Three nights a week drag queens from all over the state took to the small stage. Over the years the Boulevard became a safe haven for the gay community in the area and an alternative to the West Hollywood bar scene.
“What once was my worst thing in life became my biggest gift,” he said. In 1985, he started bartending at the Boulevard. “Being able to work with gay people and have a gay family, it meant everything.” In his hometown, he felt ashamed and struggled to acknowledge his identity. “I wanted to work in the gay community,” said Terradot, who moved to Los Angeles from Hacienda Heights in the late 1970s. He lost 11 close friends to the disease and felt a sense of urgency to do something about it.
In the ’90s, he cared for six months for a friend who had AIDS. It was in the ‘90s.Īlso, a patron was misidentified as Jeffi Archibald he is Jeff Archibald. A previous version of this article said Terradot cared for a friend in the late ‘80s.
