Explore San Francisco on small-group walking tours that center women’s history and LGBTQ+ history as interconnected parts of the city’s story. From Chinatown, Civic Center and downtown to the Castro and Mission, discover the women and gender-expansive changemakers who transformed politics, culture, civil rights and community—and the histories traditional tours too often leave behind.

Castro queer women’s history tour cover featuring the Castro Theatre sign, community murals and portraits of queer trailblazers.

San Francisco Queer Women’s History Tour – The Castro

Step beyond the rainbow flags and explore San Francisco LGBTQ+ history through queer women’s eyes on a story-rich guided walking tour of the Castro. From Harvey Milk Plaza and the Castro Theatre to the Daughters of Bilitis and today’s living legends, uncover overlooked stories of lesbian, bisexual, transgender and nonbinary activism, culture, nightlife and community.

2–2.5 hours · From $39.95 · Ages 13+

San Francisco Women’s Political Tour

Trace the rise of women’s political power through the streets of San Francisco. From Mary Ellen Pleasant and Clara Shortridge Foltz to Judy Heumann, Dianne Feinstein, Nancy Pelosi and Kamala Harris, discover how determined women transformed civil rights, labor reform, LGBTQ+ equality, disability rights and American democracy.

2.5 hours · From $39.95 · Ages 13+

Political women’s tour cover featuring Dianne Feinstein’s bronze bust and San Francisco City Hall beneath teal and orange overlays.
Women of the Gold Rush tour cover with historical portraits and illustrations of women arranged in ornate gold frames.

Women of the Gold Rush Tour

Meet the fearless rebels who built early San Francisco and reshaped the West. This guided women’s history walking tour through North Beach, Chinatown and the Financial District uncovers overlooked entrepreneurs, artists, activists, madams and gender-expansive trailblazers—from Juana Briones and Ah Toy to Mary Ellen Pleasant, Lotta Crabtree and One-Eyed Charlie.

3 hours · From $39.95 · Approximately 2.5 miles

San Francisco Suffrage Walking Tour

Follow the fight that made California the sixth state where women won the right to vote in 1911—nine years before the 19th Amendment extended that protection nationwide in 1920 by prohibiting the denial of voting rights based on sex. On this guided San Francisco women’s history walking tour from City Hall to the Ferry Building, discover how Clara Shortridge Foltz, Selina Solomons, Tye Leung Schulze, Hettie B. Tilghman and other determined organizers reshaped American democracy.

2–2.5 hours · From $39.95 · Ages 13+

Winning the Vote tour cover with historic San Francisco suffragists, a Votes for Women button and a suffrage association banner.
Mission queer women’s history tour cover featuring the Women’s Building mural, lesbian businesses and community trailblazers.

San Francisco Queer Women’s History Tour – The Mission

Explore San Francisco’s Mission District through the queer women and gender-expansive people who built, protected and reinvented its feminist and LGBTQ+ culture. On this guided walking tour along the Valencia corridor, discover the people and places behind lesbian and bisexual publishing, feminist enterprise, sex-positive activism, art, nightlife and community—from Dolores Park and the Women’s Building to Good Vibrations, The Marsh, and Mother Bar.

2 hours · From $39.95 · Ages 13+