At that time, being out and running a lesbian bar was still a radical act, and a few neighbors at first protested by leaving broken toilets and dumping other household objects in front of the bar.
The Wild Side West moved to its current location in Bernal Heights in 1976. Founded by out and proud lesbians Pat Ramseyer and Nancy White, the bar originally opened in Oakland as the Wild Side after the Barbara Stanwyck film 'Walk on the Wild Side'. The Wild Side West has been a San Francisco Bay Area local lesbian bar since 1962.
