Castro Street Fair 1982 🌈🔥 San Francisco, CA 🌈🔥 80’s AIDS & HIV Epidemic
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- Опубліковано 14 лют 2019
- #castrostreetfair #sanfrancisco #thecastro
In honor and memory of my dear friend, Don "Uncle Donald" Eckert, founder and creator of www.thecastro.net website, Here is a very rare, beautifully shot video of The Castro Street Fair in 1982 that he filmed, in all its glory, youth and excitement! Hope you enjoy the video. Be sure to check out Don's amazing website www.thecastro.net Thank you.
This was the last summer before AIDS hit the community hard; awareness of its enormity was still low. The worse was yet to come--and soon. How many seen here on this beautiful San Francisco afternoon were gone a year later?
Yeah, this part of the population helped spread the disease, of course they didn't know, it's not their fault, RIP guys
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!
@@LordmijWhat part of the population gave it to them?
I love this, and I remember this time up in Canada. I lost some very dear friends in what followed. I still think about them.
I love this!! People are smiling and talking. A real social scene. Not like today, where many have grim faces glued to the phones.
More coming 🌈💕❤️
Agree 💯
@@DramaDad Got any 1978 or '79 ?
Social media has made everyone not very SOCIAL..
lol
Thanks for posting. This type of footage is history that shouldn't be forgotten.
Thank you! My pleasure!
I wasn’t born until 1982 but all I can say to the LGBT elders who came before me THANK YOU!
Thank you for fighting for me, for us and our rights!
Same here. I was born in January. We were both wittle babies.
Damm you all are older then me 1989
@@DavidEason-ui5ty
Sure am lol but getting old is a blessing
Awe
@@starelise1387You are right. It sure is. Especially when so many others didn't get the chance to.
I am in love with a guy who has probably been dead over 30 years, The beautiful long haired blonde with a mustache (a Marlboro man billboard come to life) at 42.43 . In other videos, he is in front of the Elephant Walk with other pretty boys (they did seem to stick together in public like Pretty high school cheerleaders). The sun hits his face and hair and he becomes a Golden Boy in the 83 video. Gorgeous! Is there any chance anyone knows what happened to him? I am sure he must be dead because "being cute and popular" then meant lots of anonymous sex. If he was a bottom, he had no hope of survival.
By the way, I gave Uncle Donald a lot of my remembrances of Castro in the 70's and 80's online. He had a love affair with the Castro going. He was a great chap.
My problem is that watching your videos makes me so sad, and I have been haunted all day thinking about these young men. No one deserves to die simply from having sex with the wrong person. In these videos, we are basically seeing the Boomer gay generation in its youth. So many of them did not make it to old age, which is facing the survivors now.
I had a boyfriend during this period and we were monogamous. Our friends used to tease us relentlessly about "missing all the fun". Never did we dream that our relationship would save us from death. Later we attended memorial services for all (100%) of our friends. We finally had to leave the city. It was just too hard to stay there alone. Too many ghosts. I would walk down Castro and think "Oh, I gotta tell Jerry about those shirts in ALL AMERICAN BOY." Then it would hit me. Jerry is dead. This happened to me a lot.
We moved to the East Bay to an all new setting because our employer (Pacific Bell - now long gone also) built a headquarters out in San Ramon. Back then, lots of gay boys worked for Ma Bell as Staff Clerks before everyone was issued their own PC.
When TALES OF THE CITY hit PBS in 1994, we went back on weekends to visit the old neighborhood out of nostalgia. It had come back to life after a dark period. But the old energy was gone. People would walk around but there was no longer a party atmosphere on weekends. It was basically like any other street in the city and the Castro Clone look was dead, so gay guys looked like everyone else - the beginning of a long assimilation into society at large. Thanks to changes in society, the need for a Gay GIlded Ghetto became more and more irrelevant with time.
