Gay bar : : the fabulous, true story of a daring woman and her boys in the 1950s / / Will Fellow and Helen P. Branson ; introduction by Blanche M. Baker.

• VerfasserIn: Fellows, Will,; Branson, Helen P.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Branson, Helen P.,; Baker, Blanche M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Madison, Wisconsin : : University of Wisconsin Press,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 166 pages) :; illustrations

Vivacious, unconventional, candid, and straight, Helen Branson operated a gay bar in Los Angeles in the 1950s - America's most anti-gay decade. After years of fending off drunken passes as an entertainer in cocktail bars, this divorced grandmother preferred the wit, variety, and fun she found a...