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G. Mark Mulleian, Controversial Artist, LGBTQ Activist, Film Director, and San Francisco Native, has passed.
Paul Deegan, Mark’s partner called and shared his passing after a long battle against heart disease and cancer. Mark, was always soft-spoken, friendly, a bit shy, and very generous. His consummate talent as an artist is distinctive, profound, and really talks to the viewer. I will miss those long dinners at the Sausage Factory, dish, […]
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Harry Britt
Passed Away today, June 24, 2020, during PRIDE month. We LOVE you Harry, RIP.
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Capturing Our Diversity
Historic photo-book of Pride Parades documents an evolving LGBTQ community history in his own transition from analog film to digital photography. Color-bedazzled Pride pictures become profound printed alongside his black-and-white photos of the pre-AIDS Pride Parade. This nostalgic photo memoir by a participant eyewitness activist. Capturing Our Diversity 3 Decades of San Francisco PRIDE Images […]
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Stonewall, 50th Anniversary
A big salute to the Trail Blazers who continue our struggle for equality.
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In Remembrance of Alan Snelling
Alan Snelling was originally from Oklahoma he came to California when he was very young and grew up in the Central Valley of California, worked for Chevron and BofA during his working career, retired around 2000, he survived his late partner Gus. Alan was well educated, a close friend that I admired and I spend […]
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37 years since the assassination of Harvey Milk
Today marks 37 years since the assignation of Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone at City Hall in San Francisco. These photos are from the annual Harvey Milk Annual Candlelight March from Castro Street to City Hall, around 1990, not positive of the year. In pouring down rain, November 27, 1998, Harry Britt honoring […]
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Palm Springs Pride 2015
Palm Springs has its Pride Parade in November, when the weather is absolutely beautiful.
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June 2015 will be 45 years of Pride
June is upon us and it’s Pride month; but I believe we celebrate our unique presence in the world everyday, Pride is also about history, I remember those early years the first “Gay” parade I marched in 1970, we marched unceremoniously through San Francisco’s Tenderloin (don’t remember the street) and down Polk St. many people on […]
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Honoring Harvey Milk’s Birthday – a tribute by Harry Britt
https://youtu.be/w51OqrVa5oY Harry Britt’s poignant words remembering Harvey Milk on a rainy night in The Castro during the 20th Candlelight Vigil, November 28, 1998. [whohit]Britt Post[/whohit]
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Armistead Maupin & Chris Turner at Burning Man
The brilliant writing of Armistead Maupin, is beautifully woven into the fabric of LGBTQ culture and history. Those wonderful characters portrayed in his many books are fascinating and so easy to relate to. During Burning Man 2013 we had the great pleasure of joining the crowd listening to Armistead reading from the manuscript of his upcoming novel, “The […]
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Gender Performance and Drag
Gender Performance and Drag The celebrated philosopher Judith Butler rejects both the notion that gender is an essential characteristic of persons and the claim that sex determines ones gender. “Sex” refers to the biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women. “Gender” refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a […]
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Genderally Speaking – gender expression photo exhibit – Sierra College
A Sierra College student critique of “Genderally Speaking.” “The pictures exhibited by Ron Williams were so unique and definitely not something that you see everyday. In his picture you could see how full of life these men and women were and how confident they were in themselves, something many of us strive for. It was […]
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Remembering the 1997 Castro Street Fair
[whohit]castro 97[/whohit] A look back to the 1997 Castro St Fair. Things were much different then, these 35mm photos show some of the culture that has disappeared as time marches on.
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A look back- Castro Street Fair 1995
[whohit]castro 95[/whohit] Here are a few photos from the Castro Street Fair, scanned from film, I believe there may be a few images mixed in from Easter earlier that year. The negs and slides were all mixed up, any comments or additional information always appreciated.
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2006 – Empress José Sarria street dedication ceremony
This month marks the anniversary of Empress José Sarria passing, August 19, 2013. José is our revered champion of LGBTQ political activism and civil rights. On May 27, 2006, in The Castro, on 16th Street & Pond in front of the Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library was dedicated as José Sarria Court. I had the pleasure of attending […]
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2006 – Twin Peaks in The Castro
A gallery of fascinating images from the Twin Peaks Tavern in The Castro; including a birthday dinner at the the Sausage Factory and cocktail parties at customers’ homes. It was all one big family. And and Liz the cocktail waitress, her retirement party. Enjoy. Click here for the 2006 Twin Peaks Gallery. [whohit]TP 2006[/whohit]
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2005 at the Twin Peaks Tavern
On a daily basis the Twin Peaks had its regulars that showed like clock work during cocktail hour, every day of the week, it was a big family, in a one big living room. Groups of friends from the “Peaks” would host dinners, parities at their homes and local restaurants in The Castro. I’ve included […]