Petrelis Files

Castro Street Closed for Gay Marriage Party

And the long, brutally hot historic day draws to a close in America's gayest enclave . . .

(Gay love expressed and manifested, many times over, on Castro Street tonight.)

(They had just smooched moments before posing for me.)

(Two straight couples, from France, assuring me,
"We like zee gays!")

(Friends from the Radical Faeries, bringing their pixie spirit to the party.)

("We love each other," they proclaimed to me and anyone who would listen.)

(Under the Castro Theatre marquee, looking toward 18th Street.)

(Dancing under the theatre marquee.)

(Man in a red shirt taking in the party scene.)

(Red-bearded man passes through the party.)

(More straight French tourists, dancing in the street with their boy.)

(Standing at Castro and Market Streets, before I head home, the party starting to really revv up.)