Pat G., May 21, [year unknown] (Tape 2)

Lesbian bars

Lesbian and gay experience

Lesbian Community--New York (State)

Pat shows family photos. She says several of her family members were gay, including her mother and brother. She talks about bars, the 557 and 217, with racially mixed clientele. She describes violence when straight men tried to dance with gay women. She mentions other favorite bars from the 1950s: the Chesterfield, the KittyCat, Club Coco, the 469. Pat describes her relationships, many of which involved "messing around on and off" for many years. She describes coming out to her mother at age 13, and talks about the "white girls from Canada" (lesbians) who were her mother's friends.

Liz Lapovsky

Pat G.

Lesbian Herstory Archives

19??-05-21

Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, 665 Projects in Digital Archives Students

tape cassette "SPW468 Pat"

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Oral History Interview

Lesbian Herstory Archives, Contact Designation: Maxine Wolfe, Contact Address: 484 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, Phone Number: 718-768-3953