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What Can We Learn from Our Gay Elders?

February 6, 2018 Henry Giardina

How much do we owe to our queer seniors? Pretty much everything.

HISTORY

In 1971, a Queer Revolution Was Dawning on the Streets of Los Angeles

January 22, 2018 Henry Giardina

Thanks to anti-war activism and the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 70s, by 1971, the Gay Movement was ready to organize.

HISTORY

Making the Yuletide Gay

December 20, 2017 Henry Giardina

Celebrating the Holidays among chosen family is a time-honored tradition for L.A.’s LGBTQ+ community.

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HISTORY

How the Menendez Murders Became a Queer Cult Favorite

October 16, 2017 Henry Giardina

The story of the cult case that made Dominick Dunne question his intuition gets twistier by the minute.

HISTORY

What Happens at “The Stud Farm”…

September 14, 2017 Henry Giardina

In 1969, Hollywood’s Theater VII was where all your wildest cowboy fantasies just might come true.

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HISTORY

In 1967, Andy Warhol Brought “A Clockwork Orange” to Life with “Vinyl”

August 28, 2017 Henry Giardina

Five years after Anthony Burgess’s book – and four years before Kubrick’s dystopian masterpiece – Warhol shocked L.A. audiences with a tale of sex, violence, and compulsion.

BEST OF GAY LA, HISTORY

In “Staircase,” Two of the World’s Most Prestigious Actors Played Gay Lovers

August 11, 2017 Henry Giardina

“Richard Burton and Rex Harrison play what?”

FILM, HISTORY

`In 1967, Jean Genet’s “Un Chant D’Amour” Was Taboo Everywhere But at L.A.’s Park Theater

July 30, 2017 Henry Giardina

This essay is part of a series on Queer underground cinema in the '60s.

BEST OF GAY LA, HISTORY

How Pat Rocco Documented the Male Body, and the Start of L.A.’s Queer Resistance

July 10, 2017 J.J. Englender

This essay is part of a series on Queer underground cinema in the ‘60s.

HISTORY

Jacob Dekema, Who Designed California’s Freeways, Dies at 101

June 26, 2017 Henry Giardina

They called him the King of the Freeway

Category: HISTORY

What Can We Learn from Our Gay Elders?

In 1971, a Queer Revolution Was Dawning on the Streets of Los Angeles

Making the Yuletide Gay

How the Menendez Murders Became a Queer Cult Favorite

What Happens at “The Stud Farm”…

In 1967, Andy Warhol Brought “A Clockwork Orange” to Life with “Vinyl”

In “Staircase,” Two of the World’s Most Prestigious Actors Played Gay Lovers

`In 1967, Jean Genet’s “Un Chant D’Amour” Was Taboo Everywhere But at L.A.’s Park Theater

How Pat Rocco Documented the Male Body, and the Start of L.A.’s Queer Resistance

Jacob Dekema, Who Designed California’s Freeways, Dies at 101

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