A look back at Phoenix’s LGBTQ+ bar scene in the ’70s and ’80s
Phoenix Pride, Marshall Shore and ASU's BJ Bud Archives come together to honor LGBTQ+ history and to encourage community involvement in sharing LGBTQ+ stories. Bookmark this page or copy and paste URL to Email message. They sponsored and provided several health services, support groups, and educational programs. Historic 307 Lounge was one of the first LGBTQ friendly
Two men compete in a dance contest in the early s at Charlie's Phoenix, one of the Valley's longest-running LGBTQ bars. BJ Bud Memorial Archives/Greater Arizona Collection/ASU Library. Mellon Foundation for Engaging, Educating, and Empowering: Developing Community-Driven Archival Collections ;, a three-year project designed to reclaim and preserve the history of marginalized communities for future generations. This exhibit showcases a selection of periodicals and photographs from the Bj Bud Memorial Archives. No LGBT history in Arizona? Think again
This exhibit showcases a selection of periodicals and photographs from the Bj Bud Memorial Archives. This collection, the largest LGBT collection in Arizona, was assembled by local LGBT activists and the Valley of the Sun Gay and Lesbian Center. Search the history of over billion web pages on the Internet. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. 
Bj Bud Memorial Archives 1966
By the time Lazos-Ferns became a Lounge regular in the s, the bar had served as a safe gathering space for Phoenix-area lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents for decades. A vintage photo of the original Nu-Towne Saloon in the early s. The high-class spot operated as a show club and featured live entertainment in the s.
ASU's BJ Bud Archives works to preserve LGBTQ+ History
Valley of the Sun Gay and Lesbian Center (Phoenix, Ariz.). Archive Queer History. Under fascist and authoritarian regimes, queer history is among the first to be obliterated. 
Phoenix Pride in the BJ Bud Archives
Part of the beginnings of the LGBTQ community in Phoenix, the Lounge was one of the first LGBTQ friendly nightclubs. In exchange for drinks, Tucson artist Ted DeGrazia painted the walls with murals when he was still relatively unknown. .
ASU library collaborates with Phoenix Pride to demonstrate
Image courtesy of David Boyles and ASU Libraries. In June of , I was able to be part of Brick Road Coffee’s Pride Events. This year, the theme was extremely fittingly: “Fight Fascism. Archive Q. .
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“A while ago, ASU library got about boxes from Bj Bud, who was a pioneering lesbian in the '70s here in the valley,” he said. When the , a gay bar on Roosevelt Street dating back to possibly as far as the s, was demolished, groups of the community started preserving their history, Shore said. .