#PrideAsProtest: In the ‘70s and ‘80s, former #BlackPantherParty member Rodney Barnette recalls gay bars were among the least hospitable places in the city for a black man like him. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 🌈 That’s why he opened Eagle Creek, the first black-owned gay bar in San Francisco. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tap our bio link to read @lefebvre.sam’s feature on @sadiebarnette’s installation of her father’s former Eagle Creek Saloon at @thelabsf. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #LGBTQIA #Queer #LGBTQhistory #LGBTQ #QueerStories #QueerHistory #GayHistory #Stonewall50 #ComptonsCafeteria #PrideMonth #LGBTHistory #EagleCreekSaloon #EagleCreek