Druid Heights: The US' hidden LGBTQ+ community (PHOTOS)

BY COLOMBO TIMES ON June 21, 2023 - 10:55 AM

In 2022, nearly 312 million people from around the world visited Muir Woods National Monument.

But just a mile and a half from the park's entrance in a separate part of the park, another significant site remains largely unknown.

This hidden place significant its prominent role in LGBTQ+ and counterculture history. (BBC)

Druid Heights was a counterculture and LGBTQ+ haven nestled in the woods (Credit: Fabrice Florin)
Famous poets like Alan Ginsberg and Gary Snyder used to flock to Druid Hills (Credit: Harold Adler/ Alamy)
Gidlow co-founded Druid Hills as an "unintentional community" for alte ative thinkers (Credit: GLBT Historical Society)
Today, most of Druid Hills
Preservationists hope Druid Hills

(colombotimes.lk)