Manhandler Saloon (Los Angeles Gay Bar/1974-1986) Color:Team Purple and identities — where the

and identities — where the music shifted

even if it still lived on the margins of mainstream publishing

a gay dance club operating from the 1930s to the 1950s

Opened in 1983 at 8911 Santa Monica Boulevard

Manhandler Saloon (Los Angeles Gay Bar/1974-1986) Color:Team Purple and identities — where theManhandler Saloon (Los Angeles, California) 1970s1980s A fixture of L. A.s leather and cruising nightlife, the Manhandler Saloon was part of the citys hard edged, post Stonewall bar scene, operating through the 1970s and into the 1980s. Its name said everything: blunt, provocative, and coded for the men who knew exactly what kind of room they were walking into. Like many leather bars of the era, Manhandler favored darkness, discretion, and ritual over