Birmgham Gay Liberatn Front – The Iron Room

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• LGBTQIA+ HISTORY MONTH – GAY BIRMGHAM REMEMBERED
• BHAM BIG GAY HISTORY B!POSTPONED THE BIG GAY HISTORY B WILL TOUR ATTEN AROUND BIRMGHAM, AL ORR TO LEARN ABOUT OUR RICH LGBTQ HISTORY.BY THE VISIBLE HISTORI PROJECTFOLLOWWHEN AND WHERELOTN4500 5TH AVE S BUILDG C 4500 5TH AVENUE SOUTH #BUILDG C BIRMGHAM, AL 35222SHOW MAPREFUND POLICYCONTACT THE ANIZER TO REQUT A REFUND.EVENTBRE'S FEE IS NONREFUNDABLE.ABOUT THIS EVENT6 HOURSMOBILE ETICKETDUE TO A HEALTH EMERGENCY THE TOURS ARE BEING RESCHEDULED. MORE TO E. NO REFUNDS OR TIME CHANGES CAN BE ISSUED FROM THIS POINT ON.THE BIG GAY HISTORY B TOUR WILL CI WH CENTRAL ALABAMA PRI'S TWO WEEKS OF EVENTS. THE TOUR WILL BE APPROXIAMATELY 2 HOURS LONG AND WILL FEATURE 24 HISTORIL LOTNS SELECTED BY THE INVISIBLE HISTORI PROJECT. THE TOUR IS EE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. HOWEVER, REGISTRATN IS REQUIRED AND A $15-$25 PER PERSON DONATN IS APPRECIATED. THERE WILL BE 4 TOURS OFFERED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2023. EACH TOUR WILL BEG AND END AT CAHABA BREWG. EACH TOUR WILL BE HOSTED BY AN IHP STAFF MEMBER AND A LOL DRAG PERFORMER. DETAILS OF EACH TOUR VARY SLIGHTLY AND EACH B IS NAMED AFTER A GAY BAR BIRMGHAM. DETAILS ARE BELOW.A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR DRAG HOSTS, OBSINY AND FLAP JACK! PLEASE BRG SH TO TIP YOUR QUEENS!TOUR HOSTS OBSINY FLAP JACKTOUR DETAILS. ALL TOURS ARE NAMED AFTER FORMER LOL GAY BARS. THERE ARE DIFFERG AGE REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH TOUR. ALL TOURS WILL BEG AT CAHABA BREWG:11:00AM EUNICE CRABTREE'S CUT RATE DELITSEN & BA SHOP: 18+ HOSTED BY OBSINY11:30AM LATROYS: 18+ HOSTED BY FLAP JACK2:00PM GIZMO: 21+ HOSTED BY OBSINY, LAST STOP WILL BE SI AL'S ON 7TH, ID WILL BE REQUIRED2:30PM BILL'S: 21+ HOSTED BY FLAP JACK, LAST STOP WILL BE SI AL'S ON 7TH, ID WILL BE REQUIREDTHE TOUR IS EE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. HOWEVER, REGISTRATN IS REQUIRED AND A $15-$25 PER PERSON DONATN IS APPRECIATED. ALL TOURS WILL BEG AT THE RED X AT CAHABA BREWG AT 4500 5TH AVE S BUILDG C, BIRMGHAM, AL 35222.MAKE SURE TO VIS THE FUNKY FOOD TCK FTIVAL BENEFTG OUR IENDS, AIDS ALABAMA BEFORE OR AFTER YOUR TOUR! THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS CENTRAL ALABAMA PRI AND OUR GENERO SPONSOR ALABAMA HUMANI ALLIANCE. WHOUT THEIR SUPPORT THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE! THANK YOU AHA!
• BIRMGHAM GAY LIBERATN FRONT
• GAY VILLAGE
• GAY BIRMGHAM, AL – WHAT TO KNOW IF YOU’RE MOVG TO THE MAGIC CY
• RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN
• GAY BIRMGHAM, AL TRAVEL GUI

LGBTQIA+ HISTORY MONTH – GAY BIRMGHAM REMEMBERED

Although historians have foced their work on Gay Amerin culture ci such as San Fransis and New York, the South has a rich history self. Ne years after the first Gay Pri march the Uned Stat, Alabama held s gural Pri celebratn Birmgham on June 24, 1979.

