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From the Martin-Lyon House and Harvey Milk's Castro Camera to SF Eagle and Transgender District, SF's LGBTQ history is easy to find.

A San Francisco historic advisory panel is recommending that city officials landmark the South of Market Eagle bar for its importance to the leather and LGBTQ communities. It is set to become the eighth property in the city with ties to LGBTQ history to be designated a city landmark and the first related to leather history. It will also be the second leather Eagle bar in the country to be deemed a city landmark. Atlanta officials christened their Eagle bar, which opened in 1987, a city landmark in December. San Francisco Planning Department staff had deemed the local Eagle that first opened i...

The San Francisco home of the co-founders of the country's first lesbian rights organization is now a city landmark.

A Japantown site has become only the second local historic property related to San Francisco's Japanese community and the fifth having to do with the LGBTQ community to be recognized as a city landmark. It is also the first property tied to the city's Japanese American community to be designated a city, state and national landmark. The Board of Supervisors voted 11-0 Tuesday, April 13, in support of landmarking the Japanese YWCA/Issei Women's Building at 1830 Sutter Street. It will need to vote a second time at its April 20 meeting to finalize the city landmark ordinance, which was co-sponsor...

A historic Japantown site with ties to LGBTQ history is close to becoming the first property tied to San Francisco's Japanese American community to be designated a city, state and national landmark. Having already won California and federal recognition, the site is set to secure city recognition later this month. The Board of Supervisors' land use and transportation committee voted 3-0 Monday in support of naming the Japanese YWCA/Issei Women's Building at 1830 Sutter Street a city landmark. The full board is expected to adopt the landmark request at its April 13 meeting. It will become only ...