Gay Bar: The Fabulous, True Story of a Daring Woman and Her Boys in the 1950s

by Helen P. Branson and Will Fellows

Vivacious, unconventional, candid, and straight, Helen Branson operated a gay bar in Los Angeles in the 1950s--America's most anti-gay decade. After years of fending off drunken passes as an entertainer in cocktail bars, this divorced grandmother preferred the wit, variety, and fun she found among homosexual men. Enjoying their companionship and deploring their plight, she gave her gay friends a place to socialize. Though at the time California...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029924850X
• ISBN13: 9780299248505
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"