“San Francisco is where gay fantasies come true, and the problem the city presents is whether, after all, we wanted these particular dreams to be fulfilled--or would we have preferred others? Did we know what price these dreams would exact? Did we anticipate the ways in which, vivid and continuous, they would unsuit us for the business of daily life? Or should our notion of daily life itself be transformed?” KnowsWayShouldProblemDreamWantedCitiesFantasyParticularGayNotionDaily LifeTransformedFulfilledVividSan FranciscoAnticipate Book:States of Desire Revisited: Travels in Gay America Source: States of Desire Revisited: Travels in Gay America
“President Bush said he was 'troubled' by gay people getting married in San Francisco. He said on important issues like this the people should make the decision, not judges. Unless of course we're choosing a president, then he prefers judges.” PeopleShouldSaidImportantCoursesPresidentDecisionIssuesJudgingGayMarriedSan FranciscoPresident BushGay PeopleGetting MarriedImportant Issues Author:Jay Leno
“I was in a real conservative area just outside of Chicago recently. And this guy's like, 'Hey, Arj, you're from San Francisco. Are you in favor of gay marriage?' I was like, 'Well, I'd like to get to know you a little bit better first. I don't know what ever happened to buying a guy a smoothie and seeing what happens. That's how we do it back home.” KnowsFirstsWellsLittlesRealHomeHappensGuyBitsSeeingHappenedGayLittle BitAreasConservativeFavorsHeyBuyingChicagoThis GuySan FranciscoGay MarriageBack HomeSmoothies Author:Arj Barker
“People in New York, LA, San Francisco, they scratch their head at the concept of a gay Republican, but it really makes sense there.” PeopleNew YorkRepublicanGayConceptsMake SenseScratchesSan Francisco Author:Kirby Dick
“Even in my town, even in San Francisco, thousands of gay men were arrested usually using entrapment techniques every single year for sexual behavior between consenting adults. That continued well into the 1970s until it was finally decriminalized in 1976, I believe.” MenYearsBelieveWellsI BelieveGayBehaviorAdultsTownsTechniqueSan FranciscoArrestedGay MenEntrapment Author:Cleve Jones
“To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year’s Eve in San Francisco.” YearsFirstsShowsFunPrideGayPaidClubsNew YearSan FranciscoNew Years EveGay PrideFun Things Author:Queen Latifah
“You know what they do in San Francisco? Some in the gay community there, they want to get people. So if they got the stuff they’ll have a ring, you shake hands and the ring’s got a little thing where you cut your finger. Really. It’s that kind of vicious stuff, which would be the equivalent of murder.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantKindLittlesHandsWould BeStuffCommunityCuttingGayMurderFingersRingsShakesLittle ThingsViciousSan FranciscoGay Community Author:Pat Robertson