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Contents:

• THE PANSY CRAZE: WHEN GAY NIGHTLIFE LOS ANGEL REALLY KICKED OFF
• GAY CLUB CELLAR HILL
• AN INPLETE COMPILATN OF THE GAY BARS AT HAS LOVED AND LOST
• THE 10 BEST GRAN CANARIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS GRAN CANARIA
• GAY CLUB MALABONOT

THE PANSY CRAZE: WHEN GAY NIGHTLIFE LOS ANGEL REALLY KICKED OFF

Three hundred men tuxedos were celebratg the openg of Hollywood’s first gay nightclub.

GAY CLUB CELLAR HILL

“I’m cur about the gay club history of the 1930’s Los Angel, specifilly the pansy clubs that were often outsi the cy lims and were illegal. This perd, durg the late 1920s and the early 1930s, was a goln era Los Angel for gay performers, entertaers drag and the crowds of Angelenos – gay, straight, rich and poor – that loved them. Lillian Farman, -thor of “Gay LA: a History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Polics and Lipstick Lbians, ” said of the era, “I thk that sexualy was very fluid Hollywood, particularly the movie dtry the 1920s and the 1930s.

AN INPLETE COMPILATN OF THE GAY BARS AT HAS LOVED AND LOST

Courty of ONE Natnal Gay and Lbian Archive. Go to the ONE Natnal Gay and Lbian archiv at the USC Librari, and you n see sheet mic om that era, wh vers featurg photos of men and women drsed drag, and tl like “Japansy” and “If you knew Sie, like I knew Sie. Photo urty of ONE Natnal Gay and Lbian archive at USC Librari (The origal image is no longer available, please ntact KCRW if you need accs to the origal image.

THE 10 BEST GRAN CANARIA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS GRAN CANARIA

However, this was still a time when homosexualy was a crime punishable by prison. ” The LAPD’s Vice Squad me down hard on the gay muny and drag performers. The Sunset Strip emerged as a center for gay and lbian clubs durg the 1930s bee was an unrporated part of LA County lled Sherman, and the LAPD had no jurisdictn over the area.

And the headlg act for five years was an openly gay, high society piano and song man by the name of Bz Fletcher.

Fletcher’s lyrics were lan wh gay subtext. He lived an openly gay life wh his long time partner Casey Roberts, an Osr nomated set signer.

GAY CLUB MALABONOT

“It was the number one song that you would hear gay, pecially lbian bars of the 1940s and ‘50s, ” said Alpern. Joseph Hawks, Director of USC’s ONE Natnal Gay and Lbian archiv, thumbg through “Bachelor” Magaze, a magaze for gay men that started publitn 1937. The Pansy Craze and this goln era of gay performers and male and female impersonators me to a close once Prohibn end and the Great Deprsn h.

As for the legacy of that era, ONE Archiv director Joseph Hawks said performers durg the Pansy Craze were “creatg culture on the fly, and I thk one of the thgs that gay people, queer people, have been dog throughout their liv- is creatg culture on the fly. Angl – Kuh and Seasi Ave., Waikiki / gay bar; changed ownership at one pot and beme Lojax / currently Amnia (a sports bar). / gay bar occupyg the whole top floor *ntributed by Josh Kay.

Ar, The — Kalaka Ave., Waikiki, behd Spaghetti Eddie’s / gay bar wh DJ mic and dancg; open until 4 a.

Balny Bar, The — 1920 Ala Moana Blvd., Waikiki / open-air gay bar on a huge balny lanai overlookg Fort DeRsy; owners were Jimmy & Reggie *ntributed by Josh Kay. Bob & Tony’s – Ala Moana Blvd., Waikiki, across om the old Kaiser Hospal / gay bar *ntributed by Josh Kay.

Waikiki / zy ltle gay bar wh karaoke / currently occupied by In-Between (a gay bar wh karaoke) *ntributed by Josh Kay. Clouds, The – Kapahulu / gay bar, however straights went there too, pecially on New Year’s Eve to marvel at the drag queens / currently *ntributed by Richard Wiley.

Dipper, The – Kapahulu Ave., Waikiki / gay bar *ntributed by Josh Kay. Dirty Mary’s – 2109 Kuh Ave., Waikiki (on the left si of Hamburger Mary’s) / popular open-air gay bar behd Hamburger Mary’s, wh a fun atmosphere, mic and dancg; always packed for the ee barbecue every Sunday.

Near tersectn of Kalaka Ave., Honolulu / gay bar *ntributed by Josh Kay.