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Contents:
- A LOOK BACK AT HOLLYWOOD’S UNRGROUND GAY CLUB CULTURE OF THE 1970S
- THE BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS LOS ANGEL
- THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THREE OF LA'S HISTORIC BUT THREATENED GAY NIGHTCLUBS
- EARLY GAY CLUBS LA
- QUé PASó N EL ENOLA GAY, EL BOMBARRO QUE LANZó LA PRIMERA BOMBA ATóMI LA HISTORIA
- THE FOUNR OF ONE OF L.A.'S EARLIT GAY DISS ISN'T CRYG OVER S DTCTN
- RUDY GAY EXPECTED TO DRAW TERT OM WARRRS, LAKERS, MAVERICKS, BULLS, PELINS
A LOOK BACK AT HOLLYWOOD’S UNRGROUND GAY CLUB CULTURE OF THE 1970S
The bt gay bar and club optns L.A., om flirty Wt Hollywood stutns to hip Silver Lake alternativ, pl bars Venice and the Valley. * disco gay la *
Wt Hollywood has long been the rabow-draped pal of the gay muny Los Angel, but an article for KCET, cy planner Jam Rojas scrib the diverse and somewhat unr-the-radar gay dis circu of 1970s Hollywood. The popular dis formed rponse to prejudice wh the gay muny, as one of s founrs told LA Weekly 2015.
He scrib the rtrant and popular pickup spot as exemplifyg the, "quiet world of mastream gay whe culture.
" In Lillian Farman and Stuart Timmons’s Gay LA, the thors scribe how rtrant staff ed to splash the bathroom floors wh ammonia—the smell enuragg patrons not to lger longer than necsary. [KCET] Developers Will Save Parts of Historic Circ Dis But Raze Everythg Else [Curbed LA] Mappg Los Angel's Groundbreakg Role LGBT History [Curbed LA] The Past and Future of Three of LA's Historic But Threatened Gay Nightclubs [Curbed LA]. Los Angel is home to many s that have played an important role the cy and untry's LBGT civil rights history—om Huntgton Park to Echo Park and Silver Lake, the LA area has bars, clubs, ho, and stairs that are remrs of the early days of the gay rights movement and a heightened visibily for LGBT Angelenos.
THE BT GAY BARS AND CLUBS LOS ANGEL
Back the mid-1980s, I ed to go wh iends to a happeng gay dis spot LA, a place lled Catch One. I would go wh my then-girliend and… * disco gay la *
↑ Wt Hollywood's legendary Stud One dis opened 1974 as not jt a safe place for gay people to ngregate, but one that "specifilly tered" to them, says the LA Conservancy.
THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THREE OF LA'S HISTORIC BUT THREATENED GAY NIGHTCLUBS
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The venue also held one of the first major AIDS fundraisers and functned as an important lotn the gay rights movement. ↑ Circ Dis at Santa Moni Boulevard and Las Palmas was born 1975, part bee 's founrs Gene La Pietra and Er Lemos "were tired of beg turned away om whe, gay tablishments, " La Pietra told LA Weekly.
EARLY GAY CLUBS LA
There's a movement to save Circ Dis, the Hollywood club that was an early sanctuary for gay people of lor Los Angel. The cy's Cultural Herage Commissn uld provi limed protectn for the stcture, but seems unlikely. The body was expected to nsir the fate of the venue at... * disco gay la *
The club grew to have a "primarily Lato patronage"; 1983, famed labor anizer Car Chavez me to Circ Dis to share boytt techniqu and fundraisg ias wh about 100 members of the Project Jt Bs, a gay and lbian group, says the LA Conservancy, which has been volved wh attempts to have the dis saved and prerved, stead of razed as a part of a large mixed-e muny. Opened eher 1972 or 1973 (sourc differ), the club was the first big dis to wele the black gay muny, which often got hassled at other (mostly whe) gay venu of the era. Over time, hosted film shoots and beme "a haven for entertaers, artists, progrsiv, gays and people who appreciated diversy cludg Sammy Davis Jr., Warren Beatty, Melba Moore, Phyllis Hyman, Freda Payne, Chaka Khan, Sylvter, Weather Girls, Rick Jam, and Esther Phillips, to name a few, " says the LA Sentel.
QUé PASó N EL ENOLA GAY, EL BOMBARRO QUE LANZó LA PRIMERA BOMBA ATóMI LA HISTORIA
· Mappg Los Angel's Groundbreakg Role LGBT History [Curbed LA]· Wt Hollywood's Famo Factory is One of the Most Endangered Plac the US [Curbed LA]· "Megavelopment" Seeks to Sglehandly Gentrify Hollywood's Donut Time District [Curbed LA]· New Look For Hollywood's Huge Lexgton Mixed-User [Curbed LA]· First Major Gay Black Dis the US For Sale After 4 Des [Curbed LA]· Los Globos' Mch Elson Buys Legendary Mid-Cy Club Jewel's Catch One [LA Weekly]. Today we’ve piled a list featurg some of the hottt and upg LGBT clubs Los first LGBT clubs is mored to have started around the 1920s on the East Coast, however the Whe Horse Inn Oakland, California claims to be the olst gay bar operatn.
THE FOUNR OF ONE OF L.A.'S EARLIT GAY DISS ISN'T CRYG OVER S DTCTN
Sce the 1920s or the openg of the Whe Horse Inn, the gay movement has grown and flourished. Luckily for those lookg for LGBT bars, there are many gay bars to equent, as the challenge now is fdg the right one, stead of searchg for one.
The AbbeyThe tertnaly popular gay bar/gay club Abbey giv patrons a llectn of loung, outdoor terrac and exclive banas givg unlimed event optns, om private cktail parti to large-sle celebratn dners. Known as a Wt Hollywood stutn, home of the Gay Walk of Fame, Elizabeth Taylor’s favore pub, and a muny center, The Abbey is one of the premier gay / lbian nightlife experienc Wt Los AngelThe BirdgeThe Birdge is one of the hottt VIP bars Santa Moni.
TnksTnks is Wt Hollywood’s popular gay sports bar.
RUDY GAY EXPECTED TO DRAW TERT OM WARRRS, LAKERS, MAVERICKS, BULLS, PELINS
They is the iendly, provi a great place to share cktails, and a short walk om several other gay bars the area.