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L.A.: A Queer History
Culture & Criminalization
Season 1
Episode 1
From artists who helped shape early Hollywood to the male/female impersonators in the "pansy clubs", early Hollywood becomes a Queer destination for people wanting a new life. Early LGBTQ culture and community begins to take shape just as the post WW2 era sparks widespread criminalization.
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In 1950, fed up with oppression, Queer mobilization begins, leading to a national movement