The cy began to see several gay bars pop up the 60s and 70s, but the Redmont Hotel hosted the first unofficial one known as the Red Room. Durg this same time ame, To’s Lounge beme one of the first bars wh open gay dancg.

BHAM BIG GAY HISTORY B!POSTPONED THE BIG GAY HISTORY B WILL TOUR ATTEN AROUND BIRMGHAM, AL ORR TO LEARN ABOUT OUR RICH LGBTQ HISTORY.BY THE VISIBLE HISTORI PROJECTFOLLOWWHEN AND WHERELOTN4500 5TH AVE S BUILDG C 4500 5TH AVENUE SOUTH #BUILDG C BIRMGHAM, AL 35222SHOW MAPREFUND POLICYCONTACT THE ANIZER TO REQUT A REFUND.EVENTBRE'S FEE IS NONREFUNDABLE.ABOUT THIS EVENT6 HOURSMOBILE ETICKETDUE TO A HEALTH EMERGENCY THE TOURS ARE BEING RESCHEDULED. MORE TO E. NO REFUNDS OR TIME CHANGES CAN BE ISSUED FROM THIS POINT ON.THE BIG GAY HISTORY B TOUR WILL CI WH CENTRAL ALABAMA PRI'S TWO WEEKS OF EVENTS. THE TOUR WILL BE APPROXIAMATELY 2 HOURS LONG AND WILL FEATURE 24 HISTORIL LOTNS SELECTED BY THE INVISIBLE HISTORI PROJECT. THE TOUR IS EE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. HOWEVER, REGISTRATN IS REQUIRED AND A $15-$25 PER PERSON DONATN IS APPRECIATED. THERE WILL BE 4 TOURS OFFERED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2023. EACH TOUR WILL BEG AND END AT CAHABA BREWG. EACH TOUR WILL BE HOSTED BY AN IHP STAFF MEMBER AND A LOL DRAG PERFORMER. DETAILS OF EACH TOUR VARY SLIGHTLY AND EACH B IS NAMED AFTER A GAY BAR BIRMGHAM. DETAILS ARE BELOW.A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR DRAG HOSTS, OBSINY AND FLAP JACK! PLEASE BRG SH TO TIP YOUR QUEENS!TOUR HOSTS OBSINY FLAP JACKTOUR DETAILS. ALL TOURS ARE NAMED AFTER FORMER LOL GAY BARS. THERE ARE DIFFERG AGE REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH TOUR. ALL TOURS WILL BEG AT CAHABA BREWG:11:00AM EUNICE CRABTREE'S CUT RATE DELITSEN & BA SHOP: 18+ HOSTED BY OBSINY11:30AM LATROYS: 18+ HOSTED BY FLAP JACK2:00PM GIZMO: 21+ HOSTED BY OBSINY, LAST STOP WILL BE SI AL'S ON 7TH, ID WILL BE REQUIRED2:30PM BILL'S: 21+ HOSTED BY FLAP JACK, LAST STOP WILL BE SI AL'S ON 7TH, ID WILL BE REQUIREDTHE TOUR IS EE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. HOWEVER, REGISTRATN IS REQUIRED AND A $15-$25 PER PERSON DONATN IS APPRECIATED. ALL TOURS WILL BEG AT THE RED X AT CAHABA BREWG AT 4500 5TH AVE S BUILDG C, BIRMGHAM, AL 35222.MAKE SURE TO VIS THE FUNKY FOOD TCK FTIVAL BENEFTG OUR IENDS, AIDS ALABAMA BEFORE OR AFTER YOUR TOUR! THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS CENTRAL ALABAMA PRI AND OUR GENERO SPONSOR ALABAMA HUMANI ALLIANCE. WHOUT THEIR SUPPORT THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE! THANK YOU AHA!

Lamda, Inc., a Birmgham-based gay rights anizatn found 1977, formed “Alabama Fom” out of their group’s newsletter. Birmgham-Southern College graduate Howard Cse was a pneer of LGBTQ ics, servg as the foundg edor of Gay Comix.

The ic was one of the first seri to feature work by and for openly gay men and women. Birmgham’s betifully bold Gay Village and the annual Birmgham Pri ftival are the epome of Gay pri Birmgham. This featured two ‘Gay Days’ Cannon Hill Park and a march up New Street; rallyg Victoria Square and handg out leaflets around the Bull Rg.

