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PENSALA BEACH’S GAY MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATN
For many, ’s a safe haven where gay, lbian and transgenr people n e together and outwardly exprs themselv whout fear of ostracism. One bill (SB 1438) that crics say will censor drag performanc and Pri events will head to DeSantis’ sk to be signed to bills pass:In one day, three bills targetg transgenr Floridians pass Hoe"Don't Say Gay" law expand:Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' (HB1557) expand to all gras. In the early 1960s, Pensala uple Ray and Henry Hillyer had a simple plan: Inve some out-of-town iends to spend a weekend at the 60 years later, the Hillyers are creded wh startg Pensala's annual Memorial Day weekend parti and wh helpg other gays stgglg wh their inti a time when many lived hidn liv fear of legal prosecutn and Hillyers were civil rights pneers who created an event where gay, lbian and transgenr people uld e together openly and celebrate their liv and culture, said Jay Watks, who teach U.
The dissertatn is tled "Hot Tim on the Gay Gulf Coast: Queer Networks and Cisg Through North Florida's Spac, 1945-1965. ""A lot of people might not look at beach parti as polil acts or civil rights acts but there was a lot of value providg a space where people uld be open and e together as gays and lbians, " Watks said.
"The Hillyers began workg wh other gays the 1950s when they created a book club, the Emma Jon Society. "At that time anythg gay was nsired pornographic, " he fictnal Emma Jon njured an image of an average Southern woman above spicn om pryg postal workers, he BEACH PARTIES The beach parti began the 1960s and were origally held July 4. Memorial Weekend parti return wh priThe date was chosen to make a statement that gays were Amerins, too, he early vatn to the party featur Abraham Lln and Gee Washgton an embrace wh the phrase "Let's Come Together" unrneath the parti grew throughout the early 1970s, drawg timated crowds of more than 4, populary of the summer gathergs has ebbed and flowed through the years, but the events have been a nstant fluence on LGBT culture along the Gulf Coast, he regn's tourism-driven enomy helped the parti to succeed Pensala durg an era when gays were often shunned.