Tea Room Theatre (San Francisco Gay Porn Theater/1976–2016) Color:Gold Formed in Boston in 1970

Formed in Boston in 1970 by a teenage Jonathan Richman

Its backyard served as both dance floor and sacred space

and some of the city's most memorable performers

Located at 111 S

it also made history through its Jack of Color (JOC) parties — recurring safe-sex events created for men of color and their friends

Tea Room Theatre (San Francisco Gay Porn Theater/1976–2016) Color:Gold Formed in Boston in 1970Tea Room Theatre San Francisco, CA (19762016) For forty years, the Tea Room Theatre stood as one of San Francisco's most enduringand most infamousgay institutions. Located at 145 Eddy Street in the Tenderloin, the venue began life in 1970 as the Aquarius Theatre, screening heterosexual adult films. In December 1976, it was reborn as the Tea Room Theatre, switching to gay male programming and beginning a remarkable four decade run that made it one of