Tag: San Francisco
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March LGBTQ History Programs Highlight Young-Adult Lesbian Fiction, Historic Preservation, Sex in SoMa, Museum Anniversary
The program series for March 2021 sponsored by the GLBT Historical Society will highlight a new young-adult lesbian novel, a conversation with architectural historian and preservation consultant Shayne Watson, a new book of photographs documenting the sexual world of San Francisco’s South of Market district and a celebration of the GLBT Historical Society Museum’s 10th anniversary.
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GLBT Historical Society Museum Reopens October 1
The GLBT Historical Society Museum, located in San Francisco’s Castro district, is reopening for GLBT Historical Society members on Thursday, October 1, and to the public on Saturday, October 3, after six months of closure during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Win the American dream at Bongo’s Bingo
An array of prizes are on offer at the opening night of one of the UK’s largest, free LGBTQ+ festivals – including the chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime holiday.
Photo credit Daddy Alan Selby (right), aka Mr. S, and his boy, Johnie Garcia, at the National March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights (1993); photographer unidentified; collection of the GLBT Historical Society.
Multimedia Exhibition Highlights San Francisco Leather Pioneer, Mr. S Leather Founder «Daddy» Alan Selby
A new exhibition opening May 16 at the GLBT Historical Society Museum recounts the story of «Daddy» Alan Selby, the founder of the iconic South of Market leather and kink emporium Mr. S Leather, within the context of a changing SoMa neighbourhood and the emergence of a distinct leather and kink culture.
Photo credit Melissa Hawkins, Duo With Cigar, The Eagle (undated); used with permission.
Photography Exhibition Highlights 1980s-1990s Queer Nightlife in SF
A new exhibition opening February 15 at the GLBT Historical Society Museum highlights the extraordinary vitality of queer nightlife in San Francisco’s South of Market (SoMa) district during the darkest years of the AIDS crisis, an era that simultaneously marked the peak of AIDS activism and queer militant organising in the city.
Photo credit Members of Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits form a drum circle at the GLBT Historical Society Museum. Photo: Gerard Koskovich.
New Exhibition Highlights LGBTQ Native American Organising
A new exhibition opening January 31 at the GLBT Historical Society Museum celebrates the 20th anniversary of Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits, an organisation committed to activism and service for the Two-Spirit and ally communities of the San Francisco Bay Area.