Dirty Sally's (Austin Gay Bar/1973-1988) pee wee herman shirt The Lion Pub (San Francisco

The Lion Pub (San Francisco

We doze but never close

and stiff drinks flowed in equal measure

1979 NYC Gay Pride Day T-Shirt

Ramrod helped define San Francisco’s leather scene before the AIDS crisis changed everything

Dirty Sally's (Austin Gay Bar/1973-1988) pee wee herman shirt The Lion Pub (San FranciscoDirty Sallys Austin, TX (19731988) Dirty Sallys was one of Austins early anchors of gay nightlifea bar that opened in 1973 and held its ground for fifteen years as the citys scene slowly took shape around it. It wasnt polished or oversized; it was lived in, familiar, and built on the people who kept coming back. Through the 70s and 80s, places like Dirty Sallys carried real weight. They were social hubs, meeting points, and a kind of refugewhere