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"What's especially significant about Twin Peaks is that it was the first block in the Castro to actually have these large windows looking outward," she added. That's because even when the Castro neighbourhood became the hub of the city's LGTBQ+ society that it is today, "being closed was the norm", Peaches said. "You didn't want people to be able to stroll by and see you in a bar. But Twin Peaks said, 'We're not gonna do that.'"

More than 50 years later, Twin Peaks is still an excellent people-watching hub – the sort of place where you'll observe silver-haired clientele who've been ordering their gin martinis the same way for decades, and those just passing by outside. "Or you can sit in the window and see the fog roll in over Twin Peaks (the hill)," Peaches said, "and see that giant rainbow flag across the road. And if you're starving, you've got right next door."

Needless to say, it didn’t take long for authorities to start surveilling goings on at Fe-Be’s. Starting in , the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) held multiple meetings about the activities of staff and patrons at Fe-Be’s. In , the ABC accused the bar of “behavior reverse 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 drink 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 support. In December , the bar roared back to life and stayed put until In the end, it wasn’t legal scrutiny that deposit an end to Fe-Be’s; it was the toll of the AIDs epidemic on San Francisco’s homosexual community. Kissinger died in , Geist in

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