A White Horse

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The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at <a href="http://radiotopia.fm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">radiotopia.fm</a> <> Notes and Reading: * Most of the specific history of the White Horse was learned from “Sanctuary: the Inside Story of the Nation’s Second Oldest Gay Bar” by David Olson, reprinted in its entirety on the White Horse’s <a href="http://whitehorsebar.com/history/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a>. * “Gayola: Police Professionalization and the Politics of San Francisco’s Gay Bars, 1950-1968,” by Christopher Agee. * June Thomas’ <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_gay_bar.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">series</a> on the past, present, and future of the gay bar from Slate a few years back. * Various articles written on the occasion of the White Horse’s 80th anniversary, including <a href="http://http//www.sfgate.com/lgbt/article/Oakland%C2%ADsWhite%C2%ADHorse%C2%ADgaybarturns80%C2%AD4503994.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this one</a> from SFGATE.Com * Michael Bronski’s <a href="https://www.amazon.com/History-United-States-ReVisioning-American/dp/0807044652" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Queer History of the United States</a>. * <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Radically-Gay-Liberation-Words-Founder/dp/0807070815/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1466054102&sr=1-1&keywords=radically+gay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Radically Gay</a>, a collection of Harry Hay’s writing. * Incidentally, I watched <a href="http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Mattachine:_Radical_Roots_of_the_Gay_Movement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this interview</a> with Harry Hay from 1996 about gay life in SF in the 30’s multiple times because it’s amazing. Music * We start with <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/water-in-your-hands/id1042354508?i=104

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