History 2181A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Havelock Ellis, Sigmund Freud, Gay Village
6 Mar 2018
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Test 2 - everything since test 1: 40 mins, 5 questions (14 marks) Short answer and 2 specific answers: avoid vague and general answers (give examples) Same sex relationships have taken many forms in history. In the 1800s, the homosexuality emerged as a specific sexual identity. Facilitated homosexual culture because of 2 developments: the creation of public urban spaces, same sex relations become more visible in these public spaces such as night clubs, theaters, strip clubs, cafes Furnish room districts: rooming houses that had furnished room districts for single men coming to urban areas: these areas were bohemian. "hippies: they were looking for jobs and living in these cheap accommodations, there were bars, dance halls, theaters, parks where gay men would go. Times square used to be about the strip clubs and there was a strong element of crime in the 1980s.
