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Studio One Disco Nightclub in West Hollywood was one of the most iconic discos in Los Angeles. Open from 1974-1993, it was one of the longest-lasting establishments of the disco era. Located at 652 LaPeer Drive in West Hollywood, it was open seven days a week from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. and touted itself “L.A.’s Biggest and Best!” Complete with erotic dancers, Cabaret, "Backlot" entertainment, themed parties, dining and theater, the Studio was a fixture of the Los Angeles gay scene. However, Studio One also gained infamy for it's ongoing discrimination against certain would-be clientele for matters such as race and social class. 

The New Jalisco Bar is a gay bar known for catering to the Latinx LGBTQ community of downtown Los Angeles. Since owner Rosa Maria Garcia took over in 2005, the New Jalisco has been welcoming regular drag performers on a nightly basis and providing a place of employment and recreation for queer immigrants free of discrimination based on gender, sexuality, or documentation.

The Windup Bar was established in Hollywood in 1950. Established by Helen Branson, a heterosexual female who looked to providing her gay friends with a safe, yet entertaining place to socialize, the bar proudly provided a safe space for homosexuals amidst a markedly homophobic decade in America. Thanks to Branson's strict rules of conduct, the Windup maintained its status as social sphere sheltered from police raids or other forms of antagonistic threats to the homosexual bar-goers, unlike many other gay bar establishments at this time.

The Black Cat Tavern is the recognized site of the first documented LGBTQ civil rights demonstration. In February of 1967, over 200 LGBT patrons of the tavern marched peacefully in a counter-protest against police brutality following a raid in the tavern on New Year's Eve of 1966, where police entered the bar disguised in plainclothes and beat several patrons for exchanging same-sex kisses at the stroke of midnight.

Club FUCK! was a weekly party that ran from 1989 to 1993 and took place within Basgo's Disco at 3909 Sunset Blvd in Silver Lake. In direct opposition to the AIDS crisis, Club FUCK! and its patrons celebrated the modified, tattooed, and pierced body, challenging the ever-present fear of contagion while simultaneously reveling in the temporary nature of the human body.

The Patch Bar was the site of the 1968 arrest of two gay men that inspired the LGBTQ bar patrons and the venue's owner, Lee Glaze, to stage a peaceful "flower power" protest in the Harbor Division Police Station. The unique sit-in was characterized by the act of protestors buying large bouquets of flowers and holding them while occupying the police lobby.