Living History Panel | Bad for Good: The History & Legacy of a Legendary Queer Dance Party

Marking its 25th anniversary this year, REAL BAD is a queer dance party held on the evening of the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco. Produced by volunteers, the event has raised nearly $1.7 million for GLBT nonprofits. This living-history panel will bring together past and present organizers of the party to discuss how compassion and club culture coalesced into the dance extravaganza starting in 1989 and how they have kept the party going for a quarter-century. Taking place in conjunction with The GLBT History Museum's current exhibit about Real Bad, the panel also will include a curator of the exhibit and the director of a documentary short on Real Bad. Panelists: Dominick Albano; Gina Gatta (exhibit curator); Matthew Johnson; Scott Saraceno (documentary director); and Jeff Stallings. Moderator: Suzan Revah. Admission: $5.00 (general); $3.00 (California students); free for GLBT Historical Society members.