Gay bar : the fabulous, true story of a daring woman and her boys in the 1950s /

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"Vivacious, unconventional, candid, and straight, Helen Branson operated a gay bar in Los Angeles in the 1950s--America's most anti-gay decade. After years of fending off drunken passes as an entertainer in cocktail bars, this divorced grandmother preferred the wit, variety, and fun she fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fellows, Will
Other Authors: Branson, Helen P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2010]
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Branson, Helen P.
1900-1999
Gay bars > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Gay men > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions > 20th century.
Gay men > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions > 20th century > Sources.
Women-owned business enterprises > Social aspects > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Gay men > Relations with heterosexuals > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Businesswomen > California > Los Angeles > Biography.
Gay bars > California > Los Angeles.
Bars pour homosexuels > Californie > Los Angeles.
Homosexuels masculins > Californie > Los Angeles > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Bars pour homosexuels > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gay Studies.
Gay bars
Gay men > Social conditions
Police raids on LGBTQ+ bars.
Persecution of gay men.
LGBTQ+ bars.
Gay-focused businesses.
Sexual minorities.
Men.
LGBTQ+ people.
Gay studies.
Lesbian studies.
Gender studies.
California > Los Angeles
Straight women > Women bar owners > Gay nightlife > Underground gay bars
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • From The Dust Jacket Of The Original Edition
  • Introduction
  • Foreword
  • Chapter 1: "Well, Get You, Girl ... "
  • Chapter 2: " ... Don't Scream at Your Mother ... "
  • Chapter 3: " ... Carry On Like Faust ... "
  • Chapter 4: " ... Clever Drag, But I Think He'ss Fuzz ... "
  • Chapter 5: " ... Hit Him With Your Beaded Bag, May ... "
  • Chapter 6: "Meanwhile, Back At The Palace ... "
  • Chapter 7: " ... And Away We Go ... "
  • Chapter 8: " ... Must Be These High Heels I'm Wearing ... "
  • Chapter 9: "I Read Her Beads For Her ... "
  • Chapter 10: "Listen To Your Mother ... "
  • For The Record
  • Afterword.

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