Playland Kafe

Gidan Café Playland (1937–1998), wanda ke kan titin 21 Essex a Boston, Massachusetts, ita ce mashaya gay mafi tsufa na Boston.The History Project; Frank, Barney (1998). Improper Bostonians: Lesbian and gay history from the Puritans to Playland. Boston, MA: Beacon Press. p. 165. ISBN 0-8070-7948-0.[bayanin kula 1]

 Tarihi 
A cewar Paul Staffier, lokacin da mahaifinsa Rocco Staffier ya bude Playland a shekarar 1937 ba mashaya ce ta 'yan luwadi ba, amma a farkon yakin duniya na biyu ya fara jawo abokan huldar luwadi. Lokacin da aka rufe mashaya a cikin 1998, Staffier, wanda ya jagoranci Playland tsawon shekaru 40, ya ce ba "kogon zalunci" ba ne da aka yi la'akari da shi, kuma kama da aka yi ba kasafai ba neKindleberger, Richard (September 15, 1998). "Developer buys Playland Cafe building". The Boston Globe..A cikin shekarun da suka gabata an ambaci shi kaɗan a cikin Boston Globe.Boston Globe archives, 2015

1930-1940s

A farkon aikin mashaya, wani bangon bango ya nuna Playland na yau da kullun suna shagala da taurarin fim. Masu rawa, mawaƙa, da sauran ƴan wasan kwaikwayo sun ba da nishaɗi. Wata fitacciyar ‘yar wasan madigo, Marie Cord, ta ziyarci mashaya ta rera waka a wurin. Tunda dokokin Boston sun haramta shan giya a mashaya a ranar Lahadi, da tsakar dare ranar Asabar ma'aikata za su toshe hanyar shiga mashaya kuma su tsara kujerun nadawa, don haka suna bin harafin doka.Wani mashaya, Jim McGrath, ya yi aiki a Playland tsawon shekaru 38.The History Project (1998), p. 166.

1950s

A cewar ɗan tarihi Neil Miller, taron jama'a a Playland a cikin 1950s sun kasance da ban mamaki ga lokacin sa, na kabilanci da na aji. Miller ya rubuta, "Direban manyan motoci masu launin shuɗi sun haɗu da ɗaliban Harvard." [5]

A shekara ta 1954, rahotanni sun damu da rahotannin shaye-shaye da matasa ke yi, hukumomi sun gudanar da binciken sirri a sandunan Boston da dama cikin tsawon makonni biyu da rabi. A lokacin, an ga matashi guda ɗaya a cikin Playland Café kuma an hange 17 a cikin Golden Nugget, wurin tsiri da ke kusa.[6]A shekara mai zuwa, yana ambaton damuwa game da shaye-shayen matasa, sojojin Amurka sun ayyana Playland da wasu sanduna goma na Boston ga masu hidima. Abin ban mamaki, jerin baƙaƙen bai haɗa da Golden Nugget ba. Ya hada da Punch Bowl, Touraine, Melody Bar, da Mardi Gras, [7] dukkan 'yan luwadi ko "gauraye taron jama'a" sanduna.[8]

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