Deep Reads: A gay uple ran a rtrant peace. Then new neighbors arrived. - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• GAY BOOKSTORE WASHGTON, DC - LAMBDA RISG
• GAY SPOKANE TRAVEL GUI
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• IRS 'WHISTLEBLOWER X,' A GAY DEMOCRAT, REVEALS INTY AND TELLS CONGRS HE WAS BLOCKED OM INVTIGATG HUNTER BIN
• JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU
• THE GAYT PLACE AMERI?
• MOVG TO LGBT WASHGTON DC? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

GAY BOOKSTORE WASHGTON, DC - LAMBDA RISG

Then, fd spiratn for your future trips wh our guis to the s and outs of gay cisg, charmg LGBTQ+ bookstor you n support, and the world’s most vibrant gay villag. Loted along Florida’s “Space Coast, ” known for s proximy to the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral, Coa Village is an eclectic muny wh clothg boutiqu, gift shops, rtrants, and craft breweri; once upon a time, there even ed to be a gay bookstore and bar, but those had long sce closed when Elkavich and Burgs moved there. Petersburg,, Atlanta, Books & More, Detur, Bay Books, Kailua, & Children First, Chigo, Unabridged Books, Chigo, As a newly out gay man the early 1990s, long before datg s and apps and at the height of the AIDS crisis, gay bookstor allowed me to feel part of a muny and afford me the safety to fd my place .

Their staff is supremely knowledgeable, the book selectn is next level and extremely gay, and they work so tirelsly to brg their muny together.

Louis, Book Company, Helena, JerseyHere’s the Story, Unn, TO THE TOPNew YorkRt Belt Books, Buffalo, Blutockgs Bookstore, Cafe & Activist Center, New York, I uldn’t be gay Jamai.

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”—Nile Dennis-Benn, thor of PatsyBure of General Servic—Queer Divisn, New York, The Bure of General Servic—Queer Divisn is an pennt, all-volunteer queer cultural center, bookstore, and event space loted si of The Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center New York Cy. Whman Books, Middleburgh, Grand Books, Narrowsburg, How do we fd out about great gay novels—on that speak to and for and not jt about ?

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

The artfully rated store on Wt 13th Street, tucked away the vibrant Wt Village (an epicenter of the cy's gay culture) is the place for queer books, art & poetry, readgs, film screengs, workshops, and jt pla ol' socializg. Gvanni's Room | Khalib OwenGvanni’s Room  PhilalphiaNamed after Jam Baldw's gay novel of the same name, Gvanni’s Room is the olst gay bookstore the untry. Courty of Unabridged BooksUnabridged Bookstore ChigoFound 1980, Unabridged Bookstore ss on the edge of Chigo's Boystown neighborhood, one of the most famo gay villag the US.

In addn to beg known as Chigo’s go-to for LGBTQIA+ lerature and an in the gay muny, the store also hosts a monthly queer book club.

IRS 'WHISTLEBLOWER X,' A GAY DEMOCRAT, REVEALS INTY AND TELLS CONGRS HE WAS BLOCKED OM INVTIGATG HUNTER BIN

What began as the owner's llectn of gay-themed books a len closet has now grown to 30, 000-pl tl, wh a llectn of first edns and rare books, cludg books Braille. ” That honor belongs to Washgton’s own LGBTQ+ bookstore Lambda Risg which aired the untry’s first gay-foced televisn mercial Febary 1975, nearly 20 years mercial picted gay men and lbians, some as dividuals, others as upl, wearg lambda-symbol rgs and necklac and explag that the lambda was an ternatnal symbol for gay liberatn.

“And now, ” the mercial stated, “there’s a bookstore for gay men and lbians, their fai and iends: Lambda Risg, the bookstore that celebrat the gay experience. Published May 22, 2022Updated May 23, 2022When you purchase an penntly reviewed book through our se, we earn an affiliate CITYThe Hidn History of Gay WashgtonBy Jam Kirchick826 pag.