Not only Birmgham’s favoure and olst gay club, but one of Birmgham’s bt superclubs full stop. It was allegedly opened reactn to the harassment of homosexuals other bars across the ci that tered for LGBT crowds, such as The Victoria (John Bright Street).

BIRMGHAM GAY LIBERATN FRONT

Its matenance of a vibrant gay muny did not go unnoticed, receivg a lifetime achievement award at The Pri Ball 2014. The 70s marked a turng pot for LGBT polics wh the troductn of Gay Liberatn the UK, enuragg pri and openns. The Birmgham Gay Liberatn Front was tablished 1972, and end up beg one of the untry’s most active Gay Liberatn Fronts asi om London.

This led to several sourc such as the Gladrag newsletter and sex tn pamphlets, as well as events such as the ‘Gay Sunshe Event’.

GAY VILLAGE

This monstratn Cannon Hill park volved givg out orang to celebrate the ‘goodns of beg gay’. In Augt 1977, the Birmgham Gay Outdoor Club met for the first time, gatherg for walks, parti and mpg weekends. • LGBT listeng servic: ntact Swchboard, which offers support for those who intify as gay, lbian, bisexual or transgenr.

• Over 400 people have signed a petn mandg UoB to apologise for s historil ‘gay nversn therapy’. Invisible Histori ProjectA missn to crease the visibily of southern LGBTQ history has taken root the past three years, two Alabama nativ leadg a nonprof lled the Invisible Histori Project have been rearchg and llectg piec of LGBTQ Burford of Anniston and Maigen Sullivan of DeKalb County have found multiple ems cludg yellowed newspaper clippgs tailg gay life on the Universy of Alabama's mp, vio of Birmgham's first gay pri march 1989, and a photo -- taken cir 1912 -- of a gay central Alabama man named Joe Hulse stg the Cahaba River wh his Joe Hulse om Central Alabama (left) and his partner at the Cahaba River 1912. The anizatn's exploratn will expand to Mississippi and Geia wh the next two years wh plans to spread throughout the entire Southeast wh 10 of the first gay pri march Alabama on June 24, 1989.

To talk about LGBTQ history llectn and An Atlanta-based magaze lled Cise listed gay bars across the South. This edn om the early 90s featur three Birmgham gay bars: Basics, After Dark, and The Qut.

GAY BIRMGHAM, AL – WHAT TO KNOW IF YOU’RE MOVG TO THE MAGIC CY

Burford has been this le of work sce 2012 after hearg ncerns om people about the lack of Southern LGBTQ historil LGBTQ Alabamians participatg durg the Send Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights 1987.

"Photo: Auburn Universy's Gay Lbian Associatn marchg the 1993 LGB March on Starr DuniganSo Burford started nsolidatg the history himself. "The stori were of trans people and queer people of lor and the amazg activists who were volved the gay liberatn ont Geia and Act Up New York, which me to Atlanta, Birmgham and Montgomery, " Burford said. "Photo: John Elr opened a gay bar lled Mabel's Bety Shop & Chasaw Repair near UAB Birmgham 1986.

"Photo: A t-shirt om the 1st anniversary of the Gay Stunt Unn at the Universy of Alabama. "Photo: March on Washgton: UA's Gay Lbian Bisexual Alliance members march the 1993 LGBT March on Washgton.

RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN

Invisible Histori ProjectHere are a few more ems llected by the Invisible Histori origal button om the first gay pri event Birmgham. Invisible Histori ProjectInvisible Histori ProjectPhoto of terviews beg nducted durg the 1984 Southeastern nference for gay men and lbians Birmgham. In her 1997 travel gui The Queert Plac: A Gui to Gay and Lbian Historic S, Pla Martac provis rears wonrful scriptns of historil plac of tert related to queer history.

GAY BIRMGHAM, AL TRAVEL GUI

Historians have long foced their work on the epicenters of gay Amerin culture the last century, prcipally the gayborhoods of San Francis and New York. The project utiliz the Damron Guis, an early but longstandg travel gui aimed at gay men sce the early 1960s.

Bob Damron, a rint of San Francis, began publishg his addrs books the early 1960s, intifyg gay bars he had personally vised om all around the untry. Via this larger map, you n explore the growth of gay s Alabama, om jt eight (8) listgs 1965, to fifty-seven (57) listgs 1980, an over 600% crease jt fifteen years.