Pistons (Long Beach Gay Bar/1986-2019) Color:Natural it gave San Francisco’s LGBTQ

it gave San Francisco’s LGBTQ community a place to see themselves reflected in print and to connect with others who shared their world

and still one of the most provocative images of her career

Part rock history

and radically more honest

the Eagle functioned as a clubhouse—hosting events

Pistons (Long Beach Gay Bar/1986-2019) Color:Natural it gave San Francisco’s LGBTQPistons Long Beach, California (1986 2019) Opened in 1986, Pistons was a long running gay bar in Long Beach, serving the local LGBTQ+ community for more than three decades before closing in 2019. Pistons was a true neighborhood bar unpretentious, familiar, and built around its regulars. It offered a space where people could gather, socialize, and connect away from the gloss of larger club scenes, becoming a steady presence in Long Beachs queer