Submerged Queer Spaces (2012)

Submerged Queer Spaces is a documentary feature that examines queer history through an approach of urban archeology As San Francisco grew and gentrified communities changed shifted and were displaced Bars restaurants parks alleys bathhouses and other gathering spots of the queer community were remodeled repurposed rebuilt or destroyed Submerged Queer Spaces looks at the architectural remains of historic sites and buildings in San Francisco Eight interview subjects recount firsthand experiences in these lost environs Gerald Fabien experienced gay San Francisco before WWII and tells tales of sailors mariners and the dangers of Union Square cruising Guy Clark and Jae Whitaker discuss the unexpected racism they experienced in supposedly liberal gay San Francisco