Bibliograph

Gay L.A., a history of sexual outlaws, power politics, and lipstick lesbians, Lillian Faderman, Stuart Timmons

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Gay L.A., a history of sexual outlaws, power politics, and lipstick lesbians, Lillian Faderman, Stuart Timmons

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-412) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gay L.A.

Oclc number

70707762

Responsibility statement

Lillian Faderman, Stuart Timmons

Sub title

a history of sexual outlaws, power politics, and lipstick lesbians

Summary

For the gays, lesbians, and transgendered people who have moved to L.A. over the past two centuries, the City of Angels has offered a special home--which, in turn, gave rise to one of the world's most influential gay cultures. Drawing upon untouched archives and over 200 new interviews, Authors Faderman and Timmons chart L.A.'s unique gay history, from the first missionary encounters with Native American cross-gendered "two-spirits" to cross-dressing frontier women in search of their fortunes; from the bohemian freedom of early Hollywood to the explosion of gay life during World War II to the underground radicalism sparked by the 1950s blacklist; from the 1960s gay liberation movement to the creation of gay marketing in the 1990s. Faderman and Timmons show how geography, economic opportunity, and a constant influx of new people created a city that was more compatible to gay life than any other in America.--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

I: The silent era. City of angels and devils ; Going Hollywood ; L.A. noir ; Organizing underground -- II: The bold ones. Rumblings of a gay revolution ; Into the streets ; Big battles ; Glitz and glam -- III: Smash hits, devastating bombs, stunning comebacks. Building worlds of our own ; "Our own" ; Devastation ; Stunning comebacks

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