)And yet the very skills gay people had to velop to survive — studns, partmentalizatn, discretn, erancy — ma them uniquely skilled, Kirchick pots out, to sensive tasks like pnage or high-level advisg. Fil, rrponnce, terview transcripts and prs clippgs — you n almost hear the old microfiche sheets tickg by — Kirchick holds the most dited persecutors, some of whom were themselv the closet, to sthg Morigi“Even at the height of the Cold War, was safer to be a Communist than a homosexual, ” he wr.

JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

” Later, as tolerance grew (thanks part to the efforts of the Mattache Society, the gay rights anizatn whose evolutn is traced here), some nfirmed bachelors took the important seat once occupied by Perle Mta, the cy’s famed “hosts wh the mosts. Kirchick wr of Nancy Reagan: “Her own persona is pably, irreprsibly gay, embodied by the retue that signed, drsed, rted, entertaed, flattered, hoed, humored, pampered, styled and tillated her.

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It would be bt read at the vlet hour wh a snifter of brandy a wood-paneled library, one of those wh a rollg ladr to brg down some of the fad midcentury bt-sellers rurfaced the pag, like Vidal’s “The Cy and the Pillar” — the narrative perks up nsirably whenever this ntent, urbane wrer arriv on the premis — “Washgton Confintial, ” by Jack La and Lee Mortimer (1951), wh s fabled “Garn of Pansi”; and “Advise and Consent, ” by Allen Dry (1959), which won a Pulzer and was ma to a movie by Otto ’s also a Baeker of important plac (map clud): the rollickg Chicken Hut bar where Teboe met his murrers; the “F Loop” of the Dupont Circle pickup scene that veloped the 1960s; the Cema Folli, the pornographic theater where ne men died a 1977 fire; the “gay rner” of the Congrsnal Cemetery; and, more hopefully, the Lambda Risg is overwhelmgly a gallery of the whe male gaytriarchy, wh lbians and people of lor mostly on the sil. Will take more time to browse next Place is awome, although I do not read gay books I do however get my Popper's, and Extra Large Toy's om here, the gentleman that works the unter every time i am there is very helpful! Late 1940sPROSECUTE IN THE CAPITALUS Park Police lnch Pervert Elimatn Campaign to arrt, vtigate, and prosecute gay men cisg the cy’s parks.

Employment of Homosexuals and Other Perverts Government, Senate report This report allowed job discrimatn and nial of secury clearanc and lnched a lengthy mpaign to clean the “perverts” out of ernment employment.

MOVG TO LGBT WASHGTON DC? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

1950CAREERS DESTROYEDState Department announc purge of 91 homosexuals, the start of a ernment-wi mpaign that would claim more than 10, 000 reers – and some liv. 1963MARCH ON WASHINGTON HAS OPENLY GAY LEADEROpenly gay Bayard Rt aniz the 1963 March on Washgton for Jobs and Freedom, a semal event the civil rights movement. 1972DC SCHOOL BOARD RESOLUTION BANS DISCRIMINATIONIn a landmark cisn, the School Board extend the first civil rights protectn to homosexuals.

1972FIRST GAY PRIDE CELEBRATED IN DCThe first celebratn took place as perceptns began to change, but do not yet bee an annual event. 1973WASHINGTON FREE CLINIC OPENSKnown as the Gay Men’s VD Clic, the first gay and lbian muny medil support anizatn began the basement of Geetown Lutheran Church. 1973TITLE 34 RIGHTS PROTECTION ADOPTEDThis first cywi human rights ordance provid protectn to gays, lbians, bisexuals, and transgenred men and women.

1978WALT WHITMAN REPUBLICAN CLUB FORMEDThe Walt Whman Club was one of the first gay Republin groups the natn and beme the Capal Area Log Cab Club. Groups and naizatns clu: LGBT Book club, LGBT social and muny groups, LGBT bs chamber; gay/straight allianc all high schools lleg and universi; gay affirmg church; 2 night clubs; a LGBT film ftival; and we’ve had an openly gay cy uncilman.