{"product_id":"gay-l-a-a-history-of-sexual-outlaws-power-politics-and-lipstick-lesbians-paperback","title":"Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLillian Faderman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eStuart Timmons\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe exhortation to \"Go West \" has always sparked the American imagination. But for gays, lesbians, and transgendered people, the City of Angels provided a special home and gave rise to one of the most influential gay cultures in the world. Drawing on rare archives and photographs as well as more than three hundred 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 gay life during World War II to the underground radicalism set off by the 1950s blacklist; and from the 1960s gay liberation movement to the creation of gay marketing in the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sociological, political, and cultural history of lesbian and gay life in Los Angeles by two seasoned historians is easily the subject's definitive work. -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An essential contribution to the history of gay resistance and the development of a polotical consciousness. This book documents important events ignored in other histories.\" -John Rechy, author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally, in one beautifully documented mosaic of a page-turner, the whole his and herstory of my city, L.A., revealed as an epicenter of LGBT presence: Gabrelino Native Americans, All Fools Night, 'criminals' in the shadows of bars and clubs, police entrapment, Hollywood stars with partners in their 'employ', organizing to fight back before most of the country even woke up, founding half of all the institutions you ever heard of, grabbing political power, the surprising joy of coming out and the devastation of AIDS, it's all here in \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e Love, hate, sex, death...and it names names.--Senator Sheila Kuehl, California (D--Los Angeles) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this entertaining history of gay and lesbian Los Angeles you'll find everyting from 'nances and saphic ladies, ' 'flutters and fruiters, ' 'cuddle-for-cash-cuties, ' 'pansy joints, ' and 'flounce factories' to one of the earliest sexual uses of 'go down' in 1914. So go West with Faderman and Timmons to mad, bad, \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e It's a trip!--Jonatthan Ned Katz, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Heterosexuality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGay L.A. \u003c\/i\u003eis the long-awaited chronicle of Los Angeles' important role in the struggle for gay and lesbian rights. This documentation of Angelenos' considerable challenges and achievements during the 20th century is destined to become a classic.--Jim Van Buskirk, co-author of \u003ci\u003eGay by the Bay\u003c\/i\u003e and Program Manager, James C. Hormel Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a third generation Californian and a longtime student of gay and lesbian history in the Golden State, I am amazed at the riches contained in \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e From the region's indigenous peoples to its first settlers on Bunker Hill, from the birth of the movies to the age of ACT-UP, the panorama of our past is expertly uncovered. Simply indispensable!--Mark Thompson, author of \u003ci\u003eGay Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e and former senior editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnergetically researched and vividly written, \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the good times and the bad, in the closet and out, of gay Angelenos of every sort, as they sought their place in the sun and, in so doing, ensured that Los Angeles would never, never, never be a boring place.--Kevin Starr, author of \u003ci\u003eCoast of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCalifornia: A History \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exceptionally literate, overstuffed chronicle of gay Tinseltown...Vital intellectual fare brimming with fascinating history.--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis social, political, and cultural history of lesbian and gay life in Los Angeles by two seasoned historians is easily the subject's definitive work ... [and is] filled with illuminating facts.--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArchival sources dating back to the nineteenth century; interviews [with] 250 people; ... and many other resources, public and private, furnished the raw materials for their informative, detailed account, which finds that 'historically, more lesbian and gay institutions started in Los Angeles than anywhere else on the planet.'--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFaderman and Timmons deliver a meticulously researched history of the city to support their claim that Los Angeles is the city with the most influence on the gay movement over the last 200 years. ... Technical jargon or theoretical baggage often weighs down studies of this kind, but \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e reads like a novel. Faderman and Timmons have set out a dramatic struggle with Los Angeles as its epicenter, a struggle that reverberates through red and blue states and that questions institutions as basic as marriage and definitions as ancient as selfhood.