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.
Bill Campbell, co-founder of Larkin Street Youth
Interview with River Sims, street priest and outreach worker.
Photo of woman dressed in men's clothing, c.1940s(?). Photo courtesy of Sharon Weinman.
Photo of woman dressed in men's clothing, c.1940s(?). Photo courtesy of Sharon Weinman.
Photo of woman dressed in men's clothing, c.1940s(?). Photo courtesy of Sharon Weinman.
Photo of woman dressed in men's clothing, c. 1920s(?) Photo courtesy of Sharon Weinman.
Photo of woman dressed in men's clothing, c. 1920(?). Photo courtesy of Sharon Weinman.
Photo of woman dressed in men's clothing, c. 1910s(?). Photo courtesy of Sharon Weinman.
Photo of woman dressed in men's clothing, dated 1913. Photo courtesy of Sharon Weinman.
Photo of woman dressed in men's clothing, dated 1913. Photo courtesy of Sharon Weinman.
Photo of woman dressed in men's clothing, dated 1913. Photo courtesy of Sharon Weinman.
Photo of women dressed in men's clothing, Palisades, New York, dated 1924. Photo courtesy of Sharon Weinman.