| Tay-Bush Inn raid Tay-Bush raid | |
| Partof: | Gay liberation movement |
| Venue: | Tay-Bush Inn |
| Location: | Bush Street at Taylor Street, Tenderloin, San Francisco, California, U.S. |
The Tay-Bush Inn raid was a police raid on an all-night, one-room café in San Francisco, California around 3 a.m. on September 14, 1961. There 103 LGBT patrons (mostly gay men) were arrested. It is considered a pivotal event in the history of LGBT rights in San Francisco.[1] [2] It was the largest raid on a gay bar in this city, and received the most press coverage. The arrested were described in the press as mostly white and middle class men.[3]
The Tay-Bush Inn raid was followed by the 1965 New Years Ball at California Hall (a fundraiser for the Council on Religion and the Homosexual, and other homophile organizations), which also ended in a police raid and subsequent lawsuit for gay rights.[4] [5] The site of the Tay-Bush Inn is now called the La Galleria Condominiums (at 900 Bush Street), a 14 story building that contains 152 units.