Daniel Dromm, Clip 3: Gay culture in 1970's Jackson Heights

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Daniel Dromm interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt. Daniel Dromm, Clip 3: Gay culture in 1970's Jackson Heights. Time Period: 1970s.

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Title: Daniel Dromm, Clip 3: Gay culture in 1970's Jackson Heights
Creator: Daniel Dromm interviewed by Natalie Milbrodt
Subject: Gay bars
Subject: Gay community
Subject: Gay culture
Subject: Female impersonators
Subject: The Alley Bar
Date: Time Period: 1970s
Date: 2012-01-30
Date: Interview recorded: January 30 2012
Description: Daniel Dromm recalls Jackson Heights' gay culture in the 1970's when he would visit bars like The Alley and enjoyed the sense of community he felt there in an era when bars were the only meeting places for gay people. Dromm later went on to organize several community groups in Queens that serve the gay community. He is currently a New York City Council Member serving a district that includes Jackson Heights.

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collection(s): Oral Histories
collection(s): Daniel Dromm Oral History
Identifier: aql:21545
Identifier: dromm_clip3
Format: Digital audio recording made using TASCAM DR-07 digital recorder and SoundStudio.
Format: Total running time: 0:01:32
Format: Total running time: 0:01:32
Coverage: Locations discussed: Jackson Heights, NY
Coverage: Locations discussed: Jackson Heights, NY
Coverage: Jackson Heights (New York, N.Y.)
Coverage: Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Relation: Queens Memory Project Collection at Queens College Libraries' Department of Special Collections and Archives: Daniel Dromm
Rights: Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Type: Oral history

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