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Contents:
- GAY BARS OF LA: THEN AND NOW
- A HISTORY OF L.A.’S GAY BAR SCENE, TOLD MATCHBOOKS
- A LOOK BACK AT HOLLYWOOD’S UNRGROUND GAY CLUB CULTURE OF THE 1970S
- THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THREE OF LA'S HISTORIC BUT THREATENED GAY NIGHTCLUBS
- SAN FERNANDO VALLEY HAS A SECRET HISTORY OF GAY BARS
GAY BARS OF LA: THEN AND NOW
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A HISTORY OF L.A.’S GAY BAR SCENE, TOLD MATCHBOOKS
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” He remembers a time when Silver Lake was home to dozens of gay bars.
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A LOOK BACK AT HOLLYWOOD’S UNRGROUND GAY CLUB CULTURE OF THE 1970S
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THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THREE OF LA'S HISTORIC BUT THREATENED GAY NIGHTCLUBS
Gay bars and sex clubs, most of them now closed.
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY HAS A SECRET HISTORY OF GAY BARS
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