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First impressions of Castro District and getting to know the LGBT community in San Francisco from the POV of a curious traveller
As a linear individual from a fairly conservative capital like Singapore, I wasn&#;t quite familiar with the LGBT culture.
Hope will never be silent — Harvey Milk
But preparing for our morning trip to San Francisco, I heard that there was a full highway dedicated to expressing support and celebration for LGBT 🏳️ — I knew it was a place I had to check out. After all, there&#;s no better place to learn more about the LGBT culture than a trip down to the famous road itself!
Did you know that San Francisco is recognizable to be the &#;Gay Capital of the World&#;?
Now famous for its annual Pride festival, queer performances and open gay bars, San Francisco is a city of love and diversity. But how exactly did this approach to be?
My First Impression of Castro District
&#;Wow, this is intense&#; were my first thoughts when alighting from the bus at Castro District in San Francisco.
Pride flags and rainbow symbols decorate
Historical Essay
by Chris Carlsson,
Castro Street Fair,
Castro Lane Scene s
Photos: Crawford Barton, Gay and Lesbian Historical Society of Northern California
| Many across the Merged States consider San Francisco to be a “Gay Mecca” due to its large gay community located primarily in the Castro District as well as the city’s relatively liberal attitude towards sex. Until the ’s, though, the Castro was largely a white working class Irish neighborhood known as “Eureka Valley.” A shift came during World War II, when many soldiers came to San Francisco and formed gay relationships. These soldiers then stayed in the city after existence discharged for homosexuality. In the s, Beat Identity erupted in San Francisco and notoriously rebelled against middle class values, thus aligning itself with homosexuality and helped bring queer culture to mainstream attention. In the mid to late s, groups such as the Daughters of Bilitis and the Mattachine Society were born, as well as the Tavern Guild, which was the first openly gay business association. By , there were 50 gay or Vibrant and eclectic, the Castro/Upper Market neighborhood is an internationally known symbol of gay freedom, a superior tourist destination full of stylish shops and trendy entertainment spots, and a thriving residential area that thousands of San Franciscans call home. Its streets are filled with lovingly restored Victorian homes, rainbow identity festival flags, shops offering one-of-a-kind merchandise, heritage streetcars, lively bars and restaurants, and numerous gay-borhood landmarks including Harvey Milk Plaza, the Castro Theatre, Pink Triangle Park and Memorial, and the large SF Sapphic Gay Bisexual Transgender Group Center. The Castro District, excel known as The Castro, is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, which is also known as Eureka Valley. San Francisco&#;s homosexual village is most concentrated in the business district that is located on Castro Street from Market Street to 19th Road. It extends down Market Street toward Church and on both sides of the Castro neighborhood from Church Street to Eureka Street. Although the greater gay community was, and is, conc |