Boyd, Nan Alamilla, 1963-

Wide-open town a history of queer San Francisco to 1965 / [electronic resource] : Nan Alamilla Boyd. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003. - xii, 321 p., [16] p. of plates : maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-302) index.

Introduction: San Francisco was a wide-open town -- History/ Transgender and gay male cultures from the 1890s through the 1960s -- Oral history/ Lesbian space, lesbian territory: San Francisco's North Beach district, 1933-1954 -- Oral history/ Policing queers in the 1940s and 1950s: harassment, prosecution, and the legal defense of gay bars -- Oral history/ 4. A queer ladder of social mobility : San Francisco's homophile movements, 1953-1960 -- Oral history/ 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. José Sarria -- Reba Hudson -- Joe Baron -- Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon -- George Mendenhall --


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