Why does it all make me so sad? There should be a warning on your videos that Boomers who were there may find watching these glimpses of a lost world upsetting. Of course, this happens also every time I look in the mirror! LOL
Oh, by the way! That Castro boyfriend became my husband for life. We've been together 44 years now. We were classic Castro Clones, now old dudes in teeshirts and shorts living in Phoenix. My husband is slowly dying of Parkinsons Disease and COPD with early dementia. So I have gone from full time husband to full time caregiver for the guy. Soon I will be all alone at 67. But as a gay man who lived through a holocaust, I can't complain. Pain, suffering and death is part of our human experience. The Boomer generation of gay men learned that much too early. Blessings to everyone.
How nice, I would like to know what it was like to be gay in the 70s, is it true that AIDS did not exist in that decade?
@@leonelgarcia4407 since 1970 the disease was making its way through communities. It takes 10 years to come to the final stages and six years to begin having health problems. After 1976 several men complained about their health unknowing that it was symptoms of hiv and finally aids.
thanks for sharing your thoughts! much appreciated!
thanks for sharing your thoughts! much appreciated!
Siempre hay alguien que ver la luz dentro de tanta oscuridad. Gracias por compartir tan hermosas palabras 🙏🏽
My friend who lived there would actually see Sylvester James on the street or on a moped in a turban and fur coat. They would say "there goes Sylvester" like it was not out of the ordinary to see him.
as an australian now 70yo, i have visited san francisco in 1975, 1977, 1979, 1991, 1999, 2000 & 2012. always had a great time.
thanks for sharing your thoughts! much appreciated!
I was 15 in 1982 ,but I knew who I was and what was happening in the gay world at that time. RIP to all those brave and beautiful spirits 🌈❤️🙏✝️❤️🌈
Thank you so much for your comments! Much appreciated! More footage coming soon! 🌈💔
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Wow I was 15 yrs old too at that time. Never knew all this was going on.
I was 16 and on the east coast. I knew there was a life like this somewhere-over the rainbow, perhaps.🏳️🌈
I love watching these old vids. So many familiar faces of friends gone by, and a handful still with us. - Huge gratitude to your dear friend Don for taking this, as well as to you for archiving it and sharing it with the world... and those of us who were a part of this era in SF.
Thank you more coming soon 💕🙏🌈❤️
It’s so strange to have walked through it.. i still struggle with it all.. all the horrible things from this
I moved to SF in 1982 after graduating from UCSB. I shared an apartment with Tommy Rose who was the D.J. at Finnochio's, and was also a drag performer around the city. The apartment was right near the corner of 18th and Castro..... What a GREAT time to live in the city. I too, lost quite a few friends to AIDS.....
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82 was a good year, was out there at the time of this fair. Took the old Green Tortoise bus from the east coast to S.F. Seems like the fair was laid back and fun. Schlitz beer too. Like a way back machine. Great video!
Yes it was! Thanks for your support!
Isn't this when guys started dying?
Watching this footage, the thought occurs to me.....how many of these young men got the AIDS virus that very night. It is certain some did, I just wonder how many. What a tragic time. May they rest in peace.
I was 18 in 1982. I was a freshman in college. I thought I had such a unique "look" as a young blond preppy thing. Loved the daddies and mustaches. Glad they are making a comeback!
Ur still hot...mmmm
thanks for sharing your story. much appreciated!,
I was there at this Fair. I was 20 years old moved there June 6 1982. After all these years seeing this is a sensory experience the sounds the smells the fog rolling in around 5 pm you could see it coming down Castro from the Haight. I lived straight up Castro go left on Duboce right on Alpine Terrace. Amazing memories. ...thanks for sharing this....I'm still looking to see myself in the crowd. I think I will...
Awesome! I was waiting for you! anyone from this Fair, era, resident to pop in and share their story here! be sure to check out my 1983 Castro Street Fair Footage as well! maybe you’re in that footage! equally as riveting and fun! let me know if you find yourself or recognize anyone! thanks for sharing!
Great to hear back from you so quickly. I wasn't sure anyone would be interested in my flashbacks but I'm glad you're doing this. I have the booklet/guide somewhere around cover says Castro Street Fair San Francisco 1982. That was an amazing and bittersweet year in a multitude of ways. But more about that later...
