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Daytonology was visiting Sacramento during Pride Month, so a belated Gay Pride thread for Dayton, doing some Gay History (and, yes, there is such a thing)
Before Gay Bars: The Levee
I don&#;t know if there were saloons or halls that catered to gays back before prohibition, but I do grasp that in the police records there was one or two arrests per year for &#;impersonating a female&#;. Unfortunately the records don&#;t list particulars for those cases.
I do suspect, and this is just speculation, that the levee was a place of assignation, a cruising detect. I say this because the levee was the cruising spot in contemporary times, but not actually on the levee, which makes me think that this is a identify carried down from an earlier location that&#;s lengthy gone.
Perhaps this location:
&#;which appears in the New Dayton Illustrated
This would be the levee wrapping around downtown from Wilkinson Street to the west and south down to 4th or 5th.
Outdoor cruising spots own been pretty common in gay history: famous ones were Hempstead Heath in London, the Siegesaule (Victory Column) in
Dayton LGBTQ City Guide
Dayton is the fourth largest city in Ohio, located north of Cincinnati, nearby the beautiful Miami Valley area of the state. Dayton has long been known as a city that shines in the fields of technology and research science. It is nicknamed the “City of Aviation” because it is the home of the National Museum of the Together States Air Compel and is also the hometown of the Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur, who invented flight. Even better, Dayton has a smaller, yet thriving LGBTQ people where all can feel celebrated and welcomed. If you’re thinking of making a move to Dayton, chances are, you’ll find plenty about it to love!
A Look at Dayton's History
Dayton was originally named after Captain Jonathan Dayton, who served in the Revolutionary War and was the youngest person to sign the United States Constitution, and who owned land in the Miami Valley area. The city was officially founded on April 1, , by a dozen people known as “The Thompson Party,” who had traveled up the Excellent Miami River from Cincinnati. When
Magic, love, and acceptance: the saga of West.
For Queer Gen-Xers (and late stage Neonate Boomers), the nightclub West was and is massively important. Life saving to many. It was not only a safe haven for queer folks from the Miami Valley (and beyond), but one of the hottest blackout spots of any kind in Ohio. The original location was in Kettering in the Hills and Dales shopping center. West moved from itsHills and Dales location at West Dorothy Lane in Kettering on May 24th, and soon relocated to Downtown Dayton at 34 North Jefferson Street.
The nightclub wasn’t always known as West. The first name was Sweetwater, and it was an early ’s discotheque owned by Tom Utterback (along with his brothers Jerry and Gary Delaney). After disco faded, he changed the name of the club to mirror its actual address on West Dorothy Lane.
I interviewed a mix of the club’s patrons and employees. They shed light on and fondly remembered a special day in their lives…an era. Below is a story of finding out, dancing, affirmation, and acceptance.
The saga of West.
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