PHOTO BY SAUL BROMBERGER AND SANDRA HOOVER via SFBG
One of Huestis' first notable celebrations was the San Francisco Gay Film Festival, now known as the Frameline fest, which he and his non-biological twin-of-sorts Daniel Nicoletta (born just three days apart from him) began with other like minds in 1976. "It was fun, a bunch of kooky hippie kids who wanted to get their movies shown," he remembers. "There was no pretense, and the group of us were able to get together to do it. It's great to see what it has evolved into, and feel a bit like a patron saint..."Read more about Huestis and the Goldies here! It's a pretty queer year, with other local celebrities Joshua Grannell aka Peaches Christ, Hunx and His Punx, DJ Bus Station John (a fixture at festival parties), and Jesse Hewit also winning awards (among others).