--Eloise Klein Healy, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Authors Lillian Faderman and Stuart Timmons--both of whom are distinguished, award-winning writers and scholars--have done a remarkable job in writing a lively, thorough, inclusive, and engaging chronicle of the last 150 years of gay life in Los Angeles and Southern California....The book brilliantly shows us how we got to where we are--the good with the not-so-good, the egos and the martyrs, the heroes\/heroines and the victims. All of it is presented in a handsome volume with great illustrations, a highly readable style, and an astonishing amount of primary research--hundreds of interviews and journalistic excavations that will dazzle and surprise everyone who reads this important book. \u003ci\u003eGay L.A\u003c\/i\u003e. is a fascinating contribution to the history of gay culture in America. A must-read, it will educate and entertain even its most informed audience.--Chris Freeman, \u003ci\u003eWeHo News \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnergetically researched and vividly written, \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the good times and bad, in the closet and out, of gay Angelenos of every sort, as they sought their place in the sun and, in so doing, ensured that Los Angeles would never, never, never be a boring place.--Kevin Starr, author of \u003ci\u003eCoast of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCalifornia: A History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally, in one beautifully documented mosaic of a page-turner, the whole his and her-story of my city, L.A., revealed as an epicenter of LGBT presence: Gabrelino Native Americans, All Fools Night, 'criminals' in the shadows of bars and clubs, police entrapment, Hollywood stars with partners in their 'employ', organizing to fight back before most of the country even woke up, founding half of all the institutions you ever heard of, grabbing political power, the surprising joy of coming out and the devastation of AIDS, it's all here in Gay LA. Love, hate, sex, death....and it names names...--State Senator Sheila Kuehl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGay L. A., \u003c\/i\u003e Lillian Faderman and Stuart Timmons have not only brought a hidden history to light, they've made it panoramic. I can't recall reading a book in which Los Angeles--or any city--has been portrayed as such a fascinating multitude of private lives that were destined to become public. This book is entertaining, informative, meticulous, and necessary.--Bernard Cooper, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bill From My Father, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaps to Anywhere\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTruth Serum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As a third-generation Californian and a longtime student of gay and lesbian history in the Golden State, I am amazed at the riches contained in \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e From the region's indigenous peoples to its first settlers on Bunker Hill, from the birth of the movies to the age of ACT-UP, the panorama of our past is expertly uncovered. Simply indispensable!--Mark Thompson, author of \u003ci\u003eGay Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e and former senior editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An essential contribution to the history of gay resistance and the development of a political consciousness. This book documents important events ignored in other histories.--John Rechy, author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Night, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Sexual Outlaw\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNumbers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e is the long-awaited chronicle of Los Angeles' important role in the struggle for gay and lesbian rights. Faderman and Timmons dispassionately present the rich results of their primary research to vividly portray the lives of Southern California gay men and lesbians. In addition to the high level of scholarship and engaging writing, especially noteworthy is the authors' sensitivity to communities of color as well as to the deft descriptions of the infighting of various activist groups. This documentation of Angelenos' considerable challenges and achievements during the 20th century is destined to become a classic.--Jim Van Buskirk, co-author of \u003ci\u003eGay by the Bay: A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area\u003c\/i\u003e and Program Manager, James C. Hormel Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[T]heir remarkable capacity for sharp, vivid description, buttressed by an impressive research regimen that included new interviews, makes \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e insightful, comprehensive, and fluid. Faderman and Timmons make an irrefutable case for the importance of the city to queer history, and they astutely depict the internal fault lines of the 'gay community', which has often splintered along racial, class, and especially gender lines but which has also showed itself capable of coalescing in the face of crisis. Full of fascinating anecdotes (including much on Hollywood), wise and fair analysis, and significant and inspiring examples of courageous resistance recaptures from the unwritten histories of the past, \u003ci\u003eGay L.A. \u003c\/i\u003edeserves a place in every library.--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sociological, political, and cultural history of lesbian and gay life in Los Angeles by two seasoned historians is easily the subject's definitive work. -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An essential contribution to the history of gay resistance and the development of a polotical consciousness. This book documents important events ignored in other histories.