Gay L.A. by Lillian Farman, Stuart Timmons - Paperback - Universy of California Prs

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‘THIS BOOK IS GAY,’ AN LGBT SEX ED BOOK FOR TEENS, IS CHALLENGED WASILLA, ALASKA

The exhortatn to Go Wt! has always sparked the Amerin imagatn. But for gays, lbians, and transgenred people, the Cy of Angels provid a special home and gave rise to one of the most fluential gay cultur the world. Drawg on rare archiv and photographs as well as more than three hundred terviews, Lillian Farman and Stuart Timmons chart L.A.'s unique gay history, om the first missnary enunters wh Native Amerin cross-genred two spirs to cross-drsg ontier women search of their fortun; om the bohemian eedom of early Hollywood to the explosn of gay life durg World War II to the unrground radilism set off by the 1950s blacklist; and om the 1960s gay liberatn movement to the creatn of gay marketg the 1990s. * gay la book *

“This soclogil, polil, and cultural history of lbian and gay life Los Angel by two seasoned historians is easily the subject's five work. ” -Publishers Weekly“An sential ntributn to the history of gay ristance and the velopment of a polotil nscns. A., revealed as an epicenter of LGBT prence: Gabrelo Native Amerins, All Fools Night, 'crimals' the shadows of bars and clubs, police entrapment, Hollywood stars wh partners their 'employ', anizg to fight back before most of the untry even woke up, foundg half of all the stutns you ever heard of, grabbg polil power, the surprisg joy of g out and the vastatn of AIDS, 's all here Gay L.

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"—Senator Sheila Kuehl, California (D—Los Angel) "In this entertag history of gay and lbian Los Angel you'll fd everytg om 'nanc and saphic ladi, ' 'flutters and uers, ' 'cuddle-for-sh-cuti, ' 'pansy jots, ' and 'flounce factori' to one of the earlit sexual of 'go down' 1914. So go Wt wh Farman and Timmons to mad, bad, Gay L.

"Gay L. Is the long-awaed chronicle of Los Angel' important role the stggle for gay and lbian rights.

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"—Jim Van Bkirk, -thor of Gay by the Bay and Program Manager, Jam C.

Hormel Gay & Lbian Center, San Francis Public Library"As a third generatn Californian and a longtime stunt of gay and lbian history the Goln State, I am amazed at the rich ntaed Gay L.

"—Mark Thompson, thor of Gay Spir and former senr edor of The Advote"Energetilly rearched and vividly wrten, Gay L. Chronicl the good tim and the bad, the closet and out, of gay Angelenos of every sort, as they sought their place the sun and, so dog, ensured that Los Angel would never, never, never be a borg place.

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"—Kev Starr, thor of Coast of Dreams and California: A History "An exceptnally lerate, overstuffed chronicle of gay tellectual fare brimmg wh fascatg history. "—Kirk Reviews (starred)"This social, polil, and cultural history of lbian and gay life Los Angel by two seasoned historians is easily the subject's five work...

And many other rourc, public and private, furnished the raw materials for their rmative, tailed acunt, which fds that 'historilly, more lbian and gay stutns started Los Angel than anywhere else on the pla. '"—Booklist"Farman and Timmons liver a meticuloly rearched history of the cy to support their claim that Los Angel is the cy wh the most fluence on the gay movement over the last 200 years.

… Technil jargon or theoretil baggage often weighs down studi of this kd, but Gay L. "—Eloise Kle Healy, Los Angel Tim Book Review "Authors Lillian Farman and Stuart Timmons—both of whom are distguished, award-wng wrers and scholars—have done a remarkable job wrg a lively, thorough, clive, and engagg chronicle of the last 150 years of "gay life" Los Angel and Southern California… book brilliantly shows how we got to where we are—the good wh the not-so-good, the egos and the martyrs, the hero/hero and the victims. Gay L.

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