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One of SF's last megaclubs hosts live bands, mash-up dance party Bootie, epic drag at
Trannyshack, and Monday's 18-and-over Goth Death Guild. Early arrivals may hear crick-
ets.
GAY/LESBIAN/BI/TRANS SAN FRANCISCO
Singling out the best places to be queer in San Francisco is almost redundant. Though
the Castro is a gay hub and the Mission is a magnet for lesbians, dancing queens and
party bois head to SoMa for thump-thump clubs. Top GLBT venues include:
from 5pm Wed & Sat, 5pm-3am Thu & Fri, 5pm to midnight Sun; 12, 19, 27, 47) Rocking the gay
scene since 1966, and branching out beyond leather daddies with rocker-grrrl Mondays,
Tuesday drag variety shows, raunchy comedy/karaoke Wednesdays, Friday art-drag
dance parties, and performance-art cabaret whenever hostess/DJ Anna Conda gets it to-
gether.
5pm-2am Mon-Thu, from 3pm Fri-Sun; 14, 33, 49, 16th St Mission) Odds are eerily high
you'll develop a crush on your ex-girlfriend's hot new girlfriend here over strong drinks,
pinball and tattoo comparisons - go on, live dangerously at SF's most famous/notorious
full-time lesbian bar.
admission $2-5; noon-2am Mon-Fri, from 10am Sat, 10am-midnight Sun; Powell, Powell)
Total dive, with the city's best classic drag show Fridays and Saturdays at 10pm.
Thursday nights, art-school boys freak for bathhouse disco at Tubesteak ($5).
10pm Thu-4am Fri, 11pm Fri-11am Sat, 10pm Sat-4am Mon, 10pm Mon-4am Tue; 12, 27, 47)
Home of Sunday 'tea dances' (gay dance parties) since 1973, though technically the party
starts Saturday, EndUp watching the sunrise Monday over the freeway on-ramp.
sion $5-35; variable, check online; Van Ness) Freak beats keep sweaty 18-plus crowds up
past their bedtimes at this all-ages, all-orientations, all-fabulous shoebox club; lesbian
go-go and bhangra nights rule.
antics and wild fundraisers, check the website of the self-described 'leading-edge order of
queer nuns,' a charitable organization and San Francisco institution.
