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Des of pa and perseverance San Francis's gay muny fally led to vditn the Bay Area and across the natn. This is a timele of historil events.

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5 HISTORIC SAN FRANCIS GAY BARS WE WISH STILL EXISTED

The bars helped shape and harn San Francis's gay inty. * first gay bar in san francisco *

(Above: A scene om The Tool Box picted a Life magaze story lled "Homosexualy Ameri. ")We don't give gay bars the rpect they serve. After several proment bars San Francis started shutterg -- victims of Manhunt and Grdr and time -- I started mappg a cy's worth of shuttered gay bars.

LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH: TAVERN GUILD LKED SF GAY BARS FOR FIRST TIME

As you refully pick your venue for this year's Pri celebratns, a mute to remember some foundatnal SF gay bars. * first gay bar in san francisco *

Cheers, Dash (1908), 547 Pacific:San Francis may have had gay bars before the The Dash, but none were as notor. Focch's (1936), 506 Broadway:The drag show at Focch's was more of a tourist draw than an hont-to-goodns gay club, but helped brg gay culture -- and drag culture -- to the mastream spotlight. )The Black Cat (1951), 710 Montgomery:"There's nothg wrong wh beg gay -- the crime is gettg ught!

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12 Bars That Ma San Francis Gay, In Chronologil Orr .

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