Tag: San Francisco
Celebrating PRIDE with the AIDS Quilt Display to remember all of those we lost
To mark PRIDE ’22 the National AIDS Memorial will have a historic outdoor display in Golden Gate Park that will feature nearly 3,000 hand-stitched panels of the Quilt. This quilt display in San Francisco will help us all to celebrate Pride specifically by remembering all those we lost in the pandemic. The two-day event,…
A Celebration of the life of the iconic Phatima Rude
The much beloved Phatima Rude a drag queen who helped to define the raw and genderqueer aesthetics of San Francisco’s drag scene of the 1990s and early 2000, passed away of natural causes on May 18th, 2021. Their life was their art Longtime family and friends, Kevin Sniecinski and Paul King, Mistress of Ceremony,…
QUEERGURU @ The Movies : FRAMELINE FILM FEST Top Picks
San Francisco’s Frameline Film Festival is the oldest queer film festival in the world (it started in 1976). It is also one of the most progressive Fests with an enviable reputation for its excellent diverse programming. The festival is organized by Frameline, a nonprofit media arts organization whose admirable mission statement is “to change the world…
The Story Of The Castro makes for compelling viewing
This must-see documentary from 1997 was produced by San Francisco’ s KQED-TV as part of a series “Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco”. It’s a fascinating investigation on how The Castro became the gay holy grail. The area was originally known as the Eureka Valley when it was full of dairy farms until…
AUNT CHARLIES the last drag bar in San Francisco’s Tenderloin has been saved
Thanks to a tenacious devoted group of fundraisers, AUNT CHARLIES the last drag bar in San Francisco’s Tenderloin has been saved and lives to fight another day. This historical landmark, and a symbol of the city’s vital queer and trans culture closed its doors in March due to COVID-19 and because its owner William…
