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The following map shows 40 points of interest in San Francisco gay history. This short-lived bar featured boys in dresses and closed in It was part of the "Sodom by the Sea" subculture of North Beach. The first gay bar to spring up after Prohibition.

Touted as "America's Most Unusual Night Club ," it became a haven for female impersonators but catered to straight tourists. It closed in after 63 years. The city's first lesbian bar, it featured pianist Gladys Bentley , a large African American woman in white tails and top hat.

This is not the restaurant at Broadway and Kearny. It's not necessarily the one that inspired the gay anthem by the Village People, but it may as well have been. Sailor Boy Tavern : 24 Howard St. Opened in , it was convenient to travelers staying at the YMCA. Closed in Old Crow: Market St. It closed in the early s. The Silver Rail: Market St. Opened in There were doors on both Market and Turk so when the cops came in the front, customers would run out the back, and vice versa.

When the cops outsmarted them by coming in both sides, they'd outsmart the cops by going into a series of underground tunnels that connected the bars along the strip.

An archive of gay Bay Area history. Boxes and boxes of pins, programs and posters are stacked warehouse-style. Frisco Disco: 60 Sixth St. Started as the Frisco Club in , it evolved to Frisco Disco in then Frisco Roy-al from to with male go-go dancers. Still above the entrance are 15 colored light panels on the marquee that used to announce Frisco Disco.

The world's first gay community center, founded by the Society for Individual Rights in Gene Compton 's Cafeteria: Taylor St. Site of a riot between cops swinging clubs and drag queens swinging purses, leading to 46 arrests. The riot, mostly overlooked, happened three years before Stonewall. Susan Stryker, executive director of the Center for the History of Sexual Diversity , is making a documentary film about it. Glide Memorial Church: Ellis St. Many gay support groups started there, including the Helping Hands Center , Vanguard: the first queer youth group: and Conversion Our Goal, the nation's first transsexual peer support group.

California Hall: Polk St. Site of a Mardi Gras Ball held on Jan. Uninvited, the police arrived in force to photograph arriving couples, often a man in black tie escorting a man in a formal gown.

CRH lawyers denied police entry without a warrant and were arrested, starting a campaign against gay harassment in the city. Polk Street: In the s and '70s there were 65 gay bars, peep show parlors, baths and hotels on the strip. Among those still there are the Wooden Horse Polk , opened in ; the Locker Room Book Store , opened in ; Le Salon , with its erotic window display, opened in ; Giraffe , opened in ; Kimo's , opened in ; N'Touch, , the first gay bar for Asians, opened in ; and the Cinch , with its wooden Indian in front since James C.

Located in the new Main Library , it is the first study center for gay and lesbian history in a public library. The third-floor center has rotating exhibits beneath a mural of men, women and children working together to eliminate ignorance.

The nation's first gay-owned bank opened and closed in Now it's a Kinko's. Cafe Flore: Market St. A gay meet-and-greet place since , at the intersection of Noe and Market streets. Once nicknamed Cafe Hairdo.

First stop for out-of-towners. Twin Peaks: Castro St. Opened in as the nation's first ground-floor gay bar with clear plate-glass windows inviting commuters on Market Street to look in. Castro Theatre : Castro St. The big neon marquee is an unintentional beacon for the gay community. Supervisor David Chiu said that he and his district were optimistic that nightlife violence numbers in and around North Beach were going down, but he says, "Unfortunately over the last six to twelve months there's been some indication that this is a problem that's not going away.

As ABC 7 reports, Mayor Ed Lee even commented on the incident, saying, "The entertainment industry is trying to have dialogue with me about more night entertainment, but if the nightclubs don't pick it up so we prevent this kind of thing, they're not going to get a favorable response from the city. No arrests have yet been made in Saturday's shooting, but police say there is plenty of surveillance video which is now being reviewed.

Fun fact: Long ago, in the days before AIDS, this building was actually the Ritch Street Baths , and there are still some open-air showers on the roof to prove it. Stay up to date!