I was there in the 90's and to remember the fog rolling up the street. Thank you for reminding me of that...
@@DramaDad do you have any video of the Folsom Street Fair? It would be nice to relive those memories. Thanks for the first song im coming out of hiding. Danced to it many times in the 80's...
@@zacharypeacock6278 Hello Zachary! I do have one or two videos to upload very soon. Am editing those this week! Look for them this month for sure! Much appreciated! Glad you made it out of there safely, 🙏🙏🙏
Beautiful people. Looks like a wonderful community. I was not even a teenager at this time, but I find the story of our community important. Thank you for this historical footage.
Well said! Thank you for your support!
A majority of these men would die within 10 years after this vid was shot. They had no idea the horror that was to come.
miguel taveras this statement should be etched into marble. I wish I could etch this into my mind. Imagine what will befall us; it is so important to be the best you can, come what may...
I know. So so sad. Poor poor men. :(
@@EphemeralProductions It is all about choices. They could have chosen a monogamous homosexual relationship over a lifestyle of promiscuity.
@@davidralphs4 most straight people of this generation had more than a few sexual partners before marriage too. The gay newcomers largely arrived in San Francisco in their 20s without much dating experience. There also wasn't any cultural pressure to find a partner for life. That largely comes from religion and family traditions. Most probably couldn't have brought a partner home to their family at that time anyways. Lots of shame.
@Angel Jose Mendoza you don’t know about AIDS?? THAT’S what happened
I came out in 1982 when I was 17 and met my first boyfriend. As we were monogamous we were not exposed to the risk of catching HIV. We are still together, married and well happy.
Thank you for your comments... 🙏
An amazing and wonderful comment for so many reasons.
@@brianhenry9799 We have been blessed - we have had a wonderful fulfilling & very successful life. I wouldn't change a thing ( well not much anyways, maybe would not have spent so much on gorgeous shoes lol ).
Recovered Memory: I met a young man from Australia at this fair all those years ago. He was studying to be a doctor and was engaged to marry. We spent the night together (his first time with a man) and parted the next day. Before he left he said "I suspect I have a lot to think about now." We exchanged addresses but did not keep in touch. So many stories like this one I am sure.
Thank you Nigel for sharing your story. Thank you so much! So glad you enjoy this channel and the videos! Much appreciated! Thank you so much!
I was 18, lived in a studio at Market and Diamond and went to school at Stanford. I remember those days well.
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoy this channel and the videos! Much appreciated! Thank you so much!
Sounds like a great life
Thank you so much for sharing this and providing a link, I attended this event and lived there from 1979 to `1993.... WOW
Robert Farrell my pleasure Robert! So glad you enjoyed it! Be sure to check out the 1983 footage I have up as well! So cool to hear you were actually there in all the festivities! Must have been great times....
Please tell us, how you lived that year!
Glad you’re alive to tell it
I’m gay and was born in 2003 in New York and than all’s those who stood up for the community before I could get the chance!
A lot of them already had aids but didn't know it yet.
I am 60, and I remember the great music abd the flirting and the conversations....no cell phone queens then... I am 60, and, thankfully, outlived most of my peers who died of AIDS....I was one of the few that never got infected....perhaps because I decided to live a semi celibate life during the mid 80s....Rock Hudson's death freaked me out....no treatment, no cure then.
Thank you so much!
Hi, I'll be 62 on the 13th. I was just trying to 'come out of the closet' at this time in 1982 I was on my way back home to Seattle (via greyhound) from Arizona I stayed at a motel in San Fransisco, the Civic center motor inn on Harrison which is still there! I wanted to meet gay man but I didnt know what to do or where to go. Little did I know I would be partying at the Stud bar around the corner in the early 1990's lol. I haven't always made the best decisions in my life, but I never became positive. Anyways It would be something to go back and spend some time at that festival, in a place that might be more familiar than things today.
How old are you? I forgot your age you didn’t mention it, sorry. But you did mention you didn’t get “infested “ sound like a old creeper now.. hmm for HIV there is no cure then or now so what do you mean? There is only drugs for HIV which cost 50 to 60 thousand yearly, yes every year forever to control it.
