The Gay Traveler’s Gui To San Francis - Gayety

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• SAN FRANCIS’S 3 MOST FAB GAY NEIGHBORHOODS
• WELE TO GUADALAJARA’S GAY VILLAGE
• 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
• 5 REASONS WHYSAN FRANCIS'S ORIGAL GAYBORHOOD REMAS TIMELS
• THE BT GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS
• CASTRO GAY VILLAGE’ GENTRIFITN SAN FRANCIS TERM PAPER
• CASTRO SAN FRANCIS DISTRICT GAY
• THE GAY TRAVELER’S GUI TO SAN FRANCIS
• SAN FRAN'S GAY VILLAGE - THE CASTRO
• 'GAYBORHOODS' ED TO BE LGBT SAFE HAVENS. NOW, MANY LGBT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PRICED OUT
• LOOKBACK: WHAT GAY LIFE WAS LIKE SAN FRANCIS 1976
• GAY SAN FRANCIS (SAN FRANCIS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA)

SAN FRANCIS’S 3 MOST FAB GAY NEIGHBORHOODS

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. 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.

WELE TO GUADALAJARA’S GAY VILLAGE

Vibrant and eclectic, the Castro/Upper Market neighborhood is an ternatnally known symbol of gay eedom, a top tourist statn full of stylish shops and popular entertament spots, and a thrivg rintial area that thoands of San Francisns ll home.

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

Its streets are filled wh lovgly rtored Victorian hom, rabow pri flags, shops offerg one-of-a-kd merchandise, herage streetrs, lively bars and rtrants, and numero gay-borhood landmarks cludg Harvey Milk Plaza, the Castro Theatre, Pk Triangle Park and Memorial, and the large SF Lbian Gay Bisexual Transgenr Communy Center. Although the greater gay muny was, and is, ncentrated the Castro many gay people live the surroundg rintial areas borred by the Missn District, Noe Valley, Tw Peaks, and Haight-Ashbury neighborhoods. Perhaps the only SF rtrant to embrace outdoor dg by sellg patrons warm socks and blankets, Canela’s menu specials are also worth keepg on your radar at Halloween, Passover, C Mayo, and pretty much all holidays, along wh prix fix tied to SF Gay Men’s Chos shows and mil-theater opengs.

5 REASONS WHYSAN FRANCIS'S ORIGAL GAYBORHOOD REMAS TIMELS

This two-level der wh formi, red swivel chairs, and plenty of rnival glass has been a league of s own ever sce the almost-as-gay Sparky’s vanished om Church Street years ago. “For s, most big ci have had a district that was unrstood to be the place to go if you were gay — the Wt Village and Chelsea New York Cy, Dupont Circle Washgton, the South End Boston.

THE BT GAY BARS SAN FRANCIS

However, the days, the procs of urban gentrifitn which, affects the liv of people and enhanc the property valu, rais fears among the gay lears ncerng the prervatn of their gay muny. In other words, their view, the gentrifitn is forced by heterosexual upl arrivg the district and startg their bs there, th, Castro ceas to be a “gay ghetto” and los s inty beg “an ordary district” of San Francis. They have many tablishments, such as gay pubs and bars, rtrants, etc., “by reprentg a gree of social ntrol by the gay muny, such plac created the feelg of beg a safe haven agast risk of discrimatn and/or vlence”[3].

[4] The send theory timat that gentrifitn was ed by nsumer mands and the third theory provis that gay gentrifitn was provoked by mographic shifts, such as “the postponement of marriage and childbearg, the creased number of sgle women, and the sire of gay men and lbians to rve out a space ee om opprsn”[5] The Castro Village San Francis is one of the largt gay ci the USA and, “currently, one-third of The Castro’s rints intify themselv as gay or lbian, pared wh 13 percent cywi. This procs affects the social and spatial characteristics of the cy while providg chang to the natnal enomy: “Plac such as the Castro area of San Francis or the Wt Hollywood district of Los Angel have played a signifint role the evolutn of a gay subculture.

