Maxine’s (Historic Philadelphia Gay Bar/1920s to early 1980s) Size:L ” Doc Johnson’s Adult World

” Doc Johnson’s Adult World was the equal-opportunity emporium where straights and gays alike shopped side by side—part curiosity shop

hosting drag shows and featuring performances by groups like the all-female oompah band

Despite frequent police raids

Like so many great clubs of the 1970s and 1980s

welcoming entry for men otherwise shut out from public drinking spots

Maxine’s (Historic Philadelphia Gay Bar/1920s to early 1980s) Size:L ” Doc Johnson’s Adult WorldMaxines Philadelphia, PA (1920searly 1980s) Located at 243 S. Camac Street in Philadelphias Gayborhood, Maxines was one of the citys earliest and most enduring queer spacesoperating as a speakeasy and bar from the 1920s through the early 1980s. At a time when few places openly welcomed LGBTQ patrons, it carved out a rare, semi hidden space where people could gather with a sense of ease. Often claimed to be the countrys oldest gay bar in its day,