Thank you for your story. Thank you so much!
Thank you for your story. Thank you so much!
I'm 65, my first visit was in 81 then moved here in 83. I learned alot about gay life in SF on the fast lane. There was alot of things I disagreed with gay life but I accepted everything. I wasn't a prude I just didn't fit the Castro clone look. I can't believe I'm here to write this message. I fell in love with SF in 81 and I still love this little city creating so much social changes!
So many memories. Damn I am old now. I was 18 and it was my first castro.
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I don't know why this was in my recommended. But to think this is 38 years ago blows my mind. I remember 1982 like it was yesterday but I was a kid back then. Peace and love everyone. 😍✌🏻🏳️🌈
Beautiful words. Thanks for sharing and for commenting here. I try to preserve their memory, faces, culture, and the moment in history as best I can...
@@DramaDad that's wonderful. 💖
I love vintage footage
Thank you! More coming!
Thanks for posting the memories for those of us whom missed it. 💕🍷
Glad you enjoyed it Thank you! More videos like this coming very soon!
Wow this is so cool. I was born that year, 1982. To see how it was back then for the LGBT community is such a treat. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Craig! Glad you like it! I enjoy seeing this video over and over, for the period, nostalgia, fashion, dress, etc...and reality hits, most of these men are gone...
The same year i was born! I was very curious to see the people back then! The crowds, music etc!
@@DramaDad u r still here daddy
It really was the "sweet spot" of Gay (at the time "Gay" means what LGBT" means now, all-inclusive) Culture. Hedonistic, yes, and we paid a dear price, but the straight world was partying and having sex too--it was the tail end of the sexual revolution that occurred when Baby Boomers hit their mid 20s/30s and brought in Disco, etc. For about 5 sweet years, our community began to drop some of the self-hatred we had had instilled in us our whole lives, and this is a snapshot. Then a virus came along and took it all away.
@@bootes53 You are so correct about that period in time. In 1982 I was in my prime, I was 20 years old. Those were the good old days.
Watching pre 1981 videos of sanfrancisco is like watching a catastrophe in the making waiting to happen. These people have no clue as to whats about to happen and it caught everyone by surprise....
I was 11 at that time, but there is something almost therapeutic see this video. I wish I had live those times as a young adult. The freedom, there is something sexy and naive at the same time. Thank you for the video, I wish I was there.
Thank you!
Yes, AIDS would of course soon ravage this community. But this hauntingly beautiful footage offers some solace to the families and friends of those who wouldn’t see the nineties. In these captured moments, these men are forever young, healthy and living their best, truest lives.
so sad...
I’m almost 63 and I had just moved to Marin two months before this took place. I may have been there, over the years I went to the Castro Street Fair many times until I for So Cal in 1989.
It puts a smile on my face to watch this and reminisce.
It also makes me sad to think what was on the horizon and how many people my age wouldn’t see their 25th birthdays. RIP to my brothers and sisters who aren’t here today…❤️
So glad you liked the video! I have many more like this in my channel. Please check them out! 👍👍🙏
Born and raised in the mission. Next neighborhood over. Was always fun attending these street fairs. Sadly none this year
thanks for sharing your opinions! much appreciated!
Not a cellphone in sight! Can you imagine what this scene would've looked like if there had been (cellphones) back then.
absolutely! the good old days
That’s the first thing I thought of when I watched this! The cell phone has ruined the present! I was 20 years old in 1982 living in Boston. 15 gay bars back then!
Was 15 in 82, life was simple. I was so naive.
God i wish i was there...and im not even gay...lol....RIP to all the beautiful souls that didn't make it..xoxo
Thanks so much! your feedback and support are greatly appreciated! Thank you!
I was only 8 in 82 but i like a good fair, i think i would have enjoyed this as an adult! I could go now , but, I’m sure it wouldn’t be anywhere near the same as it would have been back then.
So many cuties here. RIP to all those no longer alive. ❤️
Very sweet of you to say.
