Gay bars have operated as the most visible institutions of the LGBTQ community in the United States for the better part of a century, from before gay liberation until after their assumed obsolescence. In this book, Hilderbrand offers a panoramic history of gay bars, showing how they served as the medium for queer communities, politics, and cultures.
Gay bars have operated as the most visible institutions of the LGBTQ community in the United States for the better part of a century, from before gay liberation until after their assumed obsolescence. In this book, Hilderbrand offers a panoramic history of gay bars, showing how they served as the medium for queer communities, politics, and cultures.
Preface. Drunk History, or I Just Wanna Hear a Good Beat xiii Acknowledgments. I Feel Love/Can’t Get You Out of My Head xxi Introduction. We Were Never Being Boring 1 Part I. Cultures 1. Nights in Black Leather: Inventing a Bar Culture in Chicago 37 Interlude 1. Triangle Lounge in Denver 62 2. Show Me Love: Female Impersonation and Drag in Kansas City 68 Interlude 2. Safe Spaces in Detroit 94 Part II. Politics 3. Somewhere There’s a Place for Us: Urban Renewal, Gentrification, and Class Conflicts in Boston 101 Interlude 3. Seattle Counseling Service 124 4. Midtown Goddam: Discrimination, Coalition, and Community in Atlanta 127 Interlude 4. Gay Switchboard in Philadelphia 151 Part III. Institutions 5. Welcome to the Pleasuredome: Legends of Sex and Dancing in New York 157 Interlude 5. The Saloon in Minneapolis 192 6. Proud Mary’s: An Institution in Houston 198 Interlude 6. The Main Club in Superior, WI 220 Part IV. Reinventions 7. Further Tales of the City: Queer Parties in Post-disco San Francisco 227 Interlude 7. The Casa Nova in Somerset County, PA 255 8. Donde Todo es Diferente: Queer Latinx Nightlife in Los Angeles / Researched and Written with Dan Bustillo 260 Interlude 8. Mable Peabody’s Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair in Denton, TX 289 Epilogue. After Hours: Pulse in Orlando 294 Appendix 1. Selected Bars and Clubs 303 Appendix 2. LGBTQ+ Periodicals 313 Notes 317 Bibliography 395 Index 425
Preface. Drunk History, or I Just Wanna Hear a Good Beat xiii Acknowledgments. I Feel Love/Can’t Get You Out of My Head xxi Introduction. We Were Never Being Boring 1 Part I. Cultures 1. Nights in Black Leather: Inventing a Bar Culture in Chicago 37 Interlude 1. Triangle Lounge in Denver 62 2. Show Me Love: Female Impersonation and Drag in Kansas City 68 Interlude 2. Safe Spaces in Detroit 94 Part II. Politics 3. Somewhere There’s a Place for Us: Urban Renewal, Gentrification, and Class Conflicts in Boston 101 Interlude 3. Seattle Counseling Service 124 4. Midtown Goddam: Discrimination, Coalition, and Community in Atlanta 127 Interlude 4. Gay Switchboard in Philadelphia 151 Part III. Institutions 5. Welcome to the Pleasuredome: Legends of Sex and Dancing in New York 157 Interlude 5. The Saloon in Minneapolis 192 6. Proud Mary’s: An Institution in Houston 198 Interlude 6. The Main Club in Superior, WI 220 Part IV. Reinventions 7. Further Tales of the City: Queer Parties in Post-disco San Francisco 227 Interlude 7. The Casa Nova in Somerset County, PA 255 8. Donde Todo es Diferente: Queer Latinx Nightlife in Los Angeles / Researched and Written with Dan Bustillo 260 Interlude 8. Mable Peabody’s Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair in Denton, TX 289 Epilogue. After Hours: Pulse in Orlando 294 Appendix 1. Selected Bars and Clubs 303 Appendix 2. LGBTQ+ Periodicals 313 Notes 317 Bibliography 395 Index 425
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