There’s something magical about walking through the doors of a gay bar or club that's older than you are. You can almost feel the personal stories, the come-ons, the banter, and the longing for freedom seeping out of the nicked wood of the bar.  

Many of San Francisco’s legendary bars go way, way back--even before the Summer of Love--and are still thriving today. After all, what would the revolutions in San Francisco have meant without amazing places to celebrate change and embrace the freedom in diversity?

San Francisco is 49 square miles of story ideas.