This is really great to watch! Thank you so much for posting this video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was my first Castro Street Fair.
A time I will always remember. Free and joyful before Aids hit us hard. Many friends that I miss now.
Thank you!!
Your videos are so amazing! Seeing all of the smiling faces and love touches my heart. We need more of that today.
You are so kind! Thank you! I have many more to share in the coming weeks and months like this! Stay tuned! Thank you!
Drama Dad That is so good to hear! I know it sounds crazy but they actually help me sleep better. I lay down and watch and feel so peaceful watching the love fest. ❤️❤️❤️ Can’t wait to see more!
They’re all gone.
Funny to see that in 2024 as I was there on Castro Street in 1980
Thank you for your comments... 🙏
music was so much better during this time... love some Pamala Stanley Coming out of Hiding..
Thanks so much! your feedback and support are greatly appreciated! Thank you!
@@DramaDad enjoy all your videos, all the soundtracks! thanks for posting
I was there, looked to see if I could see myself. I didn't literally, but I did in the image of that time and place. I did see my late friend, Dr. Richard Sollito around 14:40. Very cool.
so glad you found someone here!
RIP to him
I was 16 that summer-and yearned for a world like this from the east coast.
Thank you so much!
so sad that probably half the people in this video died in the following 10 years.
True, John...i love watching these videos, yet its also sad...a time capsule, back then it was all new and fresh and vibrant, yet folks were passing away rapidly..
John Fox I was thinking 🤔 the same thing 😢🌹🌹
The epidemic struck. There were flaws. Politically and socially. But some made it through anyway. I take it up on myself to celebrate their lives and pray for their souls to rest in peace. They lived, they loved..and they were loved. I can celebrate their lives by watching this vid to the end.
I think about this seem the video, and, I´m so sad now because I´m in love with the guy of 30:17
@@sultanmadhani6828 what you articulated is 100 percent, spot on!
This video is haunting. I remember a neighbor here on the east coast had an uncle in San Francisco. The year prior I think it was either 81 or 80 he had carposi sarcoma which back then was really weird thing to have since he was only in his late 20’s.. he had died in late 82 or 83. I just remember it was just a horrible horrible ending and then no one spoke of him.. by the time i was out it was 1988 and AIDS was in full swing.. it was such a strange time .. I managed to walk through it. Here we are so many years later and so many of our friends gone.. i feel like a thing of the past now.. probably feel the same as when there is a war and the ones that make it through just feel at odds with it all.. All these wonderful people just erased. How terrible indeed.
I appreciate you sharing your story. so very sad. so glad you survived!
Definitely the film "Milk" made found out San Francisco. Before I was born (in 1986) SF had already become an LGTB icon...incredible! In my country LGTB community "woke up" during 90s that's why I'm getting surprised about the date! The only sad thing I think while I'm seeing the video : how many of those happy and beautiful guys knew their lives would turn off due to that "unknown virus" (by then) I wish their souls can rest in peace and keep on celebrating somewhere with that shining joy
There would have been rumblings about "a mysterious 'gay cancer'" for about a year before this, but like so many in youth, many chose to believe it wouldn't happen to them. Too close to how today's (2020) young people think about COVID.
I cherish the footage of this happy-go-lucky time. I was Out, though in a safer, smaller metro, in 1982 and love seeing the fashions and hearing the music.
Take note that anybody in these videos who managed to avoid AIDS would now be in their late 50s/early 60s (the group now dismissed with "OK, Boomer"). We were all young once, too.
These kids calling everyone boomers on the internet don't understand that boomers are in their 50s and 60s, they are calling 30 year olds boomers... Simply rediculous, besides boomers are the best generation really and re children of boomers were the 2 generation s to experience the best culture. Scenes, !music , etc etc! All you get today is memes and copy cat fashions
Rando moments:
6:39 some rando MUNI bus appears to go through the crowd.
