Being Gay During Prohibition (Patreon)

Being Gay During Prohibition

SUBSCRIBE and join us! https://goo.gl/7vUgh0 I want you to imagine what being LGBTQ+ would be like in the 1920s or 30’s. How about the 1860s? If you’re like many today, you likely imagine the concept of the closet and assume society forced LGBTQ+ people to conform to the sexual mores of the day. They were repressed; forbidden from expressing themselves and living the lives they want. Now, what if I told you the closet is actually pretty new? What if I told you LGBTQ+ culture in the 20s thrived in a little bubble where in bars, speakeasies, and dance halls they met, loved, and expressed themselves in a way much more free than just decades later? Let’s take a look at this bubble and focus in on New York City. Step Back is made possible by the generous contributions of viewers like you, consider helping at https://www.patreon.com/stepbackhistory You can also help by getting your hands on Step Back merchandise over at https://shop.spreadshirt.com/StepBack/ Step Back is a history channel releasing videos biweekly that endeavors to go past the names, dates, and battles you might find elsewhere. It invites you to take a step back, consider the past and how it connects to today. We search for the quirky, unconventional, and just plain weird parts of our collective story. Step Back History is a Square Zero Production. To learn more about us, visit our website at www.squarezeroproductions.com YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE: Did Columbus Really Discover America? https://youtu.be/PfcOf7-elRs New World Technology Before Columbus - Feat. Soliloquy https://youtu.be/jmE2NhnJ6UQ ISIS are not Good Muslims https://youtu.be/M8pxIM4sW3Q The Richest Person Ever https://youtu.be/hh0qM_kvtNg Help out the future of the channel by taking a 2 minute survey over at: http://www.TristanJohnson.org/survey Keep up to date with our e-mail updates: http://www.TristanJohnson.org/newsletter More stuff at: http://www.TristanJohnson.org/step-back Connect with Step Back: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StepBackChannel/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TristanPEJ Sub-Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/stepback/ Photo Credits: Rhododendrites Charles Hutchins PerryPlanet Sources: -Bullock, Darryl W. "Pansy Craze: the wild 1930s drag parties that kickstarted gay nightlife." The Guardian. September 14, 2017. Accessed September 14, 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/14/pansy-craze-the-wild-1930s-drag-parties-that-kickstarted-gay-nightlife. -Chauncey, George, Jessica Shatan, Archie Ferguson, and Vicki Gold Levi. Gay New York: gender, urban culture, and the making of the gay male world, 1890-1940. New York: BasicBooks, 1994. -Ferentinos, Susan. Interpreting LGBT history at museums and historic sites. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 2015. -Garber, Eric. "Gladys Bentley." Queer Cultural Center. Accessed September 14, 2017. http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/Bentley/Spectacle.html. -Stabbe April 11, Oliver. "Queens and queers: The rise of drag ball culture in the 1920s." National Museum of American History. April 11, 2016. Accessed September 14, 2017. http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/queens-and-queers-rise-drag-ball-culture-1920s. -"Subcultures and Sociology." Underground Ball Cultures. Accessed September 14, 2017. http://haenfler.sites.grinnell.edu/subcultures-and-scenes/underground-ball-culture/. -Zarrelli, Natalie. "The Incredible Forgotten Queer Nightlife Scene of the 1920s." Atlas Obscura. June 12, 2016. Accessed September 14, 2017. http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-the-early-20th-century-america-was-awash-in-incredible-queer-nightlife.