![]() While examining Indiana’s gay newsletter The Works, I came across recurring incidents of discrimination within Indianapolis’s queer population. Although gay bars afforded a degree of shelter from discrimination, not all were afforded the opportunity to patronize them. The city’s queer community had already encountered and protested numerous challenges posed by law enforcement, including police harassment, surveillance of cruising sites, and possible prejudiced police work as homicide rates increased for gay men. Justice, Inc., an LGBTQ+ rights organization, issued this statement in 1989 after some gay bars in Indianapolis refused to serve cross-dressing and transgender individuals. “In our endeavors to attain social justice, we cannot afford theĭestructive luxury of discriminating against one another.” ![]() 1975, accessed The Michael Bohr Collection of the Indy Pride Chris Gonzalez Library and Archives, courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society. ![]() Performers at The Famous Door, an Indianapolis club known for its drag shows, ca.
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