The Pit (San Francisco Gay Leather Bar/60's to 90's) Color:Dark Grey Heather Blow Buddies had already carved

Blow Buddies had already carved out its place in queer history — not just as a venue

it was liberation

and the laughter was exactly the kind of loud people pretended not to hear

and the rise of citywide Pride culture

The Pit (San Francisco Gay Leather Bar/60's to 90's) Color:Dark Grey Heather Blow Buddies had already carvedThe Pit (San Francisco, California) 1960s1990s Part of the pre Castro, pre corporate landscape of San Franciscos gay nightlife, The Pit was a classic cruising bar that served the citys leather, blue collar, and late night crowd during the years when queer spaces still lived largely in the shadows. Operating from the 1960s into the post Stonewall era, it belonged to a network of unpretentious, dimly lit bars where eye contact, jukebox music, and coded