Pride is the commemoration of the Stonewall’s queers publicly pwning the NYPD, Folsom stems from confronting draconian authority.
Folsom Street and San Francisco’s fetish community was first entwined in 1966 with the opening of Febe’s, the thoroughfare’s first leather bar.
By the late ’70s, Folsom had developed its own “Miracle Mile” strip, which featured over 30 gay bars, shops, and bathhouses, cementing it as the epicenter of SF’s leather community.
Miracle Mile was home to such suggestively named establishments as The Ram Rod, The End Up, and Black & Blue, as well as The Eagle, which continues to reign as one of SF’s oldest gay bars.