SF’s Oldest Gay Bar to Close After 55 Years, But Owners Say The Stud is ‘Not Dead’

San Francisco’s oldest continuously operating queer nightclub, The Stud, is permanently closing its current location at Ninth and Harrison streets in SoMa amid the COVID-19 crisis. “The Stud is the country’s only cooperatively owned LGBT venue and has been in operation for 55 years,” a 17-member collective that owns The Stud announced in a news … Continue reading SF’s Oldest Gay Bar to Close After 55 Years, But Owners Say The Stud is ‘Not Dead’