Since the end of World War II, the major port city of San Francisco had been home to a sizable number of gay men who had been expelled from the military and decided to stay rather than return to their hometowns and face ostracism.
Desde finais da II Guerra Mundial, San Francisco, un dos maiores portos de EUA, era lar dun número considerable de homes homosexuais expulsados do exército e que decidiran morar alí, en vez de retornar ás súas casas e enfrontarse ao ostracismo.