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Long, Dark History of West Hollywood’s Barney Beanery Against the LGBTQ+ Community

October 25, 2018

October 25, 2018

“Fagots Stay Out,” a misspelled sign over the bar at Barney’s Beanery in West Hollywood read since the 1940s. The...

Social Groups and Sororities United the L.A. Trans Community of the 1960s

October 24, 2018

October 24, 2018

Imagine body dysphoria prior to the 1950s and ‘60s – No support, no rights. Heck, the term “transgender” didn’t even...

A War on Cross-Dressing: Los Angeles’ Anti-Masquerading Ordinance of 1889 Targeted the Growing Queer Population of Los Angeles

October 15, 2018

October 15, 2018

A little over a hundred years after the City of Los Angeles was founded, the Anti-Masquerading Ordinance of 1889 was...

LGBT HISTORY MONTH: Los Angeles’ First Porn Theatre Getting Renovated

October 3, 2018

October 3, 2018

Often titled the oldest stage venue in Los Angeles, Theatre Merced has a long standing, titillating history in the LGBTQ+...

The Pride L.A. Wants Your Coming Out Stories!

October 2, 2018

October 2, 2018

Everyone has a story, and the Pride L.A. wants to hear yours. With National Coming Out Day right around the...