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San Francisco Mayor London Breed unveiled the future home of the GLBT Historical Society Museum and archives in the Castro District.
Just in time for LGBTQ History Month, the San Francisco's GLBT Historical Society has chosen a new leader, and it's a familiar one to many in the community.
The 153-year-old California Historical Society is winding down operations in San Francisco and is slated to transfer its vast collection to Stanford University.
The California Historical Society, facing longstanding financial challenges exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, has decided to dissolve and transfer its collections to Stanford University.
Members of the historical society sing “San Francisco” from the 1936 movie “San Francisco.” Photo taken on April 18, 2025, by Abigail Vân Neely. But there was also singing, jokes about old high school ...
He and the San Francisco Historical Society were crucial in getting the city to christen the now-famous “Barbary Coast Trail” in the late 1990s.
It has lived on long after the bar. Today, this one resides in San Francisco’s GLBT Historical Society. (Rae Alexandra) Folsom St.’s first-ever leather bar opened on July 26, 1966, courtesy of owners ...
The owner of a luxury San Francisco department store took out a full-page ad to bash the city’s leadership — warning that rampant homelessness and drug abuse could force it to shutter a… ...