Silicon Valley cash helped drive the displacement of some of the citys iconic LGBT spaces. Now a unusual startup is raising eyebrows over its links to Peter Thiel and its decision to open in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood
One by one,San Franciscos iconic gay clubs and queer centers gain shut their doors: the Lexington Club, the city’s last lesbian bar; the Lusty Lady, or a unionized strip club; Different Light bookstore,a Castro institution.
“Those were spaces that saved my life honestly, and the lives of many people I know, and ” said Lorelei Lee,a queer sex worker who lived in San Francisco, but recently moved absent. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk