Apparently San Francisco’s Castro District, long known as ground zero of the American gay culture, has been attracting tour buses full of gawkers of late:

In the last three months, large tour buses have begun to park in the area on Thursday and Sunday afternoons, opening their doors and sending hundreds of tourists out to gawk and snap photos of the exotic sight of two men holding hands.

For gay and lesbian residents, who are doing nothing more remarkable than, say, walking over to Cliff’s Hardware Store, the idea that as many as six tour buses could turn up at once seems bizarre. They also worry that the upcoming release of the movie “Milk,” based on the life story of Castro Street politician Harvey Milk, will just be another step toward turning the Castro into a kind of urban theme park for looky-loos.

“It is the spectacle of people who might be different. That’s all it is,” said attorney Rob Guite, a Castro resident. “The tourists appear to have little regard for the neighborhood and its residents and view the stop as akin to visiting a zoo or other attraction where they are entertained by exhibits or animals.”

I don’t know why people would go through all that trouble just to see a couple of dudes holding hands or swapping some spit, when you could just go here or here and see shit that’s way better.

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