2020-11-23 - Mapping the Gay Guides: Using Digital History to Explore LGBTQ Travel Guides, 1965-1980 from mapping sites online Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 45 min 53 sec ✓ Published: 10-Dec-2020
Description: While on his frequent business trips around the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Bob Damron wanted to find bars and other locales to meet other men like him. A gay man, Damron sought friends, companions, and safety at friendly businesses in the various cities he visited. He began jotting down the names of the spots he frequented, sometimes loaning out his notebooks to fellow gay friends to take with them on their own journeys. His prolific lists became the basis of gay travel gui
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