\" -John Rechy, author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Finally, in one beautifully documented mosaic of a page-turner, the whole his and herstory of my city, L.A., revealed as an epicenter of LGBT presence: Gabrelino Native Americans, All Fools Night, 'criminals' in the shadows of bars and clubs, police entrapment, Hollywood stars with partners in their 'employ', organizing to fight back before most of the country even woke up, founding half of all the institutions you ever heard of, grabbing political power, the surprising joy of coming out and the devastation of AIDS, it's all here in \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e Love, hate, sex, death...and it names names.\"--Senator Sheila Kuehl, California (D--Los Angeles) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this entertaining history of gay and lesbian Los Angeles you'll find everyting from 'nances and saphic ladies, ' 'flutters and fruiters, ' 'cuddle-for-cash-cuties, ' 'pansy joints, ' and 'flounce factories' to one of the earliest sexual uses of 'go down' in 1914. So go West with Faderman and Timmons to mad, bad, \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e It's a trip!\"--Jonatthan Ned Katz, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invention of Heterosexuality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGay L.A. \u003c\/i\u003eis the long-awaited chronicle of Los Angeles' important role in the struggle for gay and lesbian rights. This documentation of Angelenos' considerable challenges and achievements during the 20th century is destined to become a classic.\"--Jim Van Buskirk, co-author of \u003ci\u003eGay by the Bay\u003c\/i\u003e and Program Manager, James C. Hormel Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As a third generation Californian and a longtime student of gay and lesbian history in the Golden State, I am amazed at the riches contained in \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e From the region's indigenous peoples to its first settlers on Bunker Hill, from the birth of the movies to the age of ACT-UP, the panorama of our past is expertly uncovered. Simply indispensable!\"--Mark Thompson, author of \u003ci\u003eGay Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e and former senior editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Energetically researched and vividly written, \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the good times and the bad, in the closet and out, of gay Angelenos of every sort, as they sought their place in the sun and, in so doing, ensured that Los Angeles would never, never, never be a boring place.\"--Kevin Starr, author of \u003ci\u003eCoast of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCalifornia: A History \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An exceptionally literate, overstuffed chronicle of gay Tinseltown...Vital intellectual fare brimming with fascinating history.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This social, political, and cultural history of lesbian and gay life in Los Angeles by two seasoned historians is easily the subject's definitive work ... [and is] filled with illuminating facts.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Archival sources dating back to the nineteenth century; interviews [with] 250 people; ... and many other resources, public and private, furnished the raw materials for their informative, detailed account, which finds that 'historically, more lesbian and gay institutions started in Los Angeles than anywhere else on the planet.'\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Faderman and Timmons deliver a meticulously researched history of the city to support their claim that Los Angeles is the city with the most influence on the gay movement over the last 200 years. ... Technical jargon or theoretical baggage often weighs down studies of this kind, but \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e reads like a novel. Faderman and Timmons have set out a dramatic struggle with Los Angeles as its epicenter, a struggle that reverberates through red and blue states and that questions institutions as basic as marriage and definitions as ancient as selfhood.\"--Eloise Klein Healy, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Authors Lillian Faderman and Stuart Timmons--both of whom are distinguished, award-winning writers and scholars--have done a remarkable job in writing a lively, thorough, inclusive, and engaging chronicle of the last 150 years of \"gay life\" in Los Angeles and Southern California....The book brilliantly shows us how we got to where we are--the good with the not-so-good, the egos and the martyrs, the heroes\/heroines and the victims. All of it is presented in a handsome volume with great illustrations, a highly readable style, and an astonishing amount of primary research--hundreds of interviews and journalistic excavations that will dazzle and surprise everyone who reads this important book. \u003ci\u003eGay L.A\u003c\/i\u003e. is a fascinating contribution to the history of gay culture in America. A must-read, it will educate and entertain even its most informed audience.\"--Chris Freeman, \u003ci\u003eWeHo News \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Energetically researched and vividly written, \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the good times and bad, in the closet and out, of gay Angelenos of every sort, as they sought their place in the sun and, in so doing, ensured that Los Angeles would never, never, never be a boring place.