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

Name: Gay L. A. A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians
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ISBN: 9780465022885

ISBN-10: 046502288X

ISBN-13: 9780465022885

Edition: 2006

Authors: Lillian Faderman, Stuart Timmons

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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…

Book details

List price: $41.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 10/3/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.26" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English




City of angels and devils



Going Hollywood



L.A. Noir



Organizing underground



Rumblings of a gay revolution



Into the streets



Big battles



Glitz and glam



Building worlds of our own



"Our own"



Devastation



Stunning comebacks


Epilogue : the twenty-first century