Columbia Hall ("Paresis Hall") - A Guide to Lesbian & Gay New York Historical Landmarks (sitios de interés)

Descripción del sitio

392 Bowery (demolished). During the 1890s, Columbia Hall (colloquially referred to as "Paresis Hall;" paresis being a medical term for insanity) was one of the many beer gardens and dance halls on the Bowery that were the headquarters for middle-and upper-class female impersonators. Owners of these establishments encouraged the presence of "fairies" in order to attract out-of-towners wanting to see the underworld, in some instances hiring female impersonators as waiters or prostitutes. "Paresis Hall" was also the meeting site of the Cercle Hermaphroditis, possibly the first homosexual civil rights organization in the United States.

Mapa del lugar de interés Columbia Hall ("Paresis Hall")

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