Mill Valley has been home to an active queer community for generations, from Druid Heights founder Elsa Gidlow to civil rights advocate Bob Harmon. Inspired by Elsa's poem "Chains of Fires," we have assembled a 100-year chronicle of this interweaved history. Throughout the exhibit are links to our LGBTQ+ Oral History project, which features interviews with current community members, ranging from influential Mill Valley residents to a roundtable discussion between young students.
Visit the online exhibition to learn more about this vibrant part of the town's story through archival materials, such as a digitized recording of the first Marin Gay Parade, the front page of the county's gay newspaper, and letters of love between lifelong companion