Director Dubowsky pointing out a peice of queer past
Jim Fouratt pointing out a peice of queer past (Credit: Frameline)
The Castro has changed a lot in the past several decades. From a working class Irish neighborhood into the 1960's to a veritable gay mecca in the 1970's and 80's and to what it has become now: a hodgepodge of queer culture that is morphing into something a bit more, well, in my opinion, less queer. Maybe it's a sign of the times or maybe it's just a different kind of "queer" culture. Either way, there are remnants of the Castro's more queer past submerged all around the neighborhood.
Next month, the GLBT Historical Society will be hosting a movie and a walking tour of the Castro that will help people discover these not so obvious pieces of queer culture and explain what they were and what they meant. Things like a piece of hardware that a sign hung from that marked a gay bathhouse. A renovated building that once served as one of the Castro's best gay bars or meeting spaces.
The film is called Submerged Queer Spaces from Director Jack Curtis Dubowsky and will be showing at the GLBT History Museum in the Castro, Friday, February 22nd at 7PM. The film made its debut last year at the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival. The walking tour, which will be hosted by Dubowsky, will start at the museum the following day, Saturday, February 23rd from Noon to 2PM.
Check out the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-36J40dDw4A
