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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.
One evening in May 1959, some fed-up drag queens, hustlers and other customers pushed back, barraging officers with hot coffee and half-eaten crullers. Outnumbered, police fled but called for backup, and arrests were made. John Rechy, author of the landmark 1963 gay novel “City of Night,” has recalled seeing coffee cups fly.