#TBT: 7 LGBTQ Clubs & Bars SFers Partied at Back in the Day
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#TBT: 7 LGBTQ Clubs & Bars SFers Partied at Back in the Day

By
V. Alexandra de F. Szoenyi
Jun 22, 2017

It's almost Pride weekend. Let's step into the time machine to visit seven LGBTQ clubs and bars that were the go-to places in the City. Party on.

This advertisement from 1942 is from Mona's Club 440, the first lesbian club to open in San Francisco in 1936. Mona and Jimmie Sargeant's club featured male impersonators, and the sounds of Gladys Bentley, a prominent African-American lesbian singer and performer. (via The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco)

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