More about the L.A.: A Queer History 

In the documentary “L.A. A Queer History”, director and author Gregorio Davila traces in detail the history of the LGBTQ movement in Los Angeles in the 20th and 21st century. Most consider the NY Stonewall Riots of 1969 to be the birth of the Gay civil rights movement. But its beginnings go back even further and took place in Los Angeles. It was there, from the first half of the 20th century, that many people came, longing for a place where they had the freedom to be themselves. From the beloved male and female impersonators who graced the vaudeville stages of the early 1900’s, to the Queer designers and artists behind the scenes who made Hollywood the glamour capital of the world, to the wide spread mid-century criminalization of Gays and Lesbians and the brave ones who began to fight back resulting in groundbreaking L.A. based organizations which sparked the Gay civil rights movement across the country and the world. “L.A. A Queer History” tells this important part of American history through interviews with contemporary witnesses and experts, as well as partly rare film and photo material. 

Among the numerous experts and contemporary witnesses who speak out in the documentary are the authors William J. Mann, Mark Thompson, Martin Turnbull, David Ehrenstein, Craig Loftin, Lillian Faderman, Marie Cartier, Chris Freeman, the former mayor of West Hollywood, John Duran, the founder of the Metropolitan Community Church, Troy Perry, the founder of the magazine “The Lesbian Tide”, Jeanne Córdova, activists Alexei Romanoff and Andre Ting, Los Angeles LGBT Center CEO Lorri Jean, teacher Jim James Tyler and teacher Andrea Segal, Bob Mizer Founding President Dennis Bell, actor and author Steve Hayes, Steve Buscemi (“The Sopranos”, “Boardwalk Empire”) as narrator; he reads from letters that readers of the LGBT magazine “One”, which was first published in 1953, wrote to the editors.

Source: https://www.aenetworks.tv/news/germany/la-queer-history-new-documentary-about-history-lgbtq-movement-us-tv-premiere-history