A sign at the front door, decorated with gold tinsel, reads: “Everybody is welcome at The Stud.
One of the nation’s most celebrated gay bars may soon go out of business after a new landlord more than doubled the rent, part of a trend that has old-timers lamenting that the San Francisco they know and love - dilapidated and diverse - is disappearing.Īt 50 years old, the Stud is the longest continuously running gay bar in the city and known throughout the country as one of the bohemian, gender-bending, anything-goes institutions that made San Francisco into a gay mecca.