32:17 rando groper
32:21 someone with a cool vintage AC/DC long sleeve shirt
39:13 The Car's hit "Shake It Up" is heard playing in the background (a top 40 hit during the spring and summer of 1982)
41:37 The Go-Go's hit "We Got The Beat" is heard playing in the background (another top 40 hit from the summer of '82)
53:59 Vintage Rolling Stones cap
0:00 - 1:00:00 Beautiful, rando people just having a good time. Not a cell phone in sight. No selfies for the 'Gram were being shot that day. And I bet that crowd smelled like sweaty men, Marlboro cigarettes, and Lite Beer. Godspeed to those who attended, who are either now 40 years older or have sadly departed us before their time.
Great observations 💕🌈❤️
I can’t believe how crowded it was, and so was Halloween!
Thank you for your story. Thank you so much!
I've just finished watching It's a Sin. Trying to get an idea of the people's beautiful love filled happy lives. Thinking of the people alive today who lost so many friends who were really their family . Heartbreaking x
totally agree with you..imagine these men, some of them probably getting sick, flu, cold, etc..not knowing it's more serious...
@@DramaDad it's made me so bloody sad. Their loneliness. The shame they felt. That small thought put in their mind by society that they deserved it. There's a lovely moment at the end of Its a Sin. Where he says how great a life they had. And they did. HIV was a fluke. An 'advantageous dosease". Could have happened any decade. And the people who died alone. No family. Stigma. I honestly cannot get over the sadness and the fear. And the decision to give poor resources because of who it was affecting. The men and some women who died alone. Thank god for the beautiful friends who held their hand at the end. I hope they are living good lives today x
Thanks for sharing. I actually watched the whole hour. :)
Jerry Weis my pleasure Jerry! I have the 1883 footage as well! Cheers and thank you!!
@@TonyFuentesTV Thank you!
Me too!
I would love to live in those days….. everybody was loving on each other…. Even though I wasn’t born on that year…. But 83 was the year for me…. I left at the age of 19 move to California from the south and San Francisco really taught me alot how to be myself the love they shown was beautiful ❤❤❤❤ now I’m 39 yrs old ❤❤❤
Totally agree with you.. they were so much fun and vibrant back then… tough navigating through AIDS when nobody knew how they got it and who was infected or not etc… so sad
@@DramaDad exactly!!!! ❤️
thanks again for those memory's
Our pleasure! 👍👍👍👍👍
I am 62 years old now and seeing this is like a time machine for me
So many memories and so very many faces
I thank you for sharing this recording of a time that was special to so many of us
Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it. Many more videos like this on my channel!!
So many young men who had no clue of the tragedy that would strike. So sad.
Agree with you
Just started watching but had to say the guy at 3:29 is so cute! Hope he made it through and is doing well!
He died in 1993
@@bobbaloobop 😢
It’s heartbreaking to see the guys waving and blowing kisses at 3:50, like they were saying their sweet goodbyes to us forever!😔
Thank you for your story
Sad reality: the prettiest were the first to go. Here, in LA, and New York.
Thank you for your comments... 🙏
Love this, I was 20 in 1982. I can't recall if I was at there but I did attend the closing ceremony of the Gay Games and saw Stephanie Mills. I recognize faces of a number of Men I would see around the neighborhood. We were so much friendlier then.
Wonderful! So happy to learn you saw some familiar faces from this event! That is awesome! How did you feel?
Lovely to see, still live here, I’m a native. Lost so many from that time but I can smile at the fond memories now without to much sadness.
Putting these on UA-cam is great, but you really should find a long term home for them, like some sort of gay historical foundation that would preserve these until 2082. There must be some sort of museum or foundation that would cherish these films.
Thanks! I will submit them soon to San Francisco LGBTQ for posterity...
I actually don't like crowded events. I'm now 64, HIV+, & undetectable thanks to modern science.
Thanks for the upload. I did have a close friend move to SF & was one of the early victims. Quite frankly how my diagnosis wasn't found until 1995 is something else. I wasn't exactly a prude either. But I'm from out of town.
thanks for your comments! much appreciated!
It was truly amazing. You went there to meet people, to be in love with life. All of these souls, from all parts of the US, came together to be free, to be happy. It was unbelievable to all present. Today it is a zombie town. There is no soul, no energy. Gays should retake the zone and remake it into a people friendly place again.
