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- PRI RI 2019: THE ULTIMATE CALIFORNIA GAY ROAD TRIP ITERARY
- 45 PRETTY GAY PICTUR OF LA PRI WT HOLLYWOOD
PRI RI 2019: THE ULTIMATE CALIFORNIA GAY ROAD TRIP ITERARY
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From the 1920s to the 1960s, Pershg Square was the center of “The Run, ” a clter of gay-iendly tablishments and cisg spots nnectg the park to gay bars on Ma Street downtown Los Angel. Read AllRead Ls More Info Morris Kight's former rince Wtsi In 1969, Morris Kight -found the Los Angel chapter of the Gay Liberatn Front, a gay rights group that formed the wake of the Stonewall uprisg New York Cy.
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Read AllRead Ls More Info ONE Natnal Gay & Lbian Archiv at the USC Librari Universy Park Archiv Based on the Internatnal Gay & Lbian Archiv, an extensive llectn of LGBTQ-related materials started by pneer activist Jim Kepner 1942, and merged wh the holdgs of ONE Instute 1994, the ONE Natnal Gay & Lbian Archiv is nsired to be the largt reposory of LGBTQ materials the world. ’s Black LGBTQ muny who faced discrimatn at predomantly whe gay clubs and harassment om the Los Angel Police Department.
Read AllRead Ls More Info Tom of Fland Hoe Echo Park Mm This former home of homoerotic artist Too Laaksonen — better known as Tom of Fland — and currently owned by Laaksonen’s lover, bs partner and me, Durk Dehner, ho the Tom of Fland Foundatn. Read AllRead Ls More Info Harry Hay's former rince Silver Lake This is the former home of munist, labor activist and gay rights advote Harry Hay, who hosted the foundg meetgs of the Mattache Society 1950.
One of the first natnwi gay rights anizatns, ’s nsired one of the openg salvos the morn gay rights movement. It also happened to be the meetg pot for a seri of “gay-” protts anized to enurage the LGBTQ muny to e out of the closet and foster public acceptance. The first one took place there on Memorial Day 1968, and other high-profile protts there, anized by the Gay Liberatn Front, followed 1970 and 1971.