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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Conn

From what we have learned in class this article seems to be lacking somewhat important info to her life story, from the medical questioning she had to go through and the lengths she went to gain the sex change surgery as well as how she made enough money to pay for the surgery. All of this seems important to who she was and her struggles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayola

This caught my eye because there doesn't seem to be much about new york and Gayola when we have learned about bar culture that has grown to be a less male dominated space with the spaces in new york being more centered around the bath houses while many bar spaces were where lesbian culture sprouted, it would be interesting to see how these payments may intersect with stonewall. This all could be a dead end but there is little to go on for Gayola's on the page.

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Article: Hosteen Klah

Everything in the article is relevant to the topic with the important information that may be disconnected still tying back to the subject.

The article is neutral, and where some credit might be given to the importance of having weavings that depict other ceremonies it leaves it neutral and talks of how some view that as a bad thing. Any leaning seems also derived from Klah's own thoughts like the need for a cultural museum.

Some viewpoints that may be under represented could be the impacts of Klah's work. Like a positive view from Navajo people or what younger generations thought about the gender spectrum he represented.

There is one claim that requires a source, the rest have sources and working links and each source seems appropriate and reliable for the topic. If there is bias in any resource it is not noted in the article.

Missing information might include Klah's legacy beyond the wheelwright museum.

There are no current conversations being had on the talk page. The article is rated c-class by at least 4 wiki projects.

The wiki is exceedingly neutral discussing Klah as a whole without focusing solely on one important aspect of Klah's life.

Gayola: Draft
Maybe this should go on a page for Gayola scandal or else the gayola page should be renamed?

Media perception/other views?:

The Scandal itself:

The Aftermath of the Vallerga v. Dept. Acoholic Bev. Control bolstered the confidence of San Francisco gay bars leading to the Gayola Scandal. The Gayola Scandal refers to cops extortion and taking of bribes from gay bar owners. This scandal went to the courts in 1960 and originated directly from the Vallerga case. The scandal began after a liquor licensor was caught extorting money from the Market Street Bar, they were arrested upon leaving with $150 in bribes taken from the owner. The trial of the licenser went by with little news coverage and was acquitted of bribery charges yet guilty of misdemeanor charges for accepting gratuities. Following this trial 7 beat cops were arrested and tried for bribery. All involved were suspended and then fired.

The Gayola payments were made from bar owners to the police in what the police referred to as gratuities instead of bribes. The media's reporting at the time, the San Francisco Chronicler and Examiner the main two media outlets following the trials, portrayed the scandal in line with the police's recounting of events. The polices claim as depicted in newspapers and their own briefings was that they were being paid off by the gay bars. This was widely reported during the Gayola Scandal trials where the police claimed in court that it was "all a plot by the bar owners to discredit the police." 7 policemen were arrested on bribery charges and 6 were acquitted. One officer was convicted and put in jail on shakedown charges while still acquitted on bribery. This officer was caught by Police chief Al Nedler who worked with gay bar owners to indict his own officers. He had the owner of an Embarcadero bar use a wireless taping device to catch the extortion of the gay bar owner in the process in the end it did not lead to a conviction.

New York:

There was no large scale Gayola scandal in New York, the term Gayola mainly referred to the San Francisco scandal. Many gay bars and bathhouses did use bribery to avoid the attention of the police. The Everard bathhouse's police association is what gave it the reputation of being safe from police investigation. Similar to the Everard, Koenigs, a regular meet up place for gay men, as well as many other small businesses that served as meet ups, employed bribery. They paid them to the police for privacy and a lack of investigation into the clientele they served. The employment of bribery became a facet of the business itself. Creating a internal system of bribe taking that extended beyond policemen and even ward politicians and social purity groups. This system was enmeshed and protected by the social image of the 'fairy.' Due to this these plans were able to play out with little to no public backlash if they were discovered by the public.