"Crazy queers carrying guns?"
» Gallimaufry
Gay men are arming themselves in San Francisco. Not for the first time; the Lavender Panthers preceded the Pink Pistols. The Lavender Panthers were formed Rev. Ray Broshears back in the 70’s and patrolled Castro Street with rifles (possibly Polk Street as well). . They didn’t last long. Like many freelance minority politicians Broshears was theatrical, vain and capricious.
I barely knew Broshears. Arriving in San Francisco with less than a dollar in my pocket I’d forgotten the unlisted phone number of the guy I was going to stay with. I prostituted myself that day. Luckily I remembered the guy I was going to stay with was a friend of Broshears. A call to him got my friend’s phone number.
