![A group of tour guests walk the streets of North Beach looking up at former queer venues and bars.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/642b04c76081cb26bdb56e51/642b0967b572046c14559580_IMG_8083%20copy.jpg)
Discover queer life before the Castro
Take a 90-minute walking tour of the old Barbary Coast, where you'll learn about unsung heroes who were out and proud about their “unspeakable vice.”
about us
San Francisco’s original “gayborhood”
Decades before Stonewall, the rainbow flag, or Harvey Milk, queer-friendly entertainment venues were all over the Barbary Coast, providing some of the earliest prototypes of LGBTQ spaces and often showcasing revolutionary gender non-conformity.
![The copper facade of the Sentinel Building in North Beach. It was formerly the Opus One queer bar in the 1950s.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/642b04c76081cb26bdb56e51/642b0dc495e441458551148e_DSC_2283.jpg)
![Jose Sarria performing at The Black Cat Cafe around 1955](https://assets-global.website-files.com/642b04c76081cb26bdb56e51/642f21227ebaea823fd7e2c0_Sarria_1955.jpeg)
![A scan of a pamphlet from Finocchio's a queer bar that hosted many drag queens and female impersonators from the 1930s to the 1990s.](https://assets-global.website-files.com/642b04c76081cb26bdb56e51/642b0d8b95e4417bae511192_IMG_6432.jpg)
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NEW TOUR IN PROGRESS
Research for our next tour is under way!
discounts
Private tours available
Sign up early or with private groups for discounted prices. All tickets include an optional round of drinks at a former lesbian supper club. Guests must be over 21 to drink.