Gay L. A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians

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Overview

The exhortation to Go West has always had a strong hold on the American imagination. But 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 most influential gay cultures in the world. Drawing upon untouched archives of documents and photographs and over 200 new interviews, Lillian Faderman and Stuart 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.
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Faderman, Lillian
  • ISBN: 9780465022885
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.30 x 1.31
  • Number Of Pages: 464
  • Publication Year: 2006