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    Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago

    109'

    2007-11-01

    N/A

    Documentary,History

    Overview:

    Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago (2009, 109 min) is a documentary on LGBTQ life in Chicago from 1934 to 1974. Moving from the speakeasys and Henry Gerber’s founding of the Society for Human Rights in the 1930s, to the underground social structure of the 1940s and 1950s, to the dawn of consciousness-raising entities such as the Daughters of Bilitis and Mattachine Midwest in the 1960’s, and concluding with the emergence of the gay liberation movement with the first Pride March and opening of the first community center in the early 1970s.

    DirectingRon Pajak

    Cast

    1

    Self

    Studs Terkel

    1

    Self

    Chuck Renslow

    1

    Self

    Valerie Taylor

    1

    Self

    Marge Summit

    1

    Self

    Jim Flint

    1

    Self

    Bill Kelley

    1

    Self

    Vernita Gray

    1

    Self

    Richard Gray

    1

    Self

    Ralla Klepak

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. List of companies:
        1. Chicago History Museum
        2. Ron Pajak
      2. Vote Count: 0
      3. Popularity: 0.3865
      4. Status: Released
      5. Original title:Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago

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