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\r\n\r\nMoira Kenney argues that Los Angeles represents the range of gay and lesbian activism and culture better than cities with higher gay profiles. Lacking a single enclave like the Castro or a landmark like the Stonewall Inn, Los Angeles has a long history of community building. Tracing the movement from the 1960s, Kenney shows how activists claimed streets, buildings, neighborhoods and, in West Hollywood, an entire city, building networks from Venice Beach to East L.A. that emphasized social services, decentralized communities within ethnic neighborhoods, and local as well as national politics.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Title: <\/strong>\u00a0Mapping Gay L.A.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Author: <\/strong>\u00a0Moira Kenney<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
ISBN: <\/strong>\u00a09781566398848<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Subtitle: <\/strong>\u00a0The Intersection of Place and Politics<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Genre: <\/strong>\u00a0History; LGBT Studies\/Social Sciences<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Subject(s): <\/strong>\u00a0Gay Activists; Gay Activists\/ California\/ Los Angeles Metropolitan Area; Gay Community\/ California\/ Los Angeles Metropolitan Area; Gay liberation movement; Gay Liberation Movement\/ California\/ Los Angeles Metropolitan Area<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Publication Date: <\/strong>\u00a02001-07-01<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Original Publication Date: <\/strong>\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Publisher: <\/strong>\u00a0Temple University Press<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Language: <\/strong>\u00a0English<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Format: <\/strong>\u00a0Paperback<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Pages: <\/strong>\u00a0225<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Rating: <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Notes: <\/strong>\u00a0American Subjects series. Setting: Los Angeles.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
Book_ID: <\/strong>\u00a0119061<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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