Wide-Open Town
Subtitle: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965
By: Nan Alamilla Boyd.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Gays -- California -- San Francisco -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-302) index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : San Francisco was a wide-open town; title: History / José Sarria; title: Transgender and gay male cultures from the 1890s through the 1960s; title: Oral history / Reba Hudson; title: Lesbian space, lesbian territory : San Francisco's North Beach district, 1933-1954; title: Oral history / Joe Baron; title: Policing queers in the 1940s and 1950s : harassment, prosecution, and the legal defense of gay bars; title: Oral history / Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon; title: A queer ladder of social mobility : San Francisco's homophile movements, 1953-1960; title: Oral history / George Mendenhall; title: Queer cooperation and resistance : a gay and lesbian movement comes together in the 1960s; title: Conclusion : marketing a queer San Francisco; title: Appendix A. Map of North Beach queer bars and restaurants, 1933-1965; title: Appendix B. List of interviewees; title: Notes.