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  2. Compton's Cafeteria riot - Wikipedia

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    The performance utilizes real San Francisco locations, photo projections of the past, and names. [37] "Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria" is a documentary film directed by Susan Stryker and Victor Silverman, that explores the history of transgender activism and resistance in San Francisco's Tenderloin district. [2]

  3. The Stud (bar) - Wikipedia

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    The Stud is a gay bar currently located on 1123 Folsom Street in San Francisco. [1] [2] It was started by associates George Matson and Alexis Muir (Muir was a transgender woman then known as Richard Conroy) on May 27, 1966. [3] [4] According to George Matson, it was a "bar for people, not just pretty bodies". [3]

  4. LGBTQ culture in San Francisco - Wikipedia

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    The number of San Francisco gay bars increased in the 1960s. [28] In 1973, there were 118 gay bars listed in the San Francisco Gay Yellow Pages, in 2011, there were 33. [125] The first gay bar to have clear windows was Twin Peaks Tavern, which removed its blacked-out windows in 1972. [6] The first gay Latino bar was Esta Noche, in 1979. [126]

  5. 'Year of the lesbian': How queer women are breaking San ... - AOL

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    Even in San Francisco, once a bastion of now-closed lesbian bars like Maud's and Lexington Club, only three venues are listed by the project: Wild Side West, which opened in 1962; Scarlet Fox wine ...

  6. El Rio (gay bar) - Wikipedia

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    El Rio describes itself as a neighborhood bar, and its location in the Mission District has contributed to its commitment to Latino communities. [4] El Rio is “the longest-running multigender, multicultural, multigenerational live Latino music dance party in the city that attracts queers, straights, and others.” [5] El Rio is organized as a profit sharing business and community benefits ...

  7. The Lexington Club - Wikipedia

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    The bar closed on April 30, 2015, [15] the last remaining lesbian bar in San Francisco. [7] [16] Community members, including the GLBT Historical Society and Supervisor David Campos, initiated a fundraiser for a commemorative plaque. It was unveiled in a ceremony on September 19, 2016. [15] [8] Commemorative sidewalk plaque outside the former ...

  8. San Francisco leaders declare city sanctuary for transgender ...

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    The San Francisco Board of Supervisors declared the city a sanctuary for transgender and nonbinary people Tuesday, making it the largest city in the country to make the distinction. The ...

  9. Wild Side West - Wikipedia

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    Wild Side West door (2006) Wild Side West is a historic lesbian bar, founded in 1962 and located in the Bernal Heights neighborhood in San Francisco, California. [1] As of 2021, Wild Side West is San Francisco's last remaining lesbian bar, [1] although the bar currently serves a more diverse Queer crowd much like the nearby El Rio bar.