Mapping Gay L.A.
Moira Rachel Kenney
In this book, Moira Kenney makes the case that Los Angeles better represents the spectrum of gay and lesbian community activism and culture than cities with a higher gay profile. Owing to its sprawling geography and fragmented politics, Los Angeles lacks a single enclave like the Castro in San Francisco or landmarks as prominent as the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, but it has a long and instructive history of community building.
By tracking the terrain of the movement since the beginnings of gay liberation in 1960âs Los Angeles, Kenney shows how activists lay claim to streets, buildings, neighborhoods, and, ... Read more
Moira Rachel Kenney is the Research Director at the Institute of Urban and Regional Development at the University of California, Berkeley.
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so crucial to our liberation. LA's leading role in U.S. ... Read more