKG), SWAN OYSTER DEPOT AND ALL-NIGHT GREASY SPOON ORPHAN ANDY’S. CROSS THE BAY TO CHECK OUT MISS OLLIE’S AND JUHU BEACH CLUB—BOTH HELMED BY LBIAN CHEFS. A BAR CRAWL, MEANWHILE, SHOULD CLU STOPS AT POPULAR JOTS LIKE THE STUD, TW PEAKS, EL R, BADLANDS AND OASIS.PAY YOUR RPECTSYOU ULD SP SO MANY AFTERNOONS OUT OF A VIS TO STUNNG, ALBE FOGGY, GOLN GATE PARK. CULTURE VULTUR WILL LOVE THE YOUNG MM AND THE CALIFORNIA AMY OF ARTS AND SCIENC, WHILE NATURE ENTHIASTS SHOULD HEAD TO THE SAN FRANCIS BOTANIL GARN, THE JAPANE TEA GARN AND THE BUFFALO PADDOCK. BUT DO TAKE A MOMENT TO BOW YOUR HEAD AT THE NATNAL AIDS MEMORIAL GROVE WHICH PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE LNS OF LIV IMPACTED BY AIDS.PHOTO URTY OF THE BUCHANANLET MR. SANDMAN BRG YOU A DREAM IT’S EASY TO SLEEP WELL SAN FRANCIS. BECK’S MOTOR LODGE IS A CHARMG AND REHABBED MOTEL THE HEART OF THE CASTRO AND A RELATIVE BARGA (BY SF STANDARDS). OR CHECK OUT THE BUCHANAN, THE HEADQUARTERS OF KIMPTON, LOTED JAPANTOWN (NEAR THE EXCELLENT KABI BATHS). CHEAP SLEEPS, MEANWHILE, N BE HAD AT THE HIP NEW GOOD HOTEL, WHICH IS CRAFTED MOSTLY OF RECLAIMED MATERIALS. EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE BUCKS TO THROW DOWN AT THE FAIRMONT ATOP NOB HILL, AT THE VERY LEAST SWG BY THE HOTEL’S LEGENDARY TIKI BAR, THE TONGA ROOM & HURRINE BAR, FOR A MAI TAI. B LATT POSTS JASON HEIMANN, TRAVELOCY STAFF WRERLATT POSTS BY JASON HEIMANN, TRAVELOCY STAFF WRER (SEE ALL) 9 HOTELS TO LIVE OUT YOUR FAVORE HOLIDAY-THEMED TV TEARJERKER - NOVEMBER 8, 2021 TOP KID-IENDLY HOTELS NEAR UNIVERSAL STUDS HOLLYWOOD - JULY 1, 2021 WHERE SHOULD YOU GO TO “SEIZE YOUR SOMEDAY”? (QUIZ) - JUNE 16, 2021TRAVELOCY PENSAT THORS FOR THEIR WRGS APPEARG ON THIS SE; SUCH PENSATN MAY CLU TRAVEL AND OTHER STS.S_EXP.PAGENAME="";S_EXP.PROP24=""; VAR S_=S_EXP.T();IF(S_)(S_) 1 COMMENT

Gay or straight, everybody lov San Francis. There’s much to see and do; nsir this your gay San Francis primer.

RELATED: San Francis to Carmel: A Nature-Filled California Road Trip Cise the Castro The epicenter of gay life San Francis sce the early ‘70s, the Castro District is led wh rabow flags, historic s, lively bars and, creasgly, cha stor. The tersectn of 18th and Castro streets is gay ground zero and a nstant hive of activy. Grab a sweet treat at Hot Cookie, sample credible dim sum at Mama Ji’s and pay tribute to gay civil rights in Harvey Milk at 575 Castro Street, where a mural and plaque have been placed his your gay history straight A worthwhile place to learn about the ways the gay muny has shaped San Francis, the GLBT Historil Society ntas numero tertg artifacts the form of vtage prt publitns, photos, d rerdgs, flyers and articl of clothg verg everythg om the assassatn of Harvey Milk to the impact of the AIDS crisis on the cy.

In particular, the top rim of the park has been btowed the cheeky name the “F Shelf” thanks to the preponrance of gay men and women who ngregate here by the hundreds on warm weekends to noodle, roe and olic ty, drk and be a MaryMost visors e to San Francis lookg for a good time and this rpect the cy do not disappot. Consir dg at gay-equented legends like elegant Zuni Café (featured HBO’s Lookg), Swan Oyster Depot and all-night greasy spoon Orphan Andy’s. San Francis – home of the untry's first openly gay elected official (Harvey Milk), birthplace of the rabow flag, the first cy the Uned Stat to legalize gay marriage and host of the bt damn Pri para  the untry—remas a major LGBTQ+ epicenter.

THE BT GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS

(They don't ll the 'gay pal of the world' for nothg. So whether you're here June or not, honor SF's storied gay history at the mms, bars and cultural landmarks.

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

Did you know that San Francis is known to be the “Gay Capal of the World”? 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 WWII, “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”.

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.

THE GAY TRAVELER’S GUI TO SAN FRANCIS

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.

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 cy, named the “Gay Capal of the U. Prented by GayCi.

In a reclamatn of the symbol once ed to shame the gay muny, San Francis illumat a massive pk triangle atop Tw Peaks each year. More than 20 muny stag—cludg the Urban Global Village Stage, the API LGBT Stage, Homo Hip-Hop, and Soul of Pri—will offer visors credible live performanc.

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

Today, we are the only non-prof San Francis servg all members of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muni. The cy's acceptance of gay people is one reason I won't be movg. The San Francis Gay Men's Chos was the guidg force behd the Artists Portal, and their performanc—ongog for more than 40 years—are well worth checkg out.

If you love drag, check out one of the performanc at Oasis, a gay bathhoe turned nightclub, and show venue, found 2015 by lol drag stars Hekla and D'arcy Drollger.

One of the untry's first gay bars, Tw Peaks Tavern is a favore of seasoned lol gays, cludg S. Gay Mens' Chos artistic director Tim Seelig, part thanks to s large plate glass wdows and people watchg.

's sole gay sports bar ( also has a siblg Wt Hollywood) and featur a tasty pub gb menu and, on Thursdays, go-go boys. And although Polk Street ed to be a buzzg gay strip, s sole remag waterg hole is The Cch Saloon, where you n take a taste of a bygone era, pl an episo of "Drag Race" or sports game on the monors. 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. As the cy beme heavily populated wh young men lookg to strike gold out Wt, homosexualy beme more mon. In 1908, The Dash beme the first openly gay bar San Francis wh cross-drsg waers.

Durg World War 1, the US Navy began dischargg known homosexual and black soldiers port ci, known as the “blue discharge” practice. Th began the evolutn of San Francis’s large muny of gay men. 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.

Mona’s, the first lbian bar San Francis, opened on Unn Street 1934, while nightclubs wh drag shows attracted both gay and straight dienc. However, while alhol had bee legal, homosexualy remaed illegal.

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.