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The artwork from lesbian pulp novels of this era did a lot of work

high-energy gay bar where everyone showed up

At its center was Jodie Foster

the Tool Box stood out for its confidence and visibility

and a rotating lineup of underground musicians

The Rushes (Provincetown Gay Bathhouse/80's) Husbands poster cassavetes The artwork from lesbian pulpThe Rushes Provincetown, MA (1986) For one brief moment in the mid 1980s, Provincetown had a place called The Rushes. Operating for what appears to have been just a single season in 1986, The Rushes was a gay mens resort style bathhouse advertised as a secluded getaway promising privacy, a pool, and a place to unwind in the height of P town summer. It arrived during a complicated time. By the mid 1980s, the AIDS crisis had already reshaped queer