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1970s San Fransisco Gay Life: Bath Houses 3
1media/Screen Shot 2023-04-03 at 1.48.28 PM_thumb.png2023-04-03T20:49:05+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911Advertising for a San Francisco Bath House, sometime in the 1970s. The following morning, a local gay newspaper published an article titled “Pride Founder Will Circulate Stop Sex Petition for Ballot,” spreading panic and forcing city officials and community members to formulate a public response to the proposed closures. This editorial sparked community outrage, including a Letters to the Editor Section spanning over three pages. Many in the community resisted the initiative and particularly singled out Littlejohn as “Little Brain,” “Judas Little John,” and “the hemorrhoid on the asshole of the gay community”–with the final comment coming from the owner of another prominent San Francisco bathhouse.plain2023-04-03T20:49:05+00:001970sGina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49