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Timeline created by Jeff Jones
| 1889 | Oscar Wild performs in San Francisco "When people disappear they always seem to turn up in San Francisco." |
| 1906 | Following the earthquake, Gertrude Stein's brother returns to SF to assess real estate damages and brings with him paintings by Matisse. Alice B Toklas moves to Paris and meets Gertrude. |
| 1926 | Elsa Gidlow moves to SF; wrote nation's first book of explicitly Lesbian poetry (ON A GREY THREAD-1923) |
| 1935 | Dr.Magnus Hirschfeld lectures in San Francisco. |
| 1944 | Robert Duncan publishes "The Homosexual In Society" one of the earliest formulations of a theory of Gay rights. |
| 1955 | Ginsberg reads HOWL in public for first time |
| 1957 | San Francisco prosecutes Ferlinghetti and Ginsberg for publishing obscenity--HOWL AND OTHER POEMS |
| 1958 | Jack Kerouac publishes DHARMA BUMS, set in Bay Area |
| 1961 | Drag queen Jose Sarria runs for Board of Supervisors and gets 5600 votes |
| 1974 | First Castro Street Fair held |
| 1976 | TALES OF THE CITY first appears in the Chronicle |
| Angels of Light Mindkamp Cabaret | |
| 1977 | Theater Rhinoceros, Frameline, Gay Men's Chorus and Lesbian/Gay Marching Band formed. |
| WORD IS OUT premieres at the Castro Theater | |
| Photographer/Actor Harvey Milk elected to the Board of Superviosrs as the first openly Gay person in public office in California. | |
| 1978 | SYLVESTER performs at SF OPERA HOUSE; shortly afterwards War Memorial Board fires Michael Raines |
| Lavender Harmony Band founded | |
| Robert Opel opens Fey-Way Studios at 1287 Howard Street in San Francisco. | |
| 1979 | Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence founded. |
| Robert Mapplethorpe has first SF one man show at the Brigg on Folsom Street. | |
| Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition at 80 Langton Street. | |
| 1980 | Valencia Rose opens |
| 1981 | Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldua publish This Bridge Called My Back-writings by radical women of Color. |
| 1982 | First International Exhibition of Lesbian and Gay Photography, sponsored by Frameline, at Valencia Rose. |
| 1984 | The AIDS SHOW opens at Theater Rhinoceros |
| 1984 | Rob Epstein and RIchard Schmiechen win an Oscar for "The Times of Harvey Milk" |
| First Folsom Street Fair | |
| 1985 | Gay/Lesbian Historical Society founded |
| 1986 | Valencia Rose closes |
| Cleve Jones initiates the Aids Memorial Quilt project | |
| 1987 | Randy Shilts publishes AND THE BAND PLAYED ON: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic |
| 1989 | Marlon Riggs: TONGUES UNTIED |
| Gay and Lesbian Artists Alliance (GLAA) founded by Richard Bolingbroke and Dori Friend. First Meeting held at Bolingbroke's apartement in San Francisco | |
| STORIES FROM THE QUILT by Rob Epstein wins Oscar | |
| 1990 | First national LESBIAN/GAY WRITERS CONFERENCE HELD IN SF |
| LVA Lesbian Visual Artists is Founded | |
| First Latino/a Visual Arts Exhibition at Mission Cultural Center | |
| GLAA (Gay Lesbian Artists Alliance) show in San Francisco City Hall rotunda. | |
| Josie's Cabaret and Juice Joint opens in the Castro | |
| 1991 | Brian Freeman premieres Fierce Love-the Pomo Afro Homos |
| ANGELS IN AMERICA Part One (The Millennium Approaches) premieres at the Eureka Theater | |
| 1992 | Debra Chasnoff wins an Oscar for "Deadly Deception" |
| 1993 | The Cultural Equity Endowment established by San Francisco Arts Commission which includes funding for Lesbian/Gay Art. |
| "Dykespeak" -S.F. pub. wrtitten by, for, and about lesbians, bisexual and trans women was launched. Later called "Icon:The Thinking Lesbian's Newsmagazine" stopped publication in 1998. | |
| Qcc The Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Transgender Art and Culture is formed. | |
| 1995 | Harvey Milk Institute opens |
| 1996 | Nahum Zenil exhibition at the Mexican Museum |
| 1996 | Queer Arts Resource (QAR) website featuring the art of queer artists globally is launced. |
| 1997 | "100 years of Gay Rights" and the Magnus Hirschfeld Museum of Sexology" opens for a one month performance/exhibition. |
| 1998 | Qcc launches First SF Queer Arts Festival |
| Comedian Tom Ammiano elected President of the Board of Supervisors. | |
| 1999 | Qcc launches First National Queer Arts Festival |
| 2000 | Josie's Juice Joint closes for good. |