It's a warm sunny afternoon in San Francisco in the mid-1970's.
You're at 18th & Castro Streets surrounded by handsome friendly men.
Welcome to the Crossroads of the Gay World.
IN OUR FOURTEENTH YEAR!
Online since MAY 23,1996 and still growing!
now over 100 pages and nearly 1000 photos.
This site is a collection of stories and pictures about
the emergence
of the gay community in San Francisco's Castro District in the 1970's.
You are welcome to contribute your memories.
ENJOY YOUR VISIT!
-Uncle Donald-
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U N C L E D O N A L D '
S C A S T R O S T R E E T
Each big yellow button links to
a sub-section of this site.
Picture galleries and stories about
Castro Street Fairs, the Bar scene, Hibernia Beach,
HALLOWEEN,The Great Memorial Day Tricycle Race,
LINKS, and more
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THE MAYOR OF CASTRO STREET
His struggle to become a San Francisco Supervisor
and leader
of the gay community, his assassination,
candlelight march, White Night riots, Harvey Milk today
3 picture galleries |
Story of the gay parades of the 1970's
their significance and growth to become
the largest public event in San Francisco.
6 picture galleries
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a tribute to Gay Games creator Doctor Tom Waddell
a brief history from beginning in San Francisco in 1982
to becoming
the largest sporting event in the world.
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Uncle Donald's story
life on Henry Street in the 1970's,
Fave Foto Feature,
word play
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Sean Penn and Allan Baird
in the movie "MILK"
Baird played himself in the movie.
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W H A T ' S
N E W ?
A tribute to ALLAN BAIRD
in TEAMSTER MAGAZINE
CLICK on the picture to see the article.Baird, a Castro resident, was president of the Teamsters Local in the 1970's. He was a friend and supporter of Harvey Milk and got the Teamsters to support Milk in exchange for a gay boycott of Coors Beer.
See also: REMEMBERING SCOTT SMITH
An article by Allan Baird.
Scott was Harvey's lover and business partner.
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to help defray the cost of maintaining this website,
please click the DONATE button.
THANK YOU. I appreciate your help.
Uncle Donald
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online since May 23,1996
This site is dedicated
to my mom,
Matilda, in Florida
This page created June 26 1996,
modified June 6, 2009
• Text and Graphics © 1996 - 2007 •
• UD Graphics
• San Francisco •
NO ENERGY WAS CREATED OR DESTROYED
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS
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Thank You, BackInSF.com
This site currently attracts about 1000 visitors per day, a fact which totally boggles my mind. The size of the site and the bandwidth (amount of data transferred) are greatly in excess of the normal limit imposed on subscribers. I am grateful to my server,
gay owned and operated BackInSF.com (aka: C N Internet Sales) for their generosity in absorbing the additional fees which would normally be charged for my site's activity.
- Uncle Donald -
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