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Seeking Stories of Queer California: A Hidden Histories Online Exhibit Main Menu Introduction Galleries A guide to each of the online galleries in this digital exhibit, grouped by topic or theme. Arts Asian & AAPI LGBTQ+ people Bisexual People Black LGBTQ+ People Communities Defying Expectations Gay men HIV/AIDS Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people Lesbians LGBTQ+ Activism LGBTQ+ Discrimination LGBTQ+ Life in California Marriage and Families Politics Pride Religion and Spirituality Transgender People

Crystal Beach Bathhouse, 1943

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Communities Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Crowd at Gay Community Services Center, 1971
2. Gay Dating Service Head, 1982
3. The Golden Bull, 2023
4. LGBT Center sign - Sin comunidad, no hay liberación, undated
5. Marie Cartier graduation celebration, 2010 Women applauding Marie Cartier at a party celebrating her graduating from Claremont College with a PhD in theology. Hot Java coffeehouse was transformed into a gay women's bar from the 1950s. The Front row: Marie Cartier in cap and gown and Carolyn Weathers in rhinestone glasses. Middle row: unknown, Jayne Doolittle-Swanson in striped shirt and Jeanne Cordova in hat. Back row, mostly obscured, Pat Lamis in hat, unknown woman with hands in air. May 22, 2010.
6. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
7. Robert Arthur, Ivy Bottini, Quentin Crisp, Morris Kight, and Patricia Nell Warren, 1994
8. Membership card to the 1350 Club, 1981
9. Oedipus Motorcycle Club members outside The Golden Bull Steakhouse in Santa Monica, 1991
10. Couple dancing at Studio One, undated
11. Hey Young Lesbians, undated
12. First Ladies Memorial Dance Marathon button, 1978
13. Highways Bar, 2023
14. The Beverly Cinema Club broadside, circa 1972
15. Matchbook from Details: a place to Dine and Dance, undated
16. Crystal Beach Bathhouse, 1943
17. Contact: A Directory of Gay, Homosexual, and Lesbian Feminist Organizations and Resources, 1977
18. Ginger Rogers Beach, 1941
19. Fun Map Palm Springs/San Diego, 1991
20. Bathers on Crystal Beach, 1920
21. The Prodigal, Vol. II, No. 20, May 21, 1971
22. The Center News, 1986
23. Main Street, Santa Monica, undated
24. Outcast, circa 1978
25. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
26. Poster for the Stud Bar, circa 1978
27. ShoreBar, formerly the S.S. Friendship, 2023
Gay men Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Lavender Godzilla: Voices of the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance, April 2003
2. Rock Hudson
3. Blue check women's suit by Gilbert Adrian, 1946-48
4. Gay Dating Service Head, 1982
5. Jeff Horton, Larry Pickens and their son at Los Angeles gay pride, 1995
6. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
7. Robert Arthur, Ivy Bottini, Quentin Crisp, Morris Kight, and Patricia Nell Warren, 1994
8. Photo of William Haines at his holiday home, taken by Ruth Harriet Louise for Metro Goldwyn Mayer, circa 1925
9. Asian Pacific group at the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, 1993
10. The Golden Bull, 2023
11. Portrait of Morris Kight by Don Bachardy, 1980
12. Poster and Call sheet for Making Love, 1981-1982
13. Membership card to the 1350 Club, 1981
14. Matlovich for Supervisor, undated
15. My Beautiful Laundrette, circa 1985
16. Ron Douglas (left) and Jack Wilson cut their wedding cake at the private marriage ceremony, 1970
17. Kenneth Anger, undated
18. Tan Suit Ensemble by James Galanos, 1962
19. Joseph Hansen, “Why I wrote Early Graves,” circa 1987
20. Dorr Legg at drafting table, circa 1936-1942
21. The Gay Times, interview with Joseph Hansen titled “Simple Lessons,” January 1987
22. Gay Men's Chorus 25th Anniversary concert poster, 2004
23. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
24. Data Boy, Issue 136: Film, January 1976
25. Don Bachardy, portrait of Truman Capote, June 26, 1961
26. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
27. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
28. Magpie of California, May 1969
29. Gay Fathers Group, 1981
30. Don Bachardy, portrait of Stephen Spender, June 21, 1976
31. Portrait of William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1925
32. Miguel Criado Outwords profile
33. Gregg Araki
34. Gay Sunshine no. 6, March 1971,
35. Gay Marriage Case in Court, 1979 Rob Brown, Herald Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library. Photograph caption reads, "From left, attorney David M. Brown, plaintiffs, Anthony Corbett Sullivan, Richard Frank Adams. Sullivan and Adams are married, Adams a US citizen and Sullivan an Australian citizen. Both were issued a marriage license in Bolder [sic] Colorado and were married in Bolder [sic]. When Sullivan reapplied in Los Angeles in November 1975, the District Director of Immigration and Naturalization Service an immigrant visa. 'You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots', Dist Director."
36. Portrait of Harrison Post, 1920
37. Flier advertising A Different Light bookstore's 1989 Gay Writer Series events
38. Designer Rudi Gernreich in His Office, 1969
39. Painted Rocks by Ray Lowen, undated
40. Intertwined, 2007 Artist: Luciano Martinez. As real and imagined borders separate same-sex partners, the artist considers a new obstacle Gay Latino men face: gay marriage. Intertwined addresses the forbidden love between two men, sometimes complicated by geographic and cultural differences, trapped by an invisible cell that confines yet separates them. The prison-like bars that separate the lovers in the artwork are not only geographic, racial, and cultural but ominously political, highlighting the cross-national restrictions on gay marriage and the difficulties of recognizing same-sex partners within conservative societies. Part of the exhibit "At the Heart of It: LGBT Representation at Self Help Graphics", curated by Ruben Esparza.
41. Charles Pierce and Virginia Grey
42. Butch/Top, 2007 Artrist: Miguel Angel Reyes. Influenced by oddly-toned color ads from 1970's fashion magazines, play with the labels men use to describe themselves for "sex hook-ups" internet personal advertisements. Though proudly gay, the butch-top asserts his sexually dominant role as a man, dispelling the commonly-held notion that homosexual men are feminine and passive. His attitude challenges any question of machismo. Part of the exhibit "At the Heart of It: LGBT Representation at Self Help Graphics", curated by Ruben Esparza.
43. Mr. Muscle Beach Contest, 1950
44. Salome, 1922
45. Gown by Gilbert Adrian, 1948
46. Photo booth photographs of Don Bachardy and Christopher Isherwood, March 30, 1953
47. Y Que, 2007 Artist: Ruben Esparza. A deliberate flat artwork with limited colors boldly represents a shirtless, masculine, queer Chicano in a powerful stance. Y Que (translates to So What). The tattoo utilizes a decorative type treatment used in gang culture; the pearl necklace is a gay code representing a particular body fluid. Part of the exhibit "At the Heart of It: LGBT Representation at Self Help Graphics", curated by Ruben Esparza.
48. Crystal Beach Bathhouse, 1943
49. Lesbians and Gay Men The Grand Jury's In Town, 1979
50. Newspaper clipping from photograph album showing Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden, ca. 1930s
51. The World Book of Naders, undated
52. The Word is Out, 1977
53. Don't Give Him Anything But Love, 1973
54. Ramon Novarro, circa 1920s
55. Souvenir featuring Don Bachardy from a party thrown by producer Allan Carr in honor of Truman Capote, December 13, 1979
56. Excerpt from Sketchbook 11, Morris Scott Dollens, undated