Rty's: A untry-style nightspot downtown At, this gay bar's reputatn as one of the iendlit waterg hol the cy is a...
Contents:
- THE PHILALPHIA GAYBORHOOD GU
- A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
- GAY CLUBS
THE PHILALPHIA GAYBORHOOD GU
* rusty's gay bar *
More rearch needs to be done on the Turkish baths that served Philalphia bs men the 19th and early 20th century and their place the gay subculture.
A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
Rty was one of the first bar owners Philalphia who was gay herself.
Unr Police Comissner Rizzo, raids on gay and lbian bars were an all too mon occurence 1960s Philly.
GAY CLUBS
The police issued a statement that “homosexuals have been, are now, and will be treated equally wh heterosexuals. A year before the Stonewall rts, the raid on Rty’s and the reactn of lol lbians was a succs story for gay rights.
A untry-style nightspot downtown At, this gay bar's reputatn as one of the iendlit waterg hol the cy is a well-served stat.
Frost (above), cir 1962 or 1963This year marks the 45th anniversary of the UpStairs Lounge arson, an event that was the largt mass murr of gay people U. History for over four s -- until the Pulse June 24, 1973, an arsonist set fire to the popular gay bar loted on the edge of the French Quarter New Orleans.