You're always in excellent company in the Castro, where sidewalk plaques honor LGBTIQ+ heroes. Along Market and Castro Sts, 68 trailblazers point the way forward – including Nobel Laureates, censored poets and San Francisco's own self-declared Absolute Empress José Sarria.
Rainbow Honor Walk
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