Peanuts
Address
7969 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90046
Active Dates
1979 - 1988
Peanuts Building, Angela Brinskele, 2026
Oral History Clips
About this location
Peanuts was a popular lesbian nightclub and disco in a historic building, which housed the burlesque club the Pink Pussycat College of Strip Tease until 1970. In 1979, Alice Schiller transformed the space into Peanuts, a lesbian nightclub that evolved over time into a mixed LGBTQ+ space. Known for its sexually uninhibited atmosphere, the club drew young, wealthy women for wild nights out. By 1995, the space lost its lesbian character and became Club 7969, a strip club that served both straight and LGBT patrons.
Categories
Lesbian
Sources
- Faderman, Lillian, and Stuart Timmons. Gay L.A.: A History of Sexual Outlaws, Power Politics, and Lipstick Lesbians. New York: Basic Books, 2006. 247-248.
- Siegmund, Heidi. "Club Review: 7969: Equal Opportunity Enjoyment." Los Angeles Times, March 24, 1995.
- Russell, Ron. “Out of Step: West Hollywood Dance Club Embroiled in Licensing Dispute With Sheriff’s Dept.” Los Angeles Times, March 17, 1988. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-17-we-1903-story.html.
- "The Pink Pussycat College of Strip Tease." Atomic Redhead, July 11, 2018. — https://atomicredhead.com/2018/07/11/the-pink-pussycat-college-of-strip-tease-where-yesteryears-strippers-learned-their-craft/