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restraint, watch the door, keep out undesirables and
take strong steps about denying admlttance to those
under age.

There are also bars featuring dancing to the juke
box. These dances are generally held in back rooms
of a ““gay bar” and whether it remains open or not
depends on their sufferance.

Some police officials feel “gay bars™ help alleviate
the social problem of giving homosexuals a place to
go and keeping them off the street. This, they say,
protects both the homosexual and the public.

“Gay bars” are hugely profitable enterprises for
their operators. Beer and drinks are priced three and
four times above normal establishments.

Homosexuals pay and often stand in line for
hours on Friday and Saturday nights waiting to get
in.

It answers their most pressing need—the oppor-
tunity to make contact with another homosexual, a
contact they hope will lead to a sexual experience.
For some it does, for many, it doesn’t.

The latter are those who eventually take to the
parks, the depots, the public facilities, the all-night
movies. _

Far from being low mentality types, police reports
show that prominent lawyers, doctors, teachers, men