San Francisco
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Gay History – September 16th: Maria Callas, NAMBLA, Wilheim Von Gloeden, and the “Little Faggot Truck”
September 16: 1730: In Amsterdam, Lourens Hosponjon is executed for sodomy. Other than the record of his execution no…
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Gay Man Attacked at Harvey Milk Plaza in S.F.’s Castro
A 53 year old gay man was kicked in the head and then harassed by his assailant who screamed anti-gay…
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LGBT History – August 1966: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria, San Francisco
On an warm summer August night in San Francisco in 1966 (no one knows the exact date since SFPD files…
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The Forgotten Lost – June 21, 1977: The Brutal Murder Of Robert Hillsborough Rocks San Francisco and the Nation
A brutal murder that took place over 40 years ago in San Francisco shocked and catalyzed that city’s gay community…
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Gay History – April 15, 1979: San Francisco’s Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Is Founded
On April 15, 1979 the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence founded a “convent” in San Francisco when three men, dressed in full…
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Gay History 1979 – WATCH: KPIX 5 Special Report: Has San Francisco Gay Power Gone Too Far? ~ The Aftermath Of Milk & Moscone Murders [VIDEO]
Watch the Emmy Award winning KPIX People’s 5 report with Don Knapp presented on the 1 year Anniversary of slain…
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Gay History – November 27, 1978: Harvey Milk Assassinated On This Day In San Francisco
At 11 a.m. on a beautiful Monday morning, on November 27, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and…
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Today in Gay History – September 23, 1984 : The First Folsom Street Fair Takes Place
San Francisco has always had a large gay leather community. By the late 1970s, they had created ‘Miracle Mile’, a…
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Man Charged With Attempting to Support Terrorism Planned To Attack San Francisco Gay Bars
According to recently unsealed audio tapes an Oakland man who is facing federal criminal charges, including attempting to support a…
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White Supremacist Plows Motorcycle Through Crowd of Health Care Bill Protesters In San Francisco
< San Francisco police detained a motorcyclist who they said drove his bike at a group of protesters demonstrating against…
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