Cooper Do-nuts, which had its first location on the corner of 2nd and Main streets, was known as a safe haven for the LGBTQ+ community during the 1950s and ’60s.
Amid a heated nationwide debate about gay and transgender rights, the Los Angeles City Council has designated a corner in downtown Los Angeles as a historic landmark for the LGBTQ+ community.
Keith Evans, a descendant of the Cooper Do-Nuts founder, said at the council meeting that the shop was a special place for Angelenos. The incident is known as one of the first open acts of LGBTQ+ resistance against police abuse in the U.S., predating the more well-known protests at the 1967 Black Cat tavern in Los Angeles and the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York.However, there are debates whether the Cooper Do-nuts Riot actually happened or where they occurred.
“This motion is about two things: It’s about Cooper Do-Nuts being basically a safe haven for people of that time period that were victims of 5022 but also for Nancy Valverde, taking the courage to champion her own defense,” Hoover said.
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