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When the Tavern Guild proclaims Jose Sarria the Queen of the Beaux Arts Ball, Sarria declares that he was already a queen and proclaims himself Her Royal Majesty, Empress of San Francisco, José I, The Widow Norton - the widow of Joshua Norton, a colorful San Franciscan in the 1800s who declared himself Emperor of Mexico. 1964 – The Big Glass, the City’s first African American gay bar, opens. The Society for Individual Rights (SIR) is formed to provide both political support and a social outlet for the homophile movement, as it was then called.
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The bar defiantly holds the party anyway, serving only non-alcoholic beverages.
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November 1963 – The Bureau of Alcohol Beverage Control suspends the Black Cat’s liquor license the night before the bar’s annual Halloween party.1963 – The Missouri Mule on Market Street is revamped to become the first gay bar in the Castro.1962 – The Tool Box, a gay leather bar, opens at 4th and Harrison, becomes the first gay bar South of Market. The Tavern Guild is formed by gay bar owners and liquor wholesalers to help fight against the police harassment of gay bars and their patrons, becoming the first gay business association in the United States.Though he doesn’t win, his impressive finish demonstrates that the gay community is a political force to be reckoned with.
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On election day, he gets 6,000 votes, finishing ninth out of 34 candidates for five open seats.