Thanks Thomas for your comments! I would love for everyone to see this video time capsule and the new crowds in the Castro to see the vibrant community and care free attitudes...no cell phones, no texting, just interaction...
It's hard to make it again like this. The same gathering and mingling is now on social media.
@@sultanmadhani6828 Which isn't even real..
I was 21 back in 1982, a student with my entire life ahead. Today I'm 63 and retired wondering where all that life went- it has gone. by in an instant. Watching old clips like this bring my optimistic youth flooding back. Frightening to think if you travel back the same period of time from 1982 you arrive at 1940. Hitler has invaded France and the Battle of Britain is raging in the skies over southern England. America is still at peace, Pearl Harbor is still over a year away... Mind blowing!
Thank you for your story
Hi everyone! The Castro is so cool 😊😊 I was lucky enough to be 19 years when I explored it. Those images were taken far before. Spotting a very young Hans Zimmer… Cool! 😎
Oh wow!
30:13 is Richard Eugene Vollan ....passed away on 11 December 1988 for aids ....it video is June 1982 .
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Beautiful
You knew him? What was he like?
@@DiscoMatty79 No ...nunca lo conoci pero llamo mi atencion su fisico y buena cara estuve investigando en los obituarios de la bahia de San Francisco y alli esta en la lista de fallecidos en 1988 es una verdadera pena El era muy atractivo... Segun el obituario Richard trabajo en el Banco de America y era miembro avtivo de Shanti una organizacion de niños desprotegidos .
@@MrFrixxon what?
In retrospect, it was more like they were celebrating Día de los Muertos…how sad.😕
You're right 😢
This is amazing
thank you so much! I have the 1982 and 1983 fairs uploaded as well... thank you again!
Sad, most of them must have passed a short time later, even though they helped spread the disease , they didn't know, not their fault, RIP guys
Thank you so much!
The background music is what I remember oh so well. I had not accepted who I was 1982 it would be a year later when I discovered the “gay world”. I lived in Austin, Texas. Yes I am an a season lover of men 🥳 65… Thank you for sharing
Thanks for sharing!
Glitter in the wind
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Thank you for your comments ❤️🙏
It was a virus, but it was really lack of love that killed us, and what we died from was a broken heart.
Thank you for sharing your story
@DramaDad Thank you! I really appreciate the people carrying the torch! Any little thing we can do to bring them back, we have to. I couldn't sleep last night because of this, but it is very healing. I also follow Stuart the AIDS Memorial guy. I am very grateful, and thanks again!
always a pleasure! more videos coming!
They didn't expect what to come in the following years.
sad, but true...one thing is certain, seeing the smile, and happiness of the community, and to know most of those men passed within 10 years of this video...
idum01 Sad and very true..🌹🌹
Jamela what's ur Facebook name
That lovely brown, windowless building across the street from you--it's now a Walgreens (gross)--what was it then? PS: The first time I got picked up was inside that 24-hour donut place at, like, 2am. It's gone, too. :(
I did not know the social history of the castro when I stayed there many years ago. I was told only that it was known for 'civil rights'. It did not look lively at all with people shooting up on the sidewalks. Civic ctr/city hall a block away where I trained looked more alive. I hope its better now but cant imagine the homeless/economic crisis has helped any.
thanks for sharing your story.
I was there that day
Daniel Hirschberg That’s awesome! Always hoping someone would either see themselves, knew some familiar faces here and or was actually here on this date! Am sure you had a great time as it was a great moment captured in time! Glad you’re still around! 👌👌👌
Gay , Straight or those of us who might be someplace in between I always enjoy seeing old historic footage like this , all the free flowing sexual activities might be a bit much for my personal style but it is what it is !
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So many cute guys. So many tucked-in shirts!
The world before cell phones and the Internet invaded our lives...people actually had conversations and interacted with one another. When one didn't have to be a hedge fund manager or social media billionaire in order to live in San Francisco. And cheap beer, wine and weed was on every corner. Those were the days. Funny how a lot of the dark haired men in this video look like John Oats, Freddie Mercury or Yanni (or some derivative of).
