Le développement du bar homosexuel comme institution [1967] by Nancy Achilles

“…This article is devoted to the gay bar scene in San Francisco in the 1960s. The author emphasizes police persecution and the structuring role of perpetual law enforcement interventions on community cohesion, sense of belonging, and the emergence of collective identity as an oppressed group. …”
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L’Heure du Gospel. Liminalité, identité et religion dans un bar gay by Edward R. Gray, Scott Thumma

“…The « Gospel Hour » is the name taken up in an Atlanta gay bar for a regular session of gospel singing on Sunday, led by a troupe of drag queens with varied religious beliefs, and frequented by men reviving the evangelical Protestantism of their childhood. …”
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Les homosexuels masculins et leurs « mondes » [1965] by Evelyn Hooker

“…From the results of an ethnographic study and interviews, she describes how homosexuals in Los Angeles are part of a plurality of social "worlds," including "gay" bars, already very numerous at this time despite recurring problems that oppose the homosexual community to public authorities and law enforcement.…”
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