Birthday party at "On the Q.T." Courtesy of the GLBTHS.
Polk Street, 1944. Courtesy of the San Francisco Public Library.
Photo of interior of The Jumpin' Frog, from the 1964 Life Magazine article.
"Anti-gentrification" graffiti on Polk Street, 2008.
Photo of "seance" protest on Polk Street, 2008.
Photo of 2009 "Take Back the Polk" march on Polk Street.
Coy, former bouncer and local activist.
Cecilia Chung, Chair of Human Rights Coalition.
Kevin "Kiko" Lobo, bouncer at Deco Lounge.
Shane "Yoyo" Gibson, resident of Polk Street SRO hotel.
Alexis Miranda, manager of Divas bar and 33rd Empress of the Imperial Court.
Myles O'Reilly, owner of O'Reilly's Holy Grail.
Wilfried and Ken, key figures at Polk Street church.
Ron Case, co-founder of Lower Polk Neighbors.
James Beales and David Kapp, managers of Deco Lounge.
Polk Street’s history through the lens of neighborhood change in the early twenty-first century. Polk Street was San Francisco’s premier gay male center in the 1960s and 1970s. First published on OutHistory in 2012.
Corey Longseeker, artist and Polk Street resident.
Dan Diez, Lower Polk Neighbors member and retiree.
Donna Saffiati, needle exchange outreach worker.
Megan Rohrer, minister and Executive Director of nonprofit serving the homeless.