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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

The Prodigal, Vol. II, No. 20, May 21, 1971

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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. Fun Map Palm Springs/San Diego, 1991
8. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
9. Main Street, Santa Monica, undated
10. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
11. A letter from the California Lavender Smokefree Network sent to Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, March 31, 1995
12. Gay U.S.A. '76 broadside, 1976
13. Portrait of William Andrews Clark, Jr., 1925
14. The Prodigal, Vol. II, No. 20, May 21, 1971
15. Portrait of Harrison Post, 1920
16. Clark Library vestibule ceiling, 1925
17. March on Irvine for Lesbian and Gay Rights, 1990
18. Mr. Muscle Beach Contest, 1950
19. Mother Vol. 1, no. 1, June 1971
20. Ginger Rogers Beach, 1941
21. Contact: A Directory of Gay, Homosexual, and Lesbian Feminist Organizations and Resources, 1977
22. Men in drag, circa 1900s, image (front) and inscription (back)
23. Bathers on Crystal Beach, 1920
Communities Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Crowd at Gay Community Services Center, 1971
2. LGBT Center sign - Sin comunidad, no hay liberación, undated
3. 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.
4. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
5. Robert Arthur, Ivy Bottini, Quentin Crisp, Morris Kight, and Patricia Nell Warren, 1994
6. Membership card to the 1350 Club, 1981
7. Oedipus Motorcycle Club members outside The Golden Bull Steakhouse in Santa Monica, 1991
8. Couple dancing at Studio One, undated
9. Gay Dating Service Head, 1982
10. The Golden Bull, 2023
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
Religion and Spirituality Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Portrait of Marie Corelli, 1908
2. Cover and Dedication from The Treasure of Heaven, 1906
3. The Soul of Lilith, 1892
4. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
5. Beth Chayim Chadashim at the Los Angeles Christopher Street West pride parade, 1979
6. I Lied, 2021 Artist: Alex Donis. I Lied is the culmination of an unfinished work that began in the mid-1990s after completing a single lithography poster of the same image. The edition depicts the Virgin Mary in her iconic contemplative stare and delicate hand gestures but with the words, I Lied subtly placed before the sacred heart. Through these simple words, the artist forces the viewer to see Mary beyond her divinity, but her humanness. A human with faults who perhaps may have lied to protect her loved ones, or to hide a secret or a painful truth. However, the criticism here heavily lies on the religious institutions who through the prevalent imagery, authority, and doctrine, have exploited and harmed many with minimal accountability. Part of the exhibit "At the Heart of It: LGBT Representation at Self Help Graphics", curated by Ruben Esparza.
7. Church leaders at the March on Washinton, 1987
8. Kenneth Anger, undated
9. Letter from Marie Corelli to unknown recipient, undated
10. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
11. Concern magazine, Vol. 1, Nr. 1, 1966
12. The Prodigal, Vol. II, No. 20, May 21, 1971
13. Every 10th Jesus is a Queer, circa 1990
14. Holy Homophobia!, 1990
15. Sister Karen Boccalero, circa 1990