Land of 10,000 Loves: A History of Queer Minnesota PDF
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Land of 10,000 Loves Also Published by the University of Minnesota Press Crossing the Barriers: The Autobiography of Allan H. Spear Allan H. Spear Foreword by Barney Frank Afterword by John Milton The Evening Crowd at Kirmser’s: A Gay Life in the 1940s Ricardo J. Brown Edited by William Reichard Foreword by Allan H. Spear Queer Twin Cities Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project Land of 10,000 Loves A History of Queer Minnesota Stewart Van Cleve University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis • London The University of Minnesota Press gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance provided for the publication of this book from Twin Cities Pride. Unless otherwise credited, Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data photographs and illustrations Van Cleve, Stewart. are reproduced courtesy of the Land of 10,000 loves : a history of queer Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection Minnesota / Stewart Van Cleve. in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Includes bibliographical references and index. Transgender Studies, University isbn 978-0-8166-7645-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) Libraries, University of Minnesota, 1. Homosexuality—Minnesota—History. 2. Gays— Minneapolis. Minnesota—History. 3. Gay culture—Minnesota— History. I. Title. II. Title: Land of ten thousand Copyright 2012 by Stewart Van Cleve loves. hq76.3.u52m683 2012 All rights reserved. No part of this 306.76’609776—dc23 publication may be reproduced, 2012019603 stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any Text design and composition by Chris Long/ means, electronic, mechanical, Mighty Media, Inc. photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written Printed in the United States of America on acid- permission of the publisher. free paper Published by the University of The University of Minnesota is an equal- Minnesota Press opportunity educator and employer. 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 http://www.upress.umn.edu 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For those who will remember us. May their genders be irrelevant, may their sexualities be respected, and may oppression rest, finally and forever, in their very old books. This page intentionally left blank Contents Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 1 2 What Is Queer Here? How We Kept Warm: Looking for Experiences in Queer Life in the Vice Early Minnesota Districts of the Twin 13 Cities 47 Ozaawindib of Leech Lake 15 Lucy “La Roi” Lobdell 18 Rice Park 49 Was Alexander Ramsey Queer? 22 The James Montague Murder 52 Oscar Wilde’s Visit 24 The Coney Island 54 The Death of William Williams 27 The Hennepin Baths 56 The Emporium and Golden Rule Union Bus Depot 59 Department Stores 28 The Garrick Theater 60 Good-time Parties on Kirmser’s Bar 62 Rondo Avenue 32 The Dugout 65 Josephine Baker at the The Onyx Bar 67 Metropolitan Theater 35 The Bremer Arcade 69 Drag at the Nicollet Hotel 36 The Gay 90’s Complex 71 Gertrude Stein Visits the Directory Services, Incorporated 75 Women’s City Club 39 The Hotel Andrews 77 Clement Haupers 40 The Brass Rail 79 Fort Snelling 43 vii 3 4 Act Up Here: A Legacy of Erotic Cities: Urban Activism Sexuality Explored 83 121 Jack Baker and Michael McConnell’s The 19 Bar 124 Marriage License 86 Honey Harold’s Many Ventures 126 Allan Spear 88 Sutton’s 129 The Lesbian Feminist Queer Warehouse Parties 131 Organizing Committee 91 Foxy’s 133 The Minnesota Committee for The Rossmor Building 134 Gay and Lesbian Rights 93 The Town House 136 Lutherans Concerned 95 The Sandbox/Club Cabaret 138 Dignity Twin Cities 97 The Noble Roman 141 St. Paul’s Equal Rights Ordinance 99 The Saloon 142 The GLC Voice 101 The Locker Room 145 The Guardianship of Bare Ass Beach 147 Sharon Kowalski 103 The Adonis Theater 149 Brian Coyle 105 The Main Club 152 The Minnesota Family Council 107 The Minneapolis Eagle 155 Gay Community Services, Margarita Bella 157 the GLCAC, and OutFront Pi Bar 158 Minnesota 109 The Minneapolis–St. Paul ACT-UP Demonstrates in Mora 111 International Airport 160 The Bisexual Organizing Project 114 Paul Koering Votes against Gay Marriage 116 The Two Spirit Press Room 117 Twin Cities Trans March 119 5 6 Come Outside: Queer People The Lavender Tower: Out in the Open Institutions of Art and 163 Education 195 A Death in Loring Park 165 Twin Cities Pride 166 The Transsexual Research Project 197 The State Fair 168 Fight Repression of Rising Moon and the Erotic Expression 200 Pioneer Farm 169 The Amazon Feminist Twin Cities Goodtime Bookstore 203 Softball League 171 The Club 205 The 1986 Winter Gay Games 172 The Northfield Gay Twin Ports Pride 174 Liberation Front 207 The AIDS Trek 176 At the Foot of the Mountain The North Star Gay Rodeo 177 Theater 209 Outwoods 180 Jim Chalgren LGBT Center 210 North Country Bears/ A Brother’s Touch Bookstore 212 Minnesota Bears 181 Patrick’s Cabaret 214 The Queer Street Patrol 183 The Quatrefoil Library 216 Capital City Pride 184 Philanthrofund 219 The 1997 Two Spirit Gathering 187 District 202 220 Twin Cities Black Pride 189 Angels in America at the Pine City Pride 191 World Theater 223 The 2008 Two Spirit Gathering 192 The Anoka–Hennepin School District 224 UMD GLBT Services 226 People Representing the Sexual Minority (PRiSM) 227 Straights and Gays for Equality (SAGE) 228 The Transgender Commission 229
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