Manhandler Saloon (Los Angeles Gay Bar/1974-1986) Color:Team Purple and vulnerability as tools —

and vulnerability as tools — turning identity into art and art into a form of public presence

a gay dance club operating from the 1930s to the 1950s

and essential reading for queer New Yorkers navigating a rapidly changing world

subtlety died a fiery

and the exaggerated masculine mythology that made Genet's work so influential

Manhandler Saloon (Los Angeles Gay Bar/1974-1986) Color:Team Purple and vulnerability as tools —Manhandler Saloon (Los Angeles, California) 1970s1980s A fixture of L. A.s leather and cruising nightlife, the Manhandler Saloon was part of the citys hard edged, post Stonewall bar scene, operating through the 1970s and into the 1980s. Its name said everything: blunt, provocative, and coded for the men who knew exactly what kind of room they were walking into. Like many leather bars of the era, Manhandler favored darkness, discretion, and ritual over