Before There Was Stonewall

L.A. HEROES STANDING UP TO ABUSE AND FIGHTING 
BACK AGAINST DISCRIMINATION BEFORE 1969

Cops here routinely raided bars arresting anyone whose perceived gender didn’t match what was on their ID, sometimes they’d even single out a few victims for special attention in the form of insults and beatings. Entrapment was common – attractive vice cops would go to Gay bars, bathrooms and cruising spots, pick up folks and arrest them, or wait outside of Gay hangouts, trail two men as they walked home and break in to catch them in flagrante delicto

Published: 26th October 2019

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