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Gay Bars, Vice, And Reform In Portland, 1948-1965, Beka Smith
Gay Bars, Vice, And Reform In Portland, 1948-1965, Beka Smith
Dissertations and Theses
The city of Portland adopted different policies toward gay bars between 1948 and 1965. Portland's conservative mayors, generally uninterested in changing the city or promoting growth, ignored gay bars. Reform mayors instigated campaigns against gay bars to gain public, political, and business support for their broader economic and social goals. They were able to use crackdowns on gay bars as popular components of their reform initiatives because Portland, in comparison to other cities, professed conservatism and morality and had little economic or cultural incentive to tolerate gay bars. Blaming Portland's vice on outsiders, reform mayors argued that their actions protected …
Naccs 29th Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies
Naccs 29th Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies
NACCS Conference Programs
The Multiple Faces of Chicanas
March 27-30, 2002
Hyatt Regency at McCormick Place