Nestled in the Eureka Valley area, the Castro is arguably the most well-known of San Francisco's neighborhoods, having been the epicenter of the gay rights movement since the 1970s. This new collection of photographs shows the area's growth from a smattering of Victorian houses built for working-class families in the 1870s to the flood of young gay men who settled in the neighborhood during the 1970s. This influx transformed the area and led to the rise of Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person elected to a major public office. This book also chronicles the 1978 assassination of...

In 1970s San Francisco, real-life town-fool/masseur Strange de Jim accidentally does something brilliant which brings him hundreds of wonderful new best friends. He hopes you'll use his discovery to improve your own life a thousand percent. He then massages thousands of assorted men and women, and learns something completely shocking. Finally he fantasizes falling in love with an erotic masseuse trained in the Indian healing arts, a ravishing triple-jointed Mininuko Courtesan and a young Olympic gymnsast with a most amusing sexual problem. They lead Earth to a spectacular Orgasm of Light....