LGBTQ+ Long Beach
Schipske, Evelyn G
Long Beach, California, founded in the 1880s by conservative, pro-temperance settlers, has been known as "American Colony, " "Queen of the Beaches, " "Iowa-By-The Sea, " "Home of the Pike, " and "Paradise for Pansies." This book gives a glimpse of how Long Beach went from making national headlines in 1914 for entrapping 31 gay men as "social vagrants" to receiving a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign's "Municipal Equality Index" for is...