#Searching for #SilverLake: the #radical #neighborhood that changed #gay #America.
Where is the #plaque?” Palencia asks. “The plaque was right here.” The plaque #commemorated the #MattachineSociety, one of the first #US “#homophile” #groups to openly #advocate for #acceptance. “It’s erasure. Erasure of our #history,” Palencia says. “This is where it all began, at least in modern times.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #LosAngeles #History #GayRights
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/02/silver-lake-los-angeles-queer-lgbtq-gay-history