Gay bar : why we went out
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
ISBN
9780316458733, 0316458732
Physical Description
ix, 306 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Copies

LocationCall NumberStatusLast Check-In
Central Library - Adult Non-Fiction306.766 L735Check ShelvesDecember 17, 2024
South Milwaukee - Adult Non-Fiction306.766 ATHCheck ShelvesAugust 28, 2023
Wauwatosa - Adult Non-Fiction306.766 L63Check ShelvesJanuary 11, 2025

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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780316458733, 0316458732

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-303).
Description
"Strobing lights and dark rooms, drag queens on counters, first kisses, last call; the gay bar has long been a place of solidarity and sexual expression. Now they are closing, a cultural demolition that has Jeremy Atherton Lin wondering: Could this spell the end of gay identity as we know it? In prose as exuberant as a hit of poppers and dazzling as a disco ball, the author embarks on 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. Gay Bar 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 wake of AIDS to today's fluid queer spaces; through glory holes, into Crisco-slicked dungeons and down San Francisco alleys. Atherton Lin 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 an inquiry into the link between place and identity, inviting us to go beyond Stonewall and enter the underground"--adapted from book jacket.
Awards
National Book Critics Circle Award, Autobiography, 2021

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Lin, J. A. (2021). Gay bar: why we went out (First edition.). Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lin, Jeremy Atherton. 2021. Gay Bar: Why We Went Out. New York: Little, Brown and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Lin, Jeremy Atherton. Gay Bar: Why We Went Out New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2021.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Lin, J. A. (2021). Gay bar: why we went out. First edn. New York: Little, Brown and Company.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Lin, Jeremy Atherton. Gay Bar: Why We Went Out First edition., Little, Brown and Company, 2021.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

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