The Gay Traveler’s Gui To San Francis - Gayety

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• THE GAY TRAVELER’S GUI TO SAN FRANCIS
• CULTUR EXPLAED: HOW DID SAN FRANCIS BEE THE WORLD’S GAY MEC
• CELEBRATG QUEER BODI AT THE GAY GAM
• THE BT GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS
• GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS

THE GAY TRAVELER’S GUI TO SAN FRANCIS

Prented by GayCi. 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. Nowadays, s gay populatn per pa is one of the hight the world. San Francis has long been synonymo wh the gay muny and the LGBT movement at large.

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.

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

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.

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

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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. Eros – a gay, two-story sna the Castro wh steam, sna, showers, lockers, bunk beds and play areas.

San Francis Pri – this gay pri event started back 1970 and today is the largt gatherg of the queer muny and s alli natnwi. The event, held annually durg the last full weekend of June, has more than 200 para ntgents and exhibors and over twenty muny-n stag and venu like Homo Hip Hop to Gray Pri. The 40th Annual San Francis Gay Pri Para where the theme was “Forty and Fabulo” San Francis, Calif.

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. (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.

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.

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. Photos by Rk Members of “The Official Band of San Francis, ” our muny’s own SF Lbian/Gay Freedom Band, joed pestrians, guts, ….