After a notable, high profile judge was linked to the bar shortly after opening, the bar was closed. “The Dash” was a visible gay bar where waiters cross-dress and even performed sex acts. Dating all the way back to 1908, when the first openly gay bar was opened.
Right up there with New York City, the city has been called the “gay capital of the world” and “the gay Mecca”. The LGBT culture in San Francisco has always been one of the most prominent in North America.
