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Cooper Do-nuts Riot - Wikipedia One of the few places they were welcome were gay bars, which themselves often faced legal consequences for serving them, such as the loss of their license Los Angeles law made it illegal for a person's gender presentation not to match the gender shown on their ID, and this was often used to target and arrest transgender or cross-dressing bar
Cooper Do-nuts | One Archives Cooper Do-nuts (also known as Cooper's Do-nuts) was a 24-hour café popular with the gay, lesbian, and transgender community that frequented the gay and lesbian bars surrounding the establishment in Los Angeles' Skid Row district, a "gay ghetto" of the 1950s and 60s
Cooper Do-nuts For decades, Cooper Do-nuts was more than just a donut shop—it was a community hub, a refuge, and a site of resistance Located in downtown Los Angeles, it welcomed LGBTQ+ patrons, late-night workers, artists, and outcasts, offering a warm donut, a cup of coffee, and a space free of judgment
Coopers Do-nuts Riot (1959) - Clio Cooper’s Do-nuts was a late night hangout mostly frequented by the trans women, drag queens, and hustlers of various racial backgrounds who were targeted with this tactic by the LAPD so often that they were not allowed entry into gay bars like Harold’s or Waldorf Burbank
LGBTQ History in Los Angeles: Cooper Do-Nuts and Black Cat Tavern One of the few establishments that did not turn away transgender people was Cooper Do-nuts, located in the Skid Row area of Downtown Los Angeles at 316 East 5th Street*, a 24-hour donut shop that welcomed everyone By day, cops patronized the shop
Queer history was made at Cooper’s Donuts in Los Angeles In his landmark book, “City of Night,” novelist John Rechy describes Cooper’s Donuts as a 24-hour coffee and donut cafe on Main Street that was popular with transgender women, gay men, and lesbians, who were routinely targeted and arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department
LGBT History Month: Before Stonewall, there was Cooper Donuts Several gay bars, in an attempt to remain inconspicuous and avoid police raids, banned or discouraged transgender people from entering However, Cooper Donuts, which opened in 1959 in the Skid Row neighborhood, was welcoming to the transgender community