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thetic. The list even 1ncluded dentists, barbers and
doctors. '

In London it is p0531ble to obtain a map of the
city designating public lavatory facilities known to
attract homosexuals.

The grapevine works fast, faster than NEWSpapers.

When a celebrity in the “gay world” has an inci-
dent, a fight with his lover or something dramatic
in nature, the word is flashed to New York and
talked about the following day.
- Some bars contain directories in which patrons
are invited to write the names of spots they’ve visited
in other cities. The entries go into great detail desig-
nating whether a place is gay, mixed, lesbian, what
time to go there, B,

Normally, homosexuals utilize their grapevine
only in the interests of spreading information about
places where contacts are available. The election
noted earlier in this chapter is the single time they
have been known to unite in a common political
effort.

Its impact did not go unheeded by the politicians—
which may be part of the explanation as to why the
present has been decided as the time to re-examine
sex laws.