Gay L.A. vs. Gay San Francisco
To many a Californian, Los Angeles and San Francisco exist in perpetual rivalry. Los Angeles is nouveau glitz to San Francisco’s substance. Or San Francisco is the radical metropolis to L.A.’s more mainstream moderation. For gay and lesbian Americans, both cities have been destinations for decades. And yet what Los Angeles and San Francisco have offered gay Americans—and what they have allowed—have been strikingly different. Join us for an exploration of the gay and lesbian past of California’s great urban rivals. Historians Nan Alamilla Boyd and Daniel Hurewitz, as well …
