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

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Quearborn & Perversion: An Early History of Lesbian & Gay Chicago (2007)

Directed by Ron Pajak

Documentary, History · 1h 49m

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.

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Cast

Studs Terkel Self
C
Chuck Renslow Self
V
Valerie Taylor Self
M
Marge Summit Self
J
Jim Flint Self
B
Bill Kelley Self
V
Vernita Gray Self
R
Richard Gray Self
R
Ralla Klepak Self

Crew

Director
Ron Pajak

Details

Release date
2007-11-01
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Documentary, History
Original language
EN
Countries
United States of America
Production
Chicago History Museum, Ron Pajak