#gayfilms #gayfiction #Stonewall #BlackCatTavern #JennyMcCarthy Even though the Stonewall riots in 1969 seem to get more attention, the Black Cat riots of 1967 in Los Angeles are just as significant to gay culture and gay liberation. The city of Los Angeles recently put up a plaque in remembrance of the riots, at the location where they took place. In the early hours of New Year’s Eve in 1967 a group of plain clothed police officers infiltrated the Black Cat Tavern in Silverlake, a newly established gay bar, and began arresting and beating patrons for kissing. The violence spread to the nearby New Faces bar, where police beat two bartenders unconscious, and erupted into a riot in the surrounding area.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 14:44:10 +0000
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