The F Shelf (aka Gay Beach) - San Francis, California

Contents:

• 1. DOLOR PARK: GAY BEACH.
• A VIS TO GAY BEACH AT MISSN DOLOR PARK
• SOCIAL-DISTANCG CIRCL EXPAND TO MORE SAN FRANCIS PARKS, AS WELL AS 'GAY BEACH'
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI
• DOLOR PARK PLAYGROUND PARENTS NOW WANT A FENCE TO KEEP OUT <STRIKE>GAYS</STRIKE> DOGS

1. DOLOR PARK: GAY BEACH.

Here are six beach and beach towns to vis this month, and all Street bar and baret Laguna Beach, CaliforniaPhoto: KK Stock (Getty Imag)In the 1960s, Laguna Beach was known the queer muny for two proment, gay-iendly beach bars—Dante’s and Barefoot.

A VIS TO GAY BEACH AT MISSN DOLOR PARK

In the 1980s, Orange County appoted California’s first openly gay mayor, Bob Gentry, givg a boost to Laguna Beach’s notoriety as a gay-iendly beach town.

In 1940, predomantly whe gay male-intified beachgoers would stake out the east si of the beach for sunbathg. Would travel to Delaware to enjoy fun the sun a safe environment at Rehoboth Beach; s proximy to what Delaware Public Media dubbed “gay-accented bars, ” cludg Renega (which closed 2003), ma the beach town a fortable place for queer people. Des later, gay bars and LGBTQ visors and rints transformed Rehoboth Beach to a queer seasi rort.

SOCIAL-DISTANCG CIRCL EXPAND TO MORE SAN FRANCIS PARKS, AS WELL AS 'GAY BEACH'

Daniela Lopez s as she walks unr a rabow held by two men durg a gay pri celebratn Dolor Elijah Nouvelage (Getty Imag)San Francis’s Dolor Park may not be a beach, but you uld never tell (apart om the missg wav)—’s a haven for sunbathers.

The southwt rner of the vast grassy landspe is known as “Gay Beach. ” Although the name impli a gay crowd, the hillsi is clive of all LGBTQ peopl. De Universy Prs has lled Cherry Grove, “Ameri’s First Gay and Lbian Town” (though P-Town may beg to differ); the barrier island off of New York’s Long Island has been toted as a “gay and lbian safe haven” for 90 years.

GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

Dolor Park (origally known as Missn Park) is one of the most popular and loved parks San Francis — pecially by gay San Francis! Gay Beach & Hipster Hill.

THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW

On one si of the park (northeast, alongsi 18th) you have Hipster Hill, and on the southwt rner of the park (where all the great views are), you have Gay Beach (both nam somewhat self-explanatory). The bt view was at the sectn the southwt rner lled Gay Beach at Missn Dolor Park. When the sun sh bright San Francis, a whole lot of gays livg close to the Missn District ngregate to "Gay Beach" loted at the Southwt rner of Dolor Park.

I always knew that homosexuals worshiped the sun at the top of the hill. Seeg as we're talkg about San Francis's gay muny, "socially acceptable" the public eye has var only reason I went to "Gay Beach" was bee I was meetg a iend of me om high school who was town for the weekend. That's like, well, really, really, really, really gay...

)While I uld wre an entire blog post about gay men and waxg, what trigued me more was the kd of people that chose to e to this sacred place on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

GAY MOSW · CY GUI

Like most people San Francis, everyone at the exclively gay sectn of Dolor was iendly -- perhaps a ltle too iendly.

(Remember, I'm fully drsed takg the whole experience like I'm at some gay themed Disneyland. ) Neverthels, I'm trigued at how a sectn of a public park is ed as yet another cisg terrory for gay men San Francis. The F Shelf (aka Gay Beach) (San Francis, California).

Now, wh more acceptance of gays, and the ease of hookg up via mobile apps like Grdr and webs like Adam4Adam, may seem like visg the outdoors for sex is a thg of the past. Based on terviews wh several gay San Francis men and viss to lol parks, men of all ag are still cisg the cy's outdoor spac. Bryan Anrson, 65, who's gay, was talkg to another man near the clump of tre where Borowy's body had been found.

DOLOR PARK PLAYGROUND PARENTS NOW WANT A FENCE TO KEEP OUT <STRIKE>GAYS</STRIKE> DOGS

Corral said he's never alt wh the issue of gay men cisg the parks himself, but "the attus of the police partment have certaly changed the past 40 years. There, he said, he saw a lot of weddg rgs on men the park, and seems there's more of a need to be secretive about gay sex.

"There's still a lot of 'hh hh' around beg gay and gay issu" Seattle, said Wood, "whereas San Francis, I feel like you n talk about anythg at any time. Officer Ted Lattig, the gay LGBT liaison for Missn Statn, which overse the parks, said police haven't received plats about sex the parks and haven't patrolled for recently. "No one here is judgg that, and I'm very aware that the gay muny, cisg n be viewed as a celebratn of who you are....

Kev Casey, 57, who's gay, was standg on the Diamond Street si of the park wh a iend.