"Miner's Ball," 1891 etching by Andre Castaigne which portrays a men-only dance during the 1849 California Gold rush These migrants were composed of miners and fortune seekers from a variety of nationalities and cultures, over 95% of whom were young men. The discovery of gold saw a boom in population from 800 to 35,000 residents between 18. San Francisco's LGBT culture has its roots in the city's own origin as a frontier town, what San Francisco State University professor Alamilla Boyd characterized as "San Francisco's history of sexual permissiveness and its function as a wide-open town – a town where anything goes". LGBT culture is also active within companies that are based in Silicon Valley, which is located within the southern San Francisco Bay Area. The city itself has been described as "the original 'gay-friendly city'". The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT) community in San Francisco is one of the largest and most prominent LGBT communities in the United States, and is one of the most important in the history of American LGBT rights and activism alongside New York City.
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