Gger Rogers Beach, LA's unofficial gay beach, to be regnized for historil signifince to LA's LGBTQ muny.
Contents:
- WHERE THE BOYS ARE: THE 5 GAYT BEACH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- GGER ROGERS BEACH, LA’S GAY BEACH, TO BE REGNIZED
- SANTA MONI AND VENICE BEACH GAY GUI
WHERE THE BOYS ARE: THE 5 GAYT BEACH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Will Rogers - sometim known as Gger Rogers Beach - has been LA's unofficial gay beach sce the 1960s. About 15 om Wt Hollywood, the stretch for fun the sun is near Lifeguard Stand #18 and clus volleyball urts and ocsnal beachsi * will rogers beach gay area *
Will Rogers Beach is the unofficial gay beach of Los Angel.
GGER ROGERS BEACH, LA’S GAY BEACH, TO BE REGNIZED
* will rogers beach gay area *
The gay sectn is loted near life guard statn 18, on the southern end of the ma beach. Cozy apartments, private rooms and amazg hom: be weled by the gay muny over 200 untri. Apartments, rooms, hom: be weled by the gay muny.
Young gay men began visg the unofficial “gay beach” north of Santa Moni as early as 1940.
SANTA MONI AND VENICE BEACH GAY GUI
Acrdg to film profsor David Lugowski, gay men were fatuated wh Rogers’ mpy talents, androgyno performanc, and diva persona– so much so that drag queens began emulatg her the 1930s and 1940s, and ntue to do so today. World War II talyzed the growth of ncentrated, unr-the-radar gay muni urban centers, pecially port ci like Los Angel as men and women embraced newfound enomic opportuny and personal eedoms away om their home liv. In Gay L.