Speakg about gay urban gentrifitn, many scholars claim that n lead to velopment of new nsumptn space and stimulate the crease of the gay inty: “The productn of San Francis’s Castro as a gay neighborhood, for stance, uld be read as a fairly straightforward acunt of gentrifitn, given the -migratn of higher-e rints, the renovatn of hog stock and enhancement of property valu, and the velopment of new cultural and nsumer spac”[9]. Apparently, the gay muni are multicultural, but there are still some racial and class prejudic and the muni are still skewg toward whe well-off populatn, “when is bed wh the social activism that helps nstct gay and lbian inty agast social opprsn, gentrifitn begs to seem like a geographic as well as social strategy of inty nstctn”[10]. So, we n e to a ncln that a gay muny is rather nservative one, though: “Evince of the geographic variabily of gay and lbian inti the Uned Stat suggts that urban – and, different ways, ral – spac are signifint for the formatn of sexual inti”[11].

CASTRO GAY VILLAGE’ GENTRIFITN SAN FRANCIS TERM PAPER

Many scholars assume that the re of the gay gentrifitn is the “the muny activism” that is aimed at providg var servic and accs to hog which will enable the enuragement of the “nstutn of gay and lbian inti”[12], but at the same time n clear the class boundari. The Stonewall Rts, also lled the Stonewall Uprisg, began the early hours of June 28, 1969 when New York Cy police raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay club loted Greenwich Village New York Cy.

For stance, solicatn of same-sex relatns was illegal New York such reasons, LGBT dividuals flocked to gay bars and clubs, plac of refuge where they uld exprs themselv openly and socialize whout worry.

However, the New York State Liquor Authory penalized and shut down tablishments that served alhol to known or spected LGBT dividuals, argug that the mere gatherg of homosexuals was “disorrly. But engagg gay behavr public (holdg hands, kissg or dancg wh someone of the same sex) was still illegal, so police harassment of gay bars ntued and many bars still operated whout liquor licens— part bee they were owned by the Rights Before StonewallThe first documented U. Police raids forced them to disband 1925, but not before they had published several issu of their newsletter, “Friendship and Freedom, ” the untry’s first gay-tert newsletter.

CASTRO SAN FRANCIS DISTRICT GAY

In 1966, three years before Stonewall, members of The Mattache Society, an anizatn dited to gay rights, staged a “sip-” where they openly clared their sexualy at taverns, darg staff to turn them away and sug tablishments who did.

THE GAY TRAVELER’S GUI TO SAN FRANCIS

When The Commissn on Human Rights led that gay dividuals had the right to be served bars, police raids were temporarily Stonewall Inn The crime syndite saw prof terg to shunned gay clientele, and by the mid-1960s, the Genove crime fay ntrolled most Greenwich Village gay bars.

And was one of the few—if not the only—gay bar left that allowed were still a fact of life, but ually rpt ps would tip off Mafia-n bars before they occurred, allowg owners to stash the alhol (sold whout a liquor license) and hi other illegal activi. Stonewall's LegacyThough the Stonewall uprisg didn’t start the gay rights movement, was a galvanizg force for LGBT polil activism, leadg to numero gay rights anizatns, cludg the Gay Liberatn Front, Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD (formerly Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn), and PFLAG (formerly Parents, Fai and Friends of Lbians and Gays) the one-year anniversary of the rts on June 28, 1970, thoands of people marched the streets of Manhattan om the Stonewall Inn to Central Park what was then lled “Christopher Street Liberatn Day, ” Ameri’s first gay pri para. ”In 2016, then-Print Barack Obama signated the se of the rts—Stonewall Inn, Christopher Park, and the surroundg streets and siwalks—a natnal monument regnn of the area’s ntributn to gay Gallery The Stonewall Inn is a bar loted New York Cy’s Greenwich Village that served as a haven the 1960s for the cy’s gay, lbian and transgenr muny.

SAN FRAN'S GAY VILLAGE - THE CASTRO

Most gay bars and clubs New York at the time were operated by the Mafia, who paid rptible police officers to look the other way and blackmailed wealthy gay patrons by threateng to “out” them. After the Stonewall Rts, a msage was pated on the outsi of the board-up bar readg, "We homosexuals plead wh out people to please help mata peaceful and quiet nduct on the streets of the village. " This sign was wrten by the Mattache Society–an early anizatn dited to fightg for gay unintified group of young people celebrate outsi the board-up Stonewall Inn after the rts.

