Long before Stonewall, a series of violent demonstrations by LGBTQ+ people against a police raid in 1969, sparked the modern fight for LGBTQ+ rights queer people were creating their own safe havens and communities through rent parties and secret gatherings in the early 20th century. But where did they find each other? How did they form community when queerness was unspeakable and outlawed?

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