03939nam 2200685Ia 450 991096018420332120250912181717.00-299-24859-31-282-76416-097866127641650-299-24853-4(CKB)2560000000015737(OCoLC)667274211(CaPaEBR)ebrary10412020(SSID)ssj0000418432(PQKBManifestationID)11288016(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418432(PQKBWorkID)10377704(PQKB)11515051(OCoLC)816584099(MdBmJHUP)muse11999(Au-PeEL)EBL3445065(CaPaEBR)ebr10412020(CaONFJC)MIL276416(MiAaPQ)EBC3445065(EXLCZ)99256000000001573720100322d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGay bar the fabulous, true story of a daring woman and her boys in the 1950s /Will Fellows and Helen P. Branson; introduction by Blanche M. Baker1st ed.Madison, WI University of Wisconsin Pressc20101 online resource (188 p.)An expanded edition of the original 1957 publication "Gay Bar" by Helen P. Branson, interleaved with commentary and excerpts from letters and essays appearing in L.A. gay publications of the period.0-299-24850-X Includes bibliographical references.Intro -- Preface -- From the Dust Jacket of the Original Edition -- Introduction -- Foreward -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- For the Record -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Sources -- Bibliography.Vivacious, unconventional, candid, and straight, Helen Branson operated a gay bar in Los Angeles in the 1950s--America's most anti-gay decade. After years of fending off drunken passes as an entertainer in cocktail bars, this divorced grandmother preferred the wit, variety, and fun she found among homosexual men. Enjoying their companionship and deploring their plight, she gave her gay friends a place to socialize. Though at the time California statutes prohibited homosexuals from gathering in bars, Helen's place was relaxed, suave, and remarkably safe from police raids and other anti-homosexual hazards. In 1957 she published her extraordinary memoir Gay Bar, the first book by a heterosexual to depict the lives of homosexuals with admiration, respect, and love. In this new edition of Gay Bar, Will Fellows interweaves Branson's chapters with historical perspective provided through his own insightful commentary and excerpts gleaned from letters and essays appearing in gay publications of the period. Also included is the original introduction to the book by maverick 1950s psychiatrist Blanche Baker. The eclectic selection of voices gives the flavor of American life in that extraordinary age of anxiety, revealing how gay men saw themselves and their circumstances, and how others perceived them.Gay barsCaliforniaLos AngelesGay menCaliforniaLos AngelesSocial conditions20th centuryLGBTQ+ meeting placeshomoithttps://homosaurus.org/v4/homoit0000900Gay barshomoithttps://homosaurus.org/v4/homoit0000474Gay barsGay menSocial conditionsLGBTQ+ meeting places.Gay bars.306.76/627949409045Fellows Will1165241Branson Helen P1847295Baker Blanche M1847296MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960184203321Gay bar4432835UNINA