A gatherg of gay men Los Angel 1951. This group found the Mattache Society In the wake of World War II a nformist impulse reasserted self Amerin society. At the same time thoands of gay men found themselv California after World War II, and they were prented wh the problem of…
Contents:
- RUNNG A GAY BAR THE 1950S
- THE HISTORY OF HOW GAY BARS BEME THE BATTLEGROUND FOR LGBTQ+ RIGHTS
- THE GAY BARS AND VICE SQUADS OF 1950'S LOS ANGEL
- GAY HISTORY: THE GAY BARS AND VICE SQUADS OF 1950’S LOS ANGEL
RUNNG A GAY BAR THE 1950S
Culture Lt ntributor Randy Dotga disvers a memoir by an opnated straight woman bold enough to n a gay bar the 1950s. He also looks at the gay nightlife scene San Diego durg the 50s. * gay bar 1950s *
Back 1950s Hollywood, a hole--the-wall neighborhood gay bar offered an attractive mix of fizz, iends and fabulons.
THE HISTORY OF HOW GAY BARS BEME THE BATTLEGROUND FOR LGBTQ+ RIGHTS
In honor of Pri Month, take a ep dive to 200+ years of gay bar history and how they paved the way for the LGBTQ rights movement. * gay bar 1950s *
But the proprietor ran a tight ship, unlike any gay bar you might drop to today.
THE GAY BARS AND VICE SQUADS OF 1950'S LOS ANGEL
In Los Angel throughout the 1950s, gay men lived unr nstant harassment by the police. They risked ostracism and loss of employment if outed. * gay bar 1950s *
Branson wrote her 1957 memoir "Gay Bar, " she need to lay low by keepg her standards high.
Authori om the police to the alhol board preferred to keep gays om ngregatg anywhere, so she ma sure to not draw attentn.
GAY HISTORY: THE GAY BARS AND VICE SQUADS OF 1950’S LOS ANGEL
"Gay Bar" spent 60 years obscury. But then a Milwkee thor heard about and brought back to life the newly published "Gay Bar: The Fabulo, Te Story of a Darg Woman and Her Boys the 1950s. "In an terview, I asked thor Will Fellows to scribe what he disvered about gay life Southern California more than six s ago.