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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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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]

  • Looking Back 2004 & 2005 images from The Castro

    Reflecting back 10 years I found an assortment of photos that really depict The Castro. The photos speak for themselves: some from Folsom St, Dore Alley, Pink Saturday, The Twin Peaks and various street shots. [whohit]Looing-back Post[/whohit]