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Contents:
- THE FACTORY, HISTORIC GAY CLUB WT HOLLYWOOD, TO BE MOLISHED
- THE FACTORY, A FORMER GAY CLUB AND CAMERA MANUFACTURG PLANT, ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIL STAT
- THE FACTORY GAY CISE CLUB
THE FACTORY, HISTORIC GAY CLUB WT HOLLYWOOD, TO BE MOLISHED
* the factory gay *
The crowd is ually gay men mid 30s+. The Factory buildg was built 1929 and existed as several bs before openg as Stud One, a pneerg gay club, 1974.
THE FACTORY, A FORMER GAY CLUB AND CAMERA MANUFACTURG PLANT, ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIL STAT
The Factory, an inic and historic gay club Wt Hollywood, will be molished and replaced wh a hotel and shoppg plex. * the factory gay *
94 acre parcel of land that nnects La Peer Drive and Robertson Boulevard, has been a gay club and safe space for 44 years. In 1974 — one year after the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn classified homosexualy as a mental disorr — the dtrial buildg was turned to Stud One, a pneerg gay dis where men socialized and openly celebrated their inty. Farg Capal’s Jason Illoulian plans to molish the inic, historic Wt Hollywood gay club The Factory (seen here an east si view om Robertson Boulevard) and replace wh a hotel and retail shoppg plex.
Roosterfish, historic Venice gay bar, opens aga. Mayor John Duran, Mayor Pro Tempore John D’Ami, and Councilman John Heilman and (who all intify as gay and shared stori of spendg numero nights dancg, partyg, and enjoyg the safe nf at Stud One the 1980s) supported the Robertson Lane Project. 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 1974, the buildg was then purchased by Stt Forb- an openly gay Beverly Hills optometrist and party promoter. Renamed as Stud One, the distheque beme one of the most well-known gay nightclubs the Uned Stat and hosted celebri such as Joan Rivers, Liza Melli, Bernatte Peters, Ta Turner, and Patti LaBelle.
THE FACTORY GAY CISE CLUB
Built 1929 as a manufacturg storage buildg for the Mchell Camera Company, this buildg was first turned to a nightclub lled The Factory 1967. The club was credibly popular among Hollywood's el and celebri, wh a board of directors that clud Pl Newman and Sammy Davis Jr. Dpe s glamoro stat, The Factory closed only four years after openg. In 1974, the buildg was then purchased by Stt Forb- an openly gay Beverly Hills optometrist and party promoter. Renamed as Stud One, the distheque beme one of the most well-known gay nightclubs the Uned Stat and hosted celebri such as Joan Rivers, Liza Melli, Bernatte Peters, Ta Turner, and Patti LaBelle. Stud One was also known for s discrimatory door policy, which notorly exclud most women, racial mori, and lower-class people. Forb closed Stud One 1988. The space is still ed as a nightclub today unr the origal name "The Factory". * the factory gay *
The buildg hosted several short-lived bs tenants until 1974, when Stt Forb- an optometrist and openly gay party promoter om Beverly Hills- purchased same year, Forb opened Stud One, a massive gay distheque wh two dance floors and a downstairs baret. Open seven nights a week om 9 PM to 2 AM, Stud One beme one of Wt Hollywood's most popular gay male tablishments. Ever sce s openg, the club tered almost exclively to upper-class, whe gay men.