Existing comment:
Where can you be safe and be yourself?
It is okay to be "Other."
By the 1950s, an organized, dispersed gay rights movement existed. Rights, let alone safety and protection, were scarce. Most cities had bars, but police regularly raided them. Gay people were frequently harassed, arrested, or beaten, so they gathered in homes, bathhouses, and bars, or met each other in mainstream social groups, churches, and classrooms. Sometimes, the best place to find community was with a book, a magazine, a TV show, or the internet. |