(Le) Poisson Rouge (Venue Partner)
158 Bleecker St
212.505.3474
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Free
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Tuesday June 30, 2009 (6–7:30pm)
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Tuesday 06.30.09
The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation presents
From Beebo Brinker to the Daughters of Bilitis:
Lesbian Life in Greenwich Village Before Stonewall
6pm
FREE
Strictly 21+
This is a General Admission, Gallery Bar event.
Wildly popular fictional as well as real-life gay women made Greenwich Village the place to see-and-be-seen for lesbians in the mid- to late 1950s. But in addition to the nightclubs, restaurants, bookstores and theaters that welcomed them, the Village also provided a home base for now-legendary activists with the first lesbian rights group in the U.S., the Daughters of Bilitis (DOB). Come join us in a discussion of how Greenwich Village influenced DOB -- and the Daughters influenced Greenwich Village -- before the famous Christopher Street gay liberation riots of 1969.
http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/305
