Castro Street Fête
This weekend the Castro Street Fair in San Francisco, Calif. continues a 41-year tradition which began with Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician in California. He was assassinated by another city supervisor, Dan White, who had lost his job. Harvey Milk moved to San Francisco from New York in 1972 amid a migration of gay men to the Castro District. Milk’s legacy is remembered in The Castro, or Castro District, where the annual fair is held each year on the first Sunday in October, with proceeds donated to special causes.
In addition to special events and festivals throughout the seasons there’s a fairly new attraction, GLBT History Museum (glbthistory.org). The second such history museum in the world contains personal belongings of Harvey Milk chronicling his life, plus displays, photos and information in permanent and rotating exhibitions.
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