Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940 by George Chauncey
Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940
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George Chauncey
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Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940

George Chauncey

478 pages • first pub 1994 (view editions)

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ sociology informative reflective slow-paced
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This brilliant work shatters the myth that before the 1960s gay life existed only in the closet where gay men were isolated, invisible, and self-hating. Based on years of research and access to a rich trove of public and private documents, includi...

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