| Photo: Bradley Roberge/Auto Eroticaīatt remains determined to keep LGTBQ history alive and well and has applied for Small Business Relief.
'In addition, the tourists are no longer traveling in the numbers once found in San Francisco and that source of income has disappeared,' said Batt. 'Forced to close by city edict for three months in 2020, our business has never fully rebounded from the negative cash flow which resulted from that closure,' explains owner Patrick Batt. Like many small businesses, Auto Erotica has been negatively impacted by the stay-at-home orders. After 25 years in the Castro, vintage gay erotica and memorabilia store Auto Erotica (4077A 18th St., between Castro and Hartford streets) has turned to crowdfunding to help make it through the pandemic.
