Wide-open town : a history of queer San Francisco to 1965 / Nan Alamilla Boyd.
Traces the history of gay men and lesbians in San Francisco, from the turn of the century, when queer bars emerged in San Francisco's tourist districts, to 1965, when a raid on a drag ball energized the gay community. Includes excerpts from oral histories of lesbians and gay men who have lived...
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2003]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : San Francisco was a wide-open town
- History / José Sarria
- Transgender and gay male cultures from the 1890s through the 1960s
- Oral history / Reba Hudson
- Lesbian space, lesbian territory : San Francisco's North Beach district, 1933-1954
- Oral history / Joe Baron
- Policing queers in the 1940s and 1950s : harassment, prosecution, and the legal defense of gay bars
- Oral history / Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon
- A queer ladder of social mobility : San Francisco's homophile movements, 1953-1960
- Oral history / George Mendenhall
- Queer cooperation and resistance : a gay and lesbian movement comes together in the 1960s
- Conclusion : marketing a queer San Francisco
- Appendix A. Map of North Beach queer bars and restaurants, 1933-1965
- Appendix B. List of interviewees
- Notes.