The Mafia and the Gays by Phillip Crawford Jr.
Requirements: ePUB reader, 200 kb
Overview: The Mafia historically controlled gay bars as part of their vice rackets in many cities across the United States including New York and Chicago due to their once illicit status. A common misunderstanding among the general public is that the wise guys were eliminated from the gay bars following the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City. However, organized crime kept a hidden hand — often through violent means resulting in a few murders — in many watering holes for the gay community at least into the mid-1980s if not later. Indeed, the Mafia hijacked gay liberation for political cover and used so-called Auntie Gays — the Uncle Toms of the gay community — as frontmen for their bars to evade suspicion. The Mafia and the Gays provides a comprehensive look at the mob’s involvement with gay bars from the post-war years through the mid-1980s when federal prosecutors targeted the Outfit in Chicago and the Genovese family in New York for their alleged protection rackets and skimming operations involving some establishments.
Genre: Nonfiction > LGBT Studies
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