Gay bar: why we went out
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9780316458733
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| Grouped Work ID | 64c5262a-3f11-cb45-53d3-eddb3df4b1d7 |
|---|---|
| Grouping Title | gay bar why we went out |
| Grouping Author | jeremy atherton lin |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-09-14 05:12:58AM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-09-21 05:21:57AM |
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"Strobing lights and dark rooms; throbbing house and drag queens on counters; first kisses, last call: the gay bar has long been a place of solidarity and sexual expression--whatever your scene, whoever you're seeking. But in urban centers around the world, they are closing, a cultural demolition that has Jeremy Atherton Lin wondering: What was the gay bar? How have they shaped him? And could this spell the end of gay identity as we know it? In Gay Bar, the author embarks upon a transatlantic tour of the hangouts that marked his life, with each club, pub, and dive revealing itself to be a palimpsest of queer history. In prose as exuberant as a hit of poppers and dazzling as a disco ball, he time-travels from Hollywood nights in the 1970s to a warren of cruising tunnels built beneath London in the 1770s; from chichi bars in the aftermath of AIDS to today's fluid queer spaces; through glory holes, into Crisco-slicked dungeons and down San Francisco alleys. He charts police raids and riots, posing and passing out--and a chance encounter one restless night that would change his life forever. The journey that emerges is a stylish and nuanced inquiry into the connection between place and identity--a tale of liberation, but one that invites us to go beyond the simplified Stonewall mythology and enter lesser-known battlefields in the struggle to carve out a territory. Elegiac, randy, and sparkling with wry wit, Gay Bar is at once a serious critical inquiry, a love story and an epic night out to remember."--Provided by publisher.
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2021
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Gay bars -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
Gay bars -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 21st century
Gay bars -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
Gay bars -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 21st century
Gay bars -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
Gay bars -- England -- London -- History -- 21st century
Homosexuality -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
Homosexuality -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 21st century
Homosexuality -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
Homosexuality -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 21st century
Homosexuality -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
Homosexuality -- England -- London -- History -- 21st century
Lin, Jeremy Atherton
Gay bars -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 21st century
Gay bars -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
Gay bars -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 21st century
Gay bars -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
Gay bars -- England -- London -- History -- 21st century
Homosexuality -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century
Homosexuality -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 21st century
Homosexuality -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century
Homosexuality -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 21st century
Homosexuality -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century
Homosexuality -- England -- London -- History -- 21st century
Lin, Jeremy Atherton
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Gay bar : why we went out
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Gay bar
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why we went out
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Homosexuality
Lin, Jeremy Atherton
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| ils:751144 | Book | Books | First edition | English | Little, Brown and Company | 2021 | ix, 306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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