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“The bars, shops, and spac Alamos Beach have long been a refuge for gay people across our regn. In the 1960s and early ’70s, beg gay was still nsired by many a mental illns, and even the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn didn’t remove om the list of mental disorrs until 1973. Club Rippl, which spent nearly 50 years on Ocean Boulevard but has sce closed after s owners retired, was, like other Long Beach gay bars, among the only safe plac those who were LGBTQ uld hang out.
Garcia, the cy’s first openly gay mayor, tied the moment to a broar fight for social jtice. And April, Long Beach hosted a biannual LGBTQ nference that featured about 600 legat om around the world talkg about lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex human rights their untri. Vis Gay Long Beach Inc.
The Long Beach Gay and Lbian Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber was ially found as the Long Beach Communy Bs Network 1992 by a group of gay and lbian bs owners to serve as a support and workg anizatn for gay-owned and gay-iendly bs wh the greater Long Beach area. While some ci have one or two areas that uld be referred to as “gayborhoods”, Long Beach is unique that this n be said of almost the entire cy.