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Author Faderman, Lillian.

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

Imprint New York : Basic Books, c2006.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  306.7660979 F123g 2006    ---  Available
Description ix, 431 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-412) and index.
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.
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.
Subject Homosexuality -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
Gays -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
Gay liberation movement -- California -- Los Angeles -- History.
Added Author Timmons, Stuart, 1957-
ISBN 046502288X (alk. paper)
9780465022885 (alk. paper)
Standard No. YDXCP 2451939
NZ1 10934423

 
    
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