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Queer happened here : 100 years of NYC's landmark LGBTQ+ places

Call Number

  • 306.76 Z77 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Prestel Publishing, 2025.

Physical Description

303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 27 cm

Summary

This sprawling, unique visual history of New York City's queer spaces documents the evolution of LGBTQ+ culture, community, and activism within Manhattan's dynamic landscape over the course of a century, spanning from 1920 to 2020.

Contents

  • Foreword / Peppermint
  • Introduction and early queer landscape
  • 1920's-1930's: Bathhouses, balls, and bohemians
  • 1940's-1950's: A lavender landscape
  • 1960's: Raids, rebels, and riots
  • 1970's: A new dawn
  • 1980's: Dancing through darkness
  • 1990's: Strike a pose
  • 2000's: Meet me online
  • 2010's: App-ily ever after
  • Map
  • Bibliography and resources
  • Picture credits
  • Author bibliography and acknowledgments.

Added Authors

Peppermint