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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

Portrait of Harrison Post, 1920

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LGBTQ+ Life in California Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Two cross-dressing women, undated
2. Two cross-dressing women, undated
3. Crowd at Gay Community Services Center, 1971
4. Having A Drink on Catalina Island, undated
5. Finocchio's: House of the Fabulous Female Impressonators, undated A postcard of Finocchio's, that was a nightclub and bar in San Francisco. It shows five female impersonators standing in the back and five sitting in the front. The steps are a black and white checkered pattern and the background appears to be the stage. From left to right, starting in the back, a performer is wearing a bright pink robe with light pink feather lining, a silver patterned dress, silver shoes, and bright pink long earrings. Next the performer is wearing a pink and gold robe with a high collar, a pink dress, and a pink wig. The center performer is wearing a bright pink dress with a black belt. Next the performer is wearing a black and silver waistcoat with bright pink harem pants. At the end of the back row is a performer in a dark purple robe and dress, with peacock feathers and a peacock feather headdress. The five women in the front row are seated, all in similar 1920s flapper dancer outfits in different colors. From left to right, the first two women are turned slightly to the left and are in light purple outfits with pink feather headbands. In the center, facing forward, she is in a yellow dress with a green feather headband. Next, turned slightly to the right, she is in a dark purple dress and a dark purple feathered headband. Lastly, also turned to the right, she is in an orange dress and has an orange feathered headband.
6. Prop 8 What Should We Amend Next?, 2008
7. Mother Vol. 1, no. 1, June 1971
8. Ginger Rogers Beach, 1941
9. Contact: A Directory of Gay, Homosexual, and Lesbian Feminist Organizations and Resources, 1977
10. Men in drag, circa 1900s, image (front) and inscription (back)
11. Bathers on Crystal Beach, 1920
12. Fun Map Palm Springs/San Diego, 1991
13. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
14. Main Street, Santa Monica, undated
15. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
16. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
17. Gay U.S.A. '76 broadside, 1976
18. Portrait of William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1925
19. The Prodigal, Vol. II, No. 20, May 21, 1971
20. Portrait of Harrison Post, 1920
21. Clark Library vestibule ceiling, 1925
22. March on Irvine for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1990
23. Mr. Muscle Beach Contest, 1950
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. Membership card to the 1350 Club, 1981
13. Matlovich for Supervisor, undated
14. Poster and Call sheet for Making Love, 1981-1982
15. Ron Douglas (left) and Jack Wilson cut their wedding cake at the private marriage ceremony, 1970
16. My Beautiful Laundrette, circa 1985
17. Tan Suit Ensemble by James Galanos, 1962
18. Joseph Hansen, “Why I wrote Early Graves,” circa 1987
19. Dorr Legg at drafting table, circa 1936-1942
20. Kenneth Anger, undated
21. The Gay Times, interview with Joseph Hansen titled “Simple Lessons,” January 1987
22. Gay Men's Chorus 25th Anniversary concert poster, 2004
23. Data Boy, Issue 136: Film, January 1976
24. Don Bachardy, portrait of Truman Capote, June 26, 1961
25. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
26. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
27. Magpie of California, May 1969
28. Gay Fathers Group, 1981
29. Don Bachardy, portrait of Stephen Spender, June 21, 1976
30. Portrait of William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1925
31. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
32. Gay Sunshine no. 6, March 1971,
33. 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."
34. Portrait of Harrison Post, 1920
35. Miguel Criado Outwords profile
36. Gregg Araki
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. Don't Give Him Anything But Love, 1973
53. Ramon Novarro, circa 1920s
54. Souvenir featuring Don Bachardy from a party thrown by producer Allan Carr in honor of Truman Capote, December 13, 1979
55. Excerpt from Sketchbook 11, Morris Scott Dollens, undated
56. The Word is Out, 1977