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On November 7, 2008, the site was declared a [[Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument]].<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-blackcat8-2008nov08,0,2138766.story Los Angeles Times article]</ref> |
On November 7, 2008, the site was declared a [[Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument]].<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-blackcat8-2008nov08,0,2138766.story Los Angeles Times article]</ref> |
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Under its final name, Le Barcito, the bar closed on November 1, 2011.<ref>[http://www.gay.net/local-nightlife/2011/10/31/historic-gay-landmark-closing Historic Gay Landmark Closing]</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 18:03, 1 November 2011
| The Black Cat | |
|---|---|
| File:The Black Cat.PNG Nightclub bar/laundromat since the early 1960s | |
| Location | 3909 W. Sunset Blvd. |
| Built | 1939 |
| Architectural style(s) | Art Deco |
| Governing body | private |
  Location of The Black Cat in California | |
- For the San Francisco bar of the same name, see Black Cat Bar.
The Black Cat Tavern was an LGBT bar formerly located at 3909 W. Sunset Blvd. in the Silverlake section of Los Angeles, California.
History
The bar was established in November of 1966. Two months later, on the night of New Year's 1967, several plain-clothes police officers infiltrated the Black Cat Tavern.[3] After arresting several patrons for kissing as they celebrated the occasion,[4] the undercover police officers began beating several of the patrons[5] and ultimately arrested thirteen patrons and three bartenders.[5] This created a riot in the immediate area that expanded to include the bar across Sanborn Avenue called New Faces where officers knocked down the owner (a woman) and beat two bartenders unconscious.[6]
Several days later, this police action incited a civil demonstration of over 200 attendees to protest the raids. The demonstration was organized by a group called PRIDE (Personal Rights in Defense and Education).[7] The protest was met by squadrons of armed policemen.[3] Two of the men arrested for kissing were later convicted under state law and registered as sex offenders. The men appealed, asserting their right of equal protection under the law, but the U.S. Supreme Court did not accept their case.[8]
It was from this event that the publication The Advocate began as a newspaper for PRIDE (Personal Rights in Defense and Education).[9] Together the raid on the Black Cat Tavern and later the raid on The Patch in August 1968 inspired the formation of the Metropolitan Community Church (led by Pastor Troy Perry).[10] [11]
These events pre-dated the Stonewall riots by over two years.[12]
The Black Cat Tavern has since closed and is now a gay Latino bar called Le Barcito.[13] Other names the location has operated under after the Black Cat closed are: Tabasco's, Basgo's, Bushewacker's and Club F**K. The original sign depicting a black and white cat is still posted on the building today.
On November 7, 2008, the site was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.[14]
Under its final name, Le Barcito, the bar closed on November 1, 2011.[15]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Department of City Planning. "Designated Historic-Cultural Monuments". City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
- ^ Office of Historic Resources, Newsletter, January 2009.
- ^ a b Speaking Out
- ^ Timeline of Homosexual History, 1961 to 1979
- ^ a b The Tangent Group: Press Release regarding the 1966 raid on the Black Cat bar
- ^ Gay LA, Page 156, Authors Faderman & Timmons, University of California Press, copyright 2006
- ^ "L.A., 1/1/67: the Black Cat riots.(Essay)". The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide. March 1, 2006.
- ^ Gay LA, Page 157, Authors Faderman & Timmons, University of California Press, copyright 2006
- ^ Gay LA, Page 159, Authors Faderman & Timmons, University of California Press, copyright 2006
- ^ Gay LA, Page 163, Authors Faderman & Timmons, University of California Press, copyright 2006
- ^ Letters from Camp Rehoboth - September 14, 2007 - PAST Out
- ^ Gay LA, Page 157, Authors Faderman & Timmons, University of California Press, copyright 2006
- ^ Los Angeles: You Gotta Fight For Your Right to Party
- ^ Los Angeles Times article
- ^ Historic Gay Landmark Closing
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