History At Your Fingertips

A Self-Guided Queer Audio Tour of the Haight

This exciting new project is generously supported by the San Francisco Arts Commission and California Arts Council.

Featuring artwork by award-winning queer illustrator Reese Dallas Bice.

A dynamic fusion of personal history, queer genealogy, and verbal-storytelling preservation, this first-of-its-kind venture from EyeZen is the culmination of decades of Queer Archival expertise.

Learn about the hidden history of queer ancestors in the Haight! Walk in the footsteps of these luminaries guided by immersive audio narration and hand-drawn illustrations!

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Gay artist and historian Seth Eisen moves to San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury in 1994 to live closer to his gay brother, seeking connections to Queer chosen family and queer ancestors after HIV/AIDS had ravished The City, killing off a whole generation of radical queer people. Seth's brother Steve dies in 1995 leading Seth to work with queer elders coping with the effects of long term disease.

Now, after 30 years of working to discover LGBTQ ancestors outside himself, he finds a deeper sense of belonging in his own backyard. He returns to The Haight 28 years after his brother’s death to rediscover how his own history has become more connected to the ancestors than he previously had thought possible.

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The queer countercultural history of the Haight is shaped by the LGBTQ+ and Black, Trans, Femme, and gender-nonconforming revolutionaries who helped make this neighborhood a major epicenter of civil rights and anti-war movements, student uprisings, feminism, and gay liberation. Join the ever-unfolding legacy of these groundbreaking artists & activists by taking a WALK WITH ME.