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Contents:
- GAY L.A. – LONG BEACH’S CENTRAL PLACE QUEER L.A. HISTORY
- A MILLN REASONS TO BE PROUD: LONG BEACH LBIAN & GAY PRI 2019
GAY L.A. – LONG BEACH’S CENTRAL PLACE QUEER L.A. HISTORY
by tim parks The 36th Long Beach Lbian and Gay Pri theme of “A Milln Moments of Pri” is le wh celebratg those ton, both as dividuals and a muny as a whole, that have propelled forward our qut for te equaly. The other part of the foc for this year’s Pri… * gay parade long beach 2019 *
He won two awards and received a nomatn for his reportg on the lol LGBTQ muny, cludg a two-part vtigatn that exposed anti-gay bullyg of lol high school stunts and the school districts' failure to implement state mandated protectns for LGBTQ stunts. In 1914, two men were arrted durg a raid of the 606 Club and the 96 Club, two gay spac that had been on the police force’s radar for some time.
In the 1950s, gay bars like The Patch and gay societi like the Dghters of Bilis and the Long Beach-based Satyrs Motorcycle Club offered a way for LGBT rints to gather far away om the threat of police raids.
In the midst of all this, however, the threat of entrapment, police vlence and random homophobic acts lgered the background. Judi Doyle, the Long Beach Lbian and Gay Pri Para Print, was threatened wh vlence the weeks leadg up to the 1985 march.
A MILLN REASONS TO BE PROUD: LONG BEACH LBIAN & GAY PRI 2019
The 1980s may have been a breakg pot for queer cizens sick of puttg up wh homophobia, discrimatn, and vlence. “Durg the ‘70s and ‘80s, the Long Beach Police Department was notor for entrappg members of the LGBTQ muny, particularly gay men bars and at “cise spots” where they equently lked up to have sex. Long Beach anizer Robert Fox created the Alamos Beach Neighborhood Associatn to help prevent gay-bashgs the neighborhood.
In the mid-80s, gay bashgs were a nightly occurrence. Gang vlence was also at an all-time high, leadg Fox to try to mandate new 30-day Jt Cse notic to make sure gay tenants weren’t beg thrown out simply bee of their orientatn.