TY  - GEN
T1  - Gay bar : the fabulous, true story of a daring woman and her boys in the 1950s
T2  - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
A1  - Fellows, Will
A2  - Branson, Helen P.
LA  - English
PP  - Madison, Wisconsin
PB  - The University of Wisconsin Press
YR  - 2010
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn667274211
AB  - "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"--Publisher's description.
OP  - 166
CN  - HQ76.3.U5 F45 2010eb
SN  - 9780299248536
SN  - 0299248534
SN  - 1282764160
SN  - 9781282764163
SN  - 9786612764165
SN  - 6612764163
SN  - 0299248593
SN  - 9780299248598
SN  - 9780299248505
SN  - 029924850X
KW  - Branson, Helen P.
KW  - Gay bars : California : Los Angeles : History : 20th century.
KW  - Gay men : California : Los Angeles : Social conditions : 20th century.
KW  - Gay men : California : Los Angeles : Social conditions : 20th century : Sources.
KW  - Women-owned business enterprises : Social aspects : California : Los Angeles : History : 20th century.
KW  - Gay men : Relations with heterosexuals : California : Los Angeles : History : 20th century.
KW  - Businesswomen : California : Los Angeles : Biography.
KW  - Gay bars : California : Los Angeles.
KW  - Bars pour personnes homosexuelles : Californie : Los Angeles.
KW  - Homosexuels masculins : Californie : Los Angeles : Conditions sociales : 20e siècle.
KW  - Bars pour personnes homosexuelles : Californie : Los Angeles : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Gay Studies.
KW  - Gay bars
KW  - Gay men : Social conditions
KW  - California : Los Angeles
KW  - Police raids on LGBTQ+ bars.
KW  - Persecution of gay men.
KW  - LGBTQ+ bars.
KW  - Gay-focused businesses.
KW  - Sexual minorities.
KW  - Men.
KW  - LGBTQ+ people.
KW  - Gay studies.
KW  - Lesbian studies.
KW  - Gender studies.
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - Straight women : Women bar owners : Gay nightlife : Underground gay bars
KW  - Biographies.
ER  -