During the World War II, thousands of people came back to San Francisco from the Pacific battlefronts. The U.S military actively sought out gay and lesbian service members and dishonorably discharged them solely on the basis of their sexual orientation. San Francisco was a city which tolerant those people and show them relatively openness. Homosexual population grew steadily after World War II. Many homosexual veterans remembered San Francisco as a open-minded city and returned after the war. Seventeen percent of the city’s population was homosexual by 1980. Next to the Castro is its very affluent neighborhood Eureka Valley, a neighborhood that popular with LGBT community and family. The Market & Castro Street Cable Car line opened in 1886,
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But there are still some issues left and happened over time. As the Castro grows more and more flourishing, the living budget increases fast too. Exclusion started to show its tail. The Castro has become a greater male-dominated society; while gay males were majority the people who could afford to live and work there. You can rarely see women and people of color living in this community. Not just living budget is high. AIDS is also a serious issue of this community. AIDS is a late-stage of HIV disease defined by a low count of CD4 cells. San Francisco has one of the largest HIV – positive population in the United States with an estimated 15,979 people living with HIV. 9,567 people were living with AIDS at the end of 2014. Even it created a negative view of homosexual community, but it also created social consensus that make homosexual people more united.
San Francisco Pride is one of the largest and most well known Pride events in the world. On June 27, 1970, the early progenitor of the Pride Celebration was “Gay-In”. And the Pride Celebration started to held annually since 1972 with different theme. The most recent Pride Parade in 2015 was the 45th annual celebration; the theme was “Equality Without Exception”. It was also the time for them to celebrate North America passing Same-sex marriage law. On June 26, 2015, same-sex marriage became legal national
But there are still some issues left and happened over time. As the Castro grows more and more flourishing, the living budget increases fast too. Exclusion started to show its tail. The Castro has become a greater male-dominated society; while gay males were majority the people who could afford to live and work there. You can rarely see women and people of color living in this community. Not just living budget is high. AIDS is also a serious issue of this community. AIDS is a late-stage of HIV disease defined by a low count of CD4 cells. San Francisco has one of the largest HIV – positive population in the United States with an estimated 15,979 people living with HIV. 9,567 people were living with AIDS at the end of 2014. Even it created a negative view of homosexual community, but it also created social consensus that make homosexual people more united.
San Francisco Pride is one of the largest and most well known Pride events in the world. On June 27, 1970, the early progenitor of the Pride Celebration was “Gay-In”. And the Pride Celebration started to held annually since 1972 with different theme. The most recent Pride Parade in 2015 was the 45th annual celebration; the theme was “Equality Without Exception”. It was also the time for them to celebrate North America passing Same-sex marriage law. On June 26, 2015, same-sex marriage became legal national