Title A Queer Capital : a History of Gay Life in Washington D.C

Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (281 pages) Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Geography of Same-Sex Desire: