Manhandler Saloon (Los Angeles Gay Bar/1974-1986) Color:Team Purple even if it still lived

even if it still lived on the margins of mainstream publishing

and identities — where the music shifted

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Manhandler Saloon (Los Angeles Gay Bar/1974-1986) Color:Team Purple even if it still livedManhandler Saloon (Los Angeles, California) 1970s1980s A fixture of L. A.s leather and cruising nightlife, the Manhandler Saloon was part of the citys hard edged, post Stonewall bar scene, operating through the 1970s and into the 1980s. Its name said everything: blunt, provocative, and coded for the men who knew exactly what kind of room they were walking into. Like many leather bars of the era, Manhandler favored darkness, discretion, and ritual over