The Farm
Address
7978 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046
Active Dates
1970 - 1973
Demonstration at The Farm, Lee Mason, 1970, Gay Liberation Front Los Angeles records, Courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
About this location
The Farm was a gay bar on Santa Monica Boulevard where the Gay Liberation Front staged a 1970 "Touch-In" to protest the criminalization of same-sex romantic affection. During the event GLF members hugged each other, and sheriffs arrived but retreated. Geri Bonillas remembers that it also held a women’s night on Wednesdays in a back room.
Categories
LGBTQ+
Sources
- Kilhefner, Don. "The Gay Liberation Revolution: Seeding a Gay Community in Los Angeles." WEHOonline. https://wehoonline.com/don-kilhefner-%F0%9F%94%B9-gay-liberation-revolution-seeding-gay-community-los-angeles/.
- "Queer Maps — The Farm." Accessed September 23, 2026. https://www.queermaps.org/place/the-farm-1971.
- Bonillas, Geri. Interview by Kymn Goldstein. July 27, 2026. June L Mazer Lesbian Archives. https://jmtanenbaum.github.io/route66/geri-bonillas-oral-history.html.