The city is recognized for its acceptance of LGBTQ+ people. It’s just one sign of how things have changed for gay people in Long Beach. They used to be blacked out for privacy and safety. Now you can see through the club’s windows. We’ve had to protect ourselves from different people: Aryan nation, crazy people with swords and knives and guns and everything else so it’s been a battle,” said Hebert. “We had a lot of problems with being accepted. Sometimes it was a matter of staying alive. I mean everybody in business was pretty much practically against you,” said Garcia. They own the Ripples bar, the land, and a small attached liquor store.īy the time they had bought out all the original owners in the 1980s they had some lessons to learn. Together they have established a reputation. They are partners in business and partners in life. RELATED l Woman Serves as Stand-In Mom at LGBTQ Weddings – It is the oldest gay club around, but it won’t be in business for much longer.Ĭlub Ripples co-owner Larry Hebert has been looking after the place for more than four decades.
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