![]() The Tavern Guild was an association of gay bar owners and booze distributors who joined together to fight back against police harassment. ![]() It did the whole speakeasy thing during Prohibition, and then became part of the Tavern Guild in 1962. It opened in 1910 and had it’s first same-sex raid a year later. The history of The Gangway is as fascinating as you’d expect from a 107 year old gay bar. ![]() The Tenderloin was once the heart of gay San Francisco, now the only Queer bar left is Aunt Charlie’s Lounge. This is especially the case in a city where Queer culture is being museumized, while the actual places where the culture was built and fought for are disappearing. The fact that The Gangway was on the chopping block was common knowledge, there had been overtures from folks interested in buying the place since 2016, but up until now, nothing had seemed to materialize. Then on Sunday morning a number of posts popped up on Facebook with folks lamenting the abrupt closure of the 107 year old Queer bar.Ī 107 year old bar closing would be sad news anywhere, but it’s particularly painful in San Francisco where we seem to be losing institutions monthly. Over the weekend many in the SF Queer community posted the sad news: The Gangway had suddenly closed down.
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