Early drag queens like Jean Mal helped bohemian gay culture thrive – before mob vlence, Nazism and Hollywood homophobia drove back unrground<br><br>
Contents:
- HOW GAY CULTURE BLOSSOMED DURG THE ROARG TWENTI
- PANSY CRAZE: THE WILD 1930S DRAG PARTI THAT KICKSTARTED GAY NIGHTLIFE
HOW GAY CULTURE BLOSSOMED DURG THE ROARG TWENTI
Durg Prohibn, gay nightlife and culture reached new heights—at least temporarily. * pansy gay *
A pre-Stonewall gay bar at the rner of Christopher Street and Gay Street was lled The Flower Pot.
PANSY CRAZE: THE WILD 1930S DRAG PARTI THAT KICKSTARTED GAY NIGHTLIFE
Notably, a group of seven gay male wrers who met up regularly New York Cy 1980 and 1981 named themselv “The Vlet Quill.
As Looby not Flowers of Manhood, “daisy, ” “buttercup, ” and pecially “pansy, ” as well as the generalized “horticultural lad” were early twentieth century terms for “flamboyant gay men.