Queer happened here : 100 years of NYC's landmark LGBTQ+ places
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.
Subjects
- Gay culture > New York (State) > New York > History.
- LGBT community centers > New York (State) > New York > History.
- Sexual minorities > New York (State) > New York > History.
- Historic sites > New York (State) > New York.
- New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
- New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 21st century.
- New York (State) > History.