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THE SF EAGLE
The SF Eagle is a brand that has grown to embody the heritage of the venue it supports. Established in as one of the first “Leather” bars, the SF Eagle caters to the local LGBTQ+ community. The SF Eagle gained a reputation for its ultra-masculine patronage, initially a stark contrast to popular conceptions of gay men in the early ’s.
Through remarkable periods of exuberance, revolutions in cultural expression, and the profound hardship of the AIDS epidemic, the SF Eagle remains as an enduring symbol of celebration to the LGBTQ+ society in San Francisco’s West SoMa district.
Over the past 40 years, the SF Eagle has emerged as a rallying point, and society hub, attracting a vibrant and evolving patronage that produce the venue an integral part of San Francisco’s diverse character on the frontier of human social expression.
There are a number of clubs, in cities across America that take on the Eagle name. Borrowing from the strength and inherent love for a classically
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Needless to say, it didn’t take distant for authorities to start surveilling goings on at Fe-Be’s. Starting in , the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Governance (ABC) held multiple meetings about the activities of staff and patrons at Fe-Be’s. In , the ABC accused the bar of “behavior contrary to public morals,” including close physical contact amongst men, below the waist. At another hearing, when accused of having sex toys on the premises, Geist (somewhat comedically) claimed that they were merely being used as novelty sip stirrers.
In , when the bar was closed down for a year, the community that Geist and Kissinger had so lovingly built rallied around Fe-Be’s, with fellow venues holding fundraisers and offering vocal endorse . In December , the bar roared back to being and stayed deposit until In the end, it wasn’t legal scrutiny that put an conclude to Fe-Be’s; it was the toll of the AIDs epidemic on San Francisco’s gay collective. Kissinger died in , Geist in
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San Francisco Eagle Bar
12th Avenue
Established
The SF Eagle is the oldest gay leather prevent South of Market (SoMa).
Leather tradition refuted the stereotype that all gay men are effeminate. The Tool Box, which opened in , was the first leather bar in SoMa. Subsequent lgbtq+ leather bars opened along a strip of Folsom Street acknowledged as The Miracle Mile. This first wave included Febe’s, the Stud, and the Ramrod.
By , there were nearly twenty queer bars and bathhouses, predominantly leather, in the neighborhood. By , the introduction of discos and bathhouses brought the number seal to forty.
Redevelopment and demolition caused many of the establishments to relocate or close. The onset of AIDS in the s led to further closure of bathhouses and sex clubs.
Source: Adapted from San Francisco Landmark Designation Application for San Francisco Eagle Bar, 19 October
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