NY Parish Hostg Celebratn at Notor Gay Club

Contents:

• FACT CHECK: DID KRAFT RELEASE A RABOW MAYONNAISE CALLED ‘REAL GAYO’?
• THE GAY BARS AND VICE SQUADS OF 1950'S LOS ANGEL
• NY PARISH HOSTG CELEBRATN AT NOTOR GAY CLUB
• GAY C MAYO PARTY MORE THAN MARGARAS AT LAS MARGARAS
• FACT CHECK: DID KRAFT RELEASE A RABOW MAYONNAISE CALLED ‘REAL GAYO’?
• GAY PRI CALENDAR

FACT CHECK: DID KRAFT RELEASE A RABOW MAYONNAISE CALLED ‘REAL GAYO’?

An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a rabow-lored bottle of mayonnaise lled “Real Gayo” that Kraft released celebratn of Pri Month. Fact Check: The Facebook image, shared over 42, 000 tim, purportedly shows a rabow-lored bottle of Kraft mayonnaise labeled “Real Gayo” wh text unrneath that reads “Smooth & Sassy. “We received your note fact checkg ‘Real Gayo, ’ and wanted to nfirm this is not a real product, ” said a spokperson for Kraft an email to Check Your Fact.

A gatherg of gay men Los Angel 1951. At the same time thoands of gay men found themselv California after World War II, and they were prented wh the problem of livg a life the midst of social disapproval and police reprsn. In Los Angel throughout the 1950s, the culture of gay men functned very much below the radar.

THE GAY BARS AND VICE SQUADS OF 1950'S LOS ANGEL

Unr nstant harassment by the police, homosexuals risked social ostracism and loss of employment if outed.

NY PARISH HOSTG CELEBRATN AT NOTOR GAY CLUB

Homosexualy as a disease. The domant perceptn of homosexualy the 1950s was that was a disease. Most employers and ernment agenci barred homosexuals wh moraly cls and they were wily nsired to be secury risks.

It clud homosexualy as a mental disease.

It was wily njectured that homosexualy rulted om emotnal trmas childhood, as is the se wh other mental illns, and that geics played ltle to no role. On this basis the practice of nversn therapy took hold, wh wispread attempts to change people om homosexual to heterosexual (here are jt a few exampl om stunts at Oberl College Oh).

GAY C MAYO PARTY MORE THAN MARGARAS AT LAS MARGARAS

It was mon practice for employers to prohib homosexualy.

Homosexuals had long been barred om employment feral jobs, a policy that was rerced 1953 by Dwight Eisenhower's Executive Orr 10450. Private employers varied on this issue, but most would fire any employee who was disvered to be gay.

Th at a very basic level, to intify onelf as a homosexual public was to ve a lifetime of poverty. An unfortunate tenncy was for many people to nflate homosexuals wh pedophil and serial killers. A survey nducted as late as 1967 for a CBS documentary (see the full program or a shorter versn) termed that two thirds of Amerins viewed homosexuals wh "disgt, disfort, or fear" while a majory favored laws agast all homosexual acts.

FACT CHECK: DID KRAFT RELEASE A RABOW MAYONNAISE CALLED ‘REAL GAYO’?

The rise of the gay bar L. Due to an important urt se 1951, California beme the first state where gay bars uld legally operate. This rrpond wh the first, haltg steps towards creatg advocy anizatns for gay rights.

In 1951 the California Supreme Court led that a bar uld not lose s liquor license bee tered to gay clientele. While this did ltle to advance the public acceptance of homosexualy, did allow gay bars to operate much of California.

The Los Angel gay bars. Some of the well-known gay bars of this time were the Hoe of Ivy and the Wdup Hollywood, and the Crown Jewel, Harold's, the Waldorf, and Maxwell's downtown Los Angel.

GAY PRI CALENDAR

Many of the gay bars Los Angel were loted near Pershg Square, which was a cisg ground s own right. The character of the plac varied wily, reflectg divisns wh the gay muny.