The Palms (West Hollywood Lesbian Bar/1965-2013) 70s porn and resistance to police harassment

and resistance to police harassment

anything-goes palace where disco

space-age makeup

and chaos where gender was merely another accessory

the Queen Bee Cruise Bar & Disco was one of those rare small-town sanctuaries where the music was loud

The Palms (West Hollywood Lesbian Bar/1965-2013) 70s porn and resistance to police harassmentThe Palms (West Hollywood) The Palms (19652013) was never trying to be temporary. Opening in the mid 1960swhen lesbian bars were often raided, surveilled, or forced undergroundThe Palms became a rare constant in West Hollywood, lasting nearly five decades against the odds. It was a bar, a meeting place, a refuge, and a community bulletin board all at once. Through feminism, liberation, backlash, loss, and renewal, The Palms remained a place where