The bar defiantly holds the party anyway, serving only non-alcoholic beverages. November 1963 – The Bureau of Alcohol Beverage Control suspends the Black Cat’s liquor license the night before the bar’s annual Halloween party.1963 – The Missouri Mule on Market Street is revamped to become the first gay bar in the Castro.1962 – The Tool Box, a gay leather bar, opens at 4th and Harrison, becomes the first gay bar South of Market. The Tavern Guild is formed by gay bar owners and liquor wholesalers to help fight against the police harassment of gay bars and their patrons, becoming the first gay business association in the United States.Though he doesn’t win, his impressive finish demonstrates that the gay community is a political force to be reckoned with. On election day, he gets 6,000 votes, finishing ninth out of 34 candidates for five open seats. Novem– Jose Sarria runs for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.Septem– The largest police raid in San Francisco history targets the Tay Bush Inn, an after-hours club on Taylor and Bush.The Missouri Mule, the Castro’s first gay bar, opened in 1963.ġ961 – The “gayola” scandal, in which police were found to be extorting gay bars in exchange for not raiding them, leads to the creation of the Tavern Guild in 1962.