So true...everyone smiling, talking, mingling around...no distractions...
I prefer this time, I love internet, is And Open world in your hands. So I dont agree with you. Medicine, communications, and being different is better.
I'm pretty sure weed is still on every corner. The only difference is that now it's 100X more potent and the State gets its cut.
One day this will happen again.
@@adrianharies9849 I pray it does.
NOBODY’S ON THEIR CELLPHONES!!!
Because they were as big as bricks
You were really hot for that guy at 57:05 weren’t you Dad? Lol. He kept “appearing” in the shots throughout the video! Haha
Very sweet of you to say. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The young man @57:05 is strikingly handsome!
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This would have been great if the text wasn’t so small and didn’t disappear so fast. I had to keep going back so much that I finally just gave up.😒
Thanks! The words last under 5 minutes only. The rest is all video enjoyment! 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉
I feel sad for the young people there of that time _ at least the old folks there of that time lived longer lives than they.
Absolutely ROBERT! thanks for sharing your opinions!
My little brother got hiv from tainted blood around this time. No.joke. he is still alive by the grace of God
Fantastic your brother is alive and thriving...
That's amazing ❤️
Oh lawd, Huny, them queens was dressed to kill!
I thank you for sharing this historical footage with all of us. I was sixteen years old when this was filmed. So many good looking men.
My pleasure! More coming next week!!
It’s so sad to think about how many of them were already dead while they were having such a good time.
Thank you so much!
The Caterpillar mustache was a thing back then.
Yes! the good ol days! LOL
Kissing a guy with a thick mustache was heaven on earth!
this is Amazing.. its like going back in time and actually being there... Which I was. (in 1983...but close enough)
Thanks Thomas! So glad you were there! Here is the 1983 footage perhaps you may see yourself in this one? ua-cam.com/video/UFRdMFFC5d4/v-deo.html
@@DramaDad I spent more time on Polk street than Castro. I like the sleazy element...:P Plus, I may have been there in 1983...but I wouldn't remember it if i were... too many party favors in the day
The guy at 21:10 sort of looks like a young buff George Stephanopoulos.
thanks for sharing your thoughts! much appreciated!
Rip dear don eckert. ❤️
Much appreciated. He was an amazing friend and person and so lovable...so glad he filmed these treasures! 💔🧡💚
@@DramaDad ❤️❤️
Nowadays everybody would be glued to their phones lol. Its weird to see people without phones. What is the name of the song?
I have come across comments confirming that half of these people died in the next 10 years. Yes. They died. Fine. It's just they went first. Everyone dies.
I'm eternally grateful for two souls here. The one that remembered to carry his camera, and The one that uploaded the video. These were happy people. They loved And were loved. For those wgo never made it through due to the epidemic that stalked them in their prime years,..may their souls rest in internal peace. For those who never made it through, this video has IMMORTALISED you.
Thank you for those words...it is amazing to watch over and over, the lost souls and smiling faces...to realize most of these men, these faces have all gone, yet are preserved here in their happiness "before" and they could be anyone's brother, son, father, uncle or friend, even a co-worker of someone...glad I did share these for all to enjoy the good times.
I don't think anybody can "confirm" that half died, but the odds are, in SF at that time, among the population who would have attended this fair, it's a very good bet. :( Think what the world would have now if we still had their gifts.
@@DramaDad indeed. And thanks so much for that sir
37:03 on the right. Is that you Freddy?
I loved 1982 ! ❤❤
Yes! The best decade!
its difficult to watch this video without realizing the Angel of Death is hovering very close by to many captured on tape.
So true… I totally relate to your comments.
22:15...beautiful couple. And yet, I just have this sense of dread about them...like, did they make it?...are they together?...are one or both of them, gone?...great footage, but very difficult to watch in a way, when you understand what was really yet to come in "the second wave of death" in SF.
And the HIV virus was right there in that crowd silently infecting with a vengeance.