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British diplomat ushers in LGBTQ History Month at SF event

October 2, 2024

It was one of the hottest days of the year but guests mingling in the backyard of the British Residence in the city's Presidio Terrace didn't seem to mind.

LGBTQ History Month: 'But the Bible says!' How one mistake accidentally sparked today's anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric

by Lauren Rowello
Oct 2, 2024

After months of deliberation, David Sheldon Fearon, a gay man, wrote a letter in 1959 to the committee responsible for developing the Revised Standard Version of the Bible.

Words: 'Song Of Myself,' Walt Whitman scholar Arnie Kantrowitz's posthumous book published

by Michele Karlsberg
Sep 29, 2024

The posthumous publication of "Song of Myself," a previously unpublished novel by the late gay activist and Walt Whitman scholar, Arnie Kantrowitz is about a gay man's odyssey of self-discovery.

Political Notes: Community celebrates site for new SF LGBTQ history museum

by Matthew S. Bajko
Sep 27, 2024

While enrolled in the UC Berkeley School of Law in the early 1990s, Roger Doughty spent countless hours studying at Cafe Flore, a beloved restaurant and gathering space at the corner of Noe and Market streets in San Francisco's LGBTQ Castro district.

City to buy Castro shopping center for new LGBTQ history museum

by Matthew S. Bajko
Sep 26, 2024

Ending a two-decades-long search for a suitable site, city officials have landed on a massive two-story shopping center in San Francisco's Castro district as the permanent home for a LGBTQ history museum and archival center.

SF rec and park updates webpages with LGBTQ site names

by Matthew S. Bajko
Aug 21, 2024

In the heart of the LGBTQ Castro district sits the Eureka Valley Recreation Center, a much-used San Francisco Recreation and Park facility.

SF workshop to assist trans collectors of history

by Matthew S. Bajko
Aug 14, 2024

Local transgender residents who have personal collections of historical items about their community are invited to a workshop San Francisco Public Library staff are hosting to learn how to best protect their individual archives.

LGBTQ history finds a home in downtown San Jose

by Matthew S. Bajko
Aug 7, 2024

A little over a year after receiving a significant grant from state lawmakers, Queer Silicon Valley is opening its first physical space to present the South Bay's LGBTQ history.

Preserving queer history with Kickass Queers and The Queercore Podcast

by David-Elijah Nahmod
Apr 9, 2024

More often than not, queer history is either forgotten or rewritten until it bears little resemblance to what really happened. Now, two podcasts seek to set the record straight, so to speak, by telling our stories accurately.

Sacramento seeks public input on LGBTQ history

by John Ferrannini
Apr 3, 2024

The city of Sacramento is seeking the public's participation as it documents the state capital's queer history and preservationists write a historic context statement.

Search goes on in SF for LGBTQ history museum space

by John Ferrannini
Oct 25, 2023

Officials at the GLBT Historical Society want to bid on a proposal to secure and operate a full-scale, free-standing museum even though they don't have a site located.

LGBTQ HIstory Month: SF LGBTQ pioneers helped form the community

by Chuck Forester
Oct 25, 2023

That gay person at the Pride parade is the result of an unusual social experiment that started in 1970 in San Francisco.

LGBTQ History Month: LGBTQ+ online dating was created for community

by Michele Zipkin
Oct 25, 2023

From casual hookups to friendships to meeting the love of your life, LGBTQ+ online dating was created out of a need for community.

LGBTQ History Month: Online archive features Gerharter's B.A.R. photos

by Matthew S. Bajko
Oct 25, 2023

Two decades ago the San Francisco Public Library purchased a portfolio of photos from longtime Bay Area Reporter photographer Rick Gerharter.

Lyon-Martin friends group shelves bid to buy historic SF lesbian property

by Matthew S. Bajko
Oct 20, 2023

A group instrumental in preserving the two-story cottage once owned by lesbian pioneering couple Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin has determined it is unable to purchase the historic San Francisco property.

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