what was "the Pansy Craze" of the early 20th C?

In the 1930s, gay singers, dancers, and cabaret hosts became leading attractions at nightclubs and entertainment venues.

Thanks, Marie-Amelie. I need to learn more about the history of Gay Life in that era ...

Check out George Chauncey's Gay New York and Chad Heap's Slumming

Please type your questions for Anna and panelists in the chat. Or just indicate in the chat that you have a question, and I’ll invite you to ask it.

To Anna: did you come across instances where gay men fought back against police entrapment or the clandestine surveillance of public restrooms -- either in court or by actions outside the court proceedings? In Hamburg, Germany, in 1980 a gay activist smashed a mirror in a public restroom in order to reveal a hidden room where police was conducting surveillance & had journalists there to take a picture, causing a public scandal in the press. Such an action could probably only happen post-gay liberation -- but I still wonder whether you found anything like this either pre-Stonewall or after.

Thanks very much for your answer and congratulations on the book. Sorry for stumbling over my words there. I need to go back to Henry Higgins for elocution lessons.

(Indulging in the Zoom chat to share that I wore a red sweater in solidarity with the lesbian that you describe in your book! No black tie though.)

Thank you for the excellent talk!

Thank you so much -- brilliant event!

Thanks all!

Thank you!

Thank you!!!!!!

thanks all!!