Image by Ted Eytan licensed under Creative Commons.
THE EAGLE GAY BAR HISTORY FREE
During the 60s and 70s, as LGBT activism moved more into the public forefront, the number of gay bars grew throughout the District also emerging in this time were Guild Press, which published gay travel guides, fiction, and a newspaper called Gay Forum, as well as the Washington Free Clinic, which provided STD counseling to gay men.
Kate writes that despite government-sanctioned discrimination, a number of LGBT spaces emerged in DC prior to the 1960s. When you click it, you'll go to a version that gives a detailed history of how the places have changed over time, with dots appearing and disappearing as you scroll through the decades. The above map and its accompanying history tell the story of the bars, bookstores, group homes, clinics, and churches that have played essential roles in DC's gay community for the past half century.ĭC Policy Center senior fellow Rabinowitz, who is also a GGWash contributor, created the above map in her work for the center. It's a time of celebration, but also of protest, as the fight for rights for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities is still very much ongoing.
Image by DC Policy Center used with permission.Ĭapital Pride, one of the largest gay pride celebrations in the US, is this weekend.