”Over the next several nights, gay activists ntued to gather near the Stonewall, takg advantage of the moment to spread rmatn and build the muny that would fuel the growth of the gay rights movement. Johnson is seen at a Gay Liberatn Front monstratn at Cy Hall New York, a large crowd memorat the 2nd anniversary of the Stonewall rts Greenwich Village of New York Cy 1971. Sce is easily accsible wh public transportatn you n expect to fd a lively crowd of all typ; fai, sgl, upl both gay and straight, and even those people that n’t que be intified by eher genr or sexualy.

'GAYBORHOODS' ED TO BE LGBT SAFE HAVENS. NOW, MANY LGBT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PRICED OUT

We 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 more. Detailed Reviews: Reviews orr rmed by scriptivens of er-intified them such as cleanls, atmosphere, general tips and lotn 2023 • CouplCommuny that celebrat is gay cultural herage. 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.

The Castro is San Francis's gay village and is inic for beg the backdrop to the gay rights movement the 60s and 70s and a ntued space for LGBT people livg or visg San Francis. Simply put, the Castro is probably the most famo gay village the world Harvey Milk's old mera store and apartment on Castro St is worth a look (now a human rights mpaign office), as are the numero gay bars, siwalk tribut/plaqu to LGBT ins such as Sylvter and Osr Wil, and the magnificent Castro Theatre, which plays classic films om tim gone is a great diversy of people, om tourists and tour groups, LGBT people and supporters (some more out there than others - don't be surprised to see nudy, even the daytime), hippi, and sadly some homels people and those a b down on their luck (I had a man e and grab a tomato sce sachet off my table to eat as I sat a nearby fe, and another man was talkg to people a shop who didn't seem to exist). But gets worseGhaziani rearched the creased gentrifitn and risg st of gayborhoods, and his fdgs show that areas wh larger populatns of same-genr hoeholds rrelate to real-tate valu that are higher than the average.

Rearch by Zillow released May echo the fdgs: Most gay neighborhoods have higher home valu than their surroundgs, sometim to the tune of double or triple the home value. Evince also suggts the neighborhoods' gay inti are Jon, a longtime LGBT activist San Francis, has said recent years that the Castro has largely sloughed off s gay inty favor of a largely heterosexual, "techie" populatn. And soon after, fai began movg back to month:Compani lnch rabow-themed products and donate to LGBTQ nonprofs"The ameni and jobs near and those urban centers ma hive, tolerant gayborhoods pecially attractive plac to live, drivg up hog sts the muni, " Sarah Mikharian, a senr enomist at Zillow, told USA overall st of livg big ci has risen drastilly.

LOOKBACK: WHAT GAY LIFE WAS LIKE SAN FRANCIS 1976

"While the neighborhoods still provi a sense of muny and social acceptance, rints often pay a hefty premium to live there, " Mikharian 's not jt straight peopleA slew of hog nflicts are takg place, not only jt om straight transplants to gayborhoods — but also between specific sects of the LGBT risg sts of gayborhoods disproportnately affect people of lor, women and trans women, Mikharian said.

GAY SAN FRANCIS (SAN FRANCIS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA)

50 years after raid:Stonewall veterans return to New York Cy to celebrate PriAddnally, trans people are often harassed and attacked out of existg gayborhoods by s gay, lbian and bisexual populatn.

Ls than half of trans people Doan surveyed felt that the gayborhoods they lived are safe, she though the LGBT populatn fac poverty as a whole, wealth is further stratified wh the LGBT muny. A study published 2018 by the Williams Instute at the UCLA School of Law found that lbian, gay and bisexual people are more likely to be livg poverty than their straight peers. It wasn’t until the Compton’s Cafeteria rt 1966, where transgenr patrons who equented this Tenrlo rtrant phed back agast police aggrsn, that the gay muny San Francis began to anize and fight for s rights.

Harvey Milk, a gay activist who lived the Castro, won a seat on the cy’s Board of Supervisors 1977 herg an era of polil activism to protect gay rights that ntu to this day.