\"--Kevin Starr, author of \u003ci\u003eCoast of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCalifornia: A History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Finally, in one beautifully documented mosaic of a page-turner, the whole his and her-story of my city, L.A., revealed as an epicenter of LGBT presence: Gabrelino Native Americans, All Fools Night, 'criminals' in the shadows of bars and clubs, police entrapment, Hollywood stars with partners in their 'employ', organizing to fight back before most of the country even woke up, founding half of all the institutions you ever heard of, grabbing political power, the surprising joy of coming out and the devastation of AIDS, it's all here in Gay LA. Love, hate, sex, death....and it names names...\"--State Senator Sheila Kuehl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eGay L. A., \u003c\/i\u003e Lillian Faderman and Stuart Timmons have not only brought a hidden history to light, they've made it panoramic. I can't recall reading a book in which Los Angeles--or any city--has been portrayed as such a fascinating multitude of private lives that were destined to become public. This book is entertaining, informative, meticulous, and necessary.\"--Bernard Cooper, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bill From My Father, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaps to Anywhere\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTruth Serum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"As a third-generation Californian and a longtime student of gay and lesbian history in the Golden State, I am amazed at the riches contained in \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e From the region's indigenous peoples to its first settlers on Bunker Hill, from the birth of the movies to the age of ACT-UP, the panorama of our past is expertly uncovered. Simply indispensable!\"--Mark Thompson, author of \u003ci\u003eGay Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e and former senior editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An essential contribution to the history of gay resistance and the development of a political consciousness. This book documents important events ignored in other histories.\"--John Rechy, author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Night, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Sexual Outlaw\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNumbers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e is the long-awaited chronicle of Los Angeles' important role in the struggle for gay and lesbian rights. Faderman and Timmons dispassionately present the rich results of their primary research to vividly portray the lives of Southern California gay men and lesbians. In addition to the high level of scholarship and engaging writing, especially noteworthy is the authors' sensitivity to communities of color as well as to the deft descriptions of the infighting of various activist groups. This documentation of Angelenos' considerable challenges and achievements during the 20th century is destined to become a classic.\"--Jim Van Buskirk, co-author of \u003ci\u003eGay by the Bay: A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area\u003c\/i\u003e and Program Manager, James C. Hormel Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[T]heir remarkable capacity for sharp, vivid description, buttressed by an impressive research regimen that included new interviews, makes \u003ci\u003eGay L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e insightful, comprehensive, and fluid. Faderman and Timmons make an irrefutable case for the importance of the city to queer history, and they astutely depict the internal fault lines of the 'gay community', which has often splintered along racial, class, and especially gender lines but which has also showed itself capable of coalescing in the face of crisis. Full of fascinating anecdotes (including much on Hollywood), wise and fair analysis, and significant and inspiring examples of courageous resistance recaptures from the unwritten histories of the past, \u003ci\u003eGay L.A. \u003c\/i\u003edeserves a place in every library.\"--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLillian Faderman\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of numerous books on lesbian\/gay history, including \u003ci\u003eSurpassing the Love of Men\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOdd Girls and Twilight Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e, which were both named \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Notable Books of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e. Her most recent book, \u003ci\u003eNaked in the Promised Land\u003c\/i\u003e, received a Judy Grahn Award for nonfiction and a Lambda Literary Award for memoir. \u003cb\u003eStuart Timmons\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Trouble with Harry Hay\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a Book of the Month Club selection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45390933885030,"sku":"9780520260610","price":72.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/QmFmVzFZNXlpU0JwYTg2MFV5MTF6Zz09.webp?v=1775127008","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/gay-l-a-a-history-of-sexual-outlaws-power-politics-and-lipstick-lesbians-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}