Los Angeles Times: Three youths nabbed, January 27, 1950

Los Angeles Times, January 27, 1950.

Caption: “Masculine jail clothing was substituted for feminine attire worn by these three youths after they were nabbed early today. They said they had been employed as female domestic servants in [the] fashionable Wilshire district. Physical examination by police showed that ‘Tisha Porter’ actually is Queque Malpress, 19; ‘Rita Porter’ is Frank Porter, 21, and ‘Mary Lee Porter’ is Willie Moore, 21 (left to right).”

Notes

The picture and quote from the LA Times first appeared in the exhibit, “Lavender Los Angeles,” November 2009.

LA Times: Standing Up Before Stonewall. Review of above show.

For the book based on the "Lavender Los Angeles" exhibit see: Lavender Los Angeles. Paperback: 128 pages. Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (June 6, 2011). Language: English. ISBN-10: 0738574902. ISBN-13: 978-0738574905