San Francisco has the largest population of homosexuals in the nation of America, located in the urban neighborhood known as the Castro (from Castro Street, named for Mexican soldier José Castro<ref>[http://www.jdcjr.us/SFStreets.html San Francisco Street Names {A-G}]</ref>), which was usurped from families by an influx of many homosexuals in the 1970s. It has become known as the "Gay Mecca", in an offensive analogy to the religious [[pilgrim]]s in [[Islam]] who are drawn to their holy city of [[Mecca]]. | San Francisco has the largest population of homosexuals in the nation of America, located in the urban neighborhood known as the Castro (from Castro Street, named for Mexican soldier José Castro<ref>[http://www.jdcjr.us/SFStreets.html San Francisco Street Names {A-G}]</ref>), which was usurped from families by an influx of many homosexuals in the 1970s. It has become known as the "Gay Mecca", in an offensive analogy to the religious [[pilgrim]]s in [[Islam]] who are drawn to their holy city of [[Mecca]]. |