Alfred Benson ClubHouse Oral History Interview

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Abstract

Teenagers going to gay bars in the 80s. Living in Virginia on a military base. Baltimore, Delaware and NYC Bar scenes.Member of the Clubhouse. Drug use and sober. Mentions the Brass Rail well and ways that young POC gay men became intergrated ti gay social life. Great section on the music that is played at the Clubhouse. Prejudice of white clubs.Alfred names a lot of other people who were around at the time.

Date Created

March 30, 2020

Contributor

Glenn C Reimer along with a team of volunteers

Format

Digital Recordings and digital photographs

Language

English

Coverage

African American LGBTQ Spaces, LGBTQ Bar/Club, 1980's DC, Late 1970's DC

Spatial Coverage

Washington D.C.

Temporal Coverage

1970’s – 1990

Audience

Researchers and all Black Queer People

Rights Holder

The Rainbow History Project

Citation

Delan Ellington, “Alfred Benson ClubHouse Oral History Interview,” Rainbow History Project Digital Collections, accessed December 9, 2024, https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/items/show/1650.

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