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"The most famous lesbian bar in all of Tokyo, maybe in one of the most famous in the world" [16] [17] [better source needed] [10] Roxie's: Shanghai China 2014 June 2024 First lesbian bar in Shanghai [18] [10] [19] Virus: Hong Kong China 1997 Hong Kong's first lesbian bar and as of 2020 one of only two remaining from as many as nine in the early ...
Mona's 440 Club was the first lesbian bar to open in San Francisco, California in 1936. It continued to draw a lesbian clientele into the 1950s. Mona's and the gay bars of that era were an important part of the history of LGBT culture in San Francisco.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. Drinking establishment catered to LGBT clientele For the song, see Gay Bar (song). Comptons of Soho, London, UK. Taken during London Pride 2010. A gay bar is a drinking establishment that caters to an exclusively or predominantly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ+ ...
Reilly that the mere congregation of homosexuals at a bar was not sufficient grounds for suspending the bar's liquor license. [4] The ruling came in the case of the Black Cat Bar , a San Francisco gay bar that was the target of a 15-year campaign by state and local authorities to shut it down.
The Clark Bar is a candy bar consisting of a crispy peanut butter/spun taffy core (originally with a caramel center) and coated in milk chocolate. It was introduced in 1917 by David L. Clark and was popular during and after both World Wars. It was the first American "combination" candy bar to achieve nationwide success.
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The following year, citing concerns about teenage drinking, the U.S. military declared Playland and ten other Boston bars off-limits to servicemen. Oddly enough, the blacklist did not include the Golden Nugget. It did include the Punch Bowl, the Touraine, the Melody Bar, and the Mardi Gras, [7] all gay or "mixed crowd" bars. [8]
Raids on gay bars were frequent occurrences in the 1950s and 1960s. The Aftermath of the Vallerga v. Dept. Alcoholic Bev. Control bolstered the confidence of San Francisco gay bars leading to the Gayola Scandal. The Gayola Scandal refers to cops extortion and taking of bribes from gay bar owners.