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Robert Gamboa attends the unveiling of the two Pride-painted lifeguard towers at Ginger Rogers Beach on Saturday in Santa Monica. Photo: Robert Gamboa.
The history of Ginger Rogers Beach came out of the closet Saturday morning.
Two Pride-painted lifeguard towers were unveiled with signs detailing how Gingers Rogers Beach has served as a safe space and destination for LGBTQ+ activism dating to the 1940s.
The unveiling of the lifeguard towers took place as part of LGBTQ Pride Month.
“Ginger Rogers Beach has been in the shadows of Los Angeles history for too long. Today, we celebrated the important legacy of this beachside sanctuary, and welcomed two striking visual symbols of inclusion and love with the Progress Pride lifeguard towers,” said Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, who represents the Third District, where the beach is located, and sponsored the motion in May to have the area designated.
Towers 17 and 18 on Will Rogers State Beach are just north of the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica. The stretch of beach located between the towers is Ginger Rogers Beach, a section just south of the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Entrada Drive, that also is known as Los Angeles gay beach.
Pat Rocco relaxes with a friend at Ginger Rogers Beach in Santa Monica. Photo: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
The ONE Archives Foundation, the nation’s largest and oldest LGBTQ+ history organization, extensively researched the vibrant history of Ginger Rogers Beach for this project.
“LGBTQ+ folks have been flocking to Ginger Rogers Beach since at least the 1940s. This golden strip of sand where legendary activist Harry Hay, in 1950, gathered 500 signatures opposing McCarthyism; where “Berlin Stories”
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appeared “kinda shady” and less than thrilled — and seemingly didn’t even stand up to clap while seated in the front row.She had been sitting next to “Elvis” star and Oscar nominee Austin Butler, whose hands she held onto.While some fans saw her as a “sore loser,” others felt sorry for the actress, who previously was Oscar-nominated for starring in the 1993 Tina Turner biopic “What’s Love Got to Do With It” — but famously lost out to Holly Hunter for “The Piano.”“Across her decades-long career, Angela Bassett has continued to deliver transcendent performances that set new standards in acting,” Academy President Janet Yang said in a statement, lauding all four as “trailblazers who have transformed the film industry and inspired generations of filmmakers and movie fans.”Yang also lauded Mel Brooks as someone who “lights up our hearts with his humor, and his legacy has made a lasting impact on every facet of entertainment,” praised Littleton as “a model for those who come after her” and Satter as having “played a vital role in the careers of countless filmmakers around the world.”The ceremony will go down on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in Los Angeles.Bassett broke her silence about her most recent Oscar dissby writing an essay about Butler, 31, for the Time 100 Most Influential People of 2023 series.“On the evening of the Oscars, with Austin seated next to me, I understood intimately what he felt when it was time to learn if he would climb those stairs to the stage,” Bassett wrote of Butler, who, like her, did not win for his performance as Elvis Presley.“So, I took his hand and held it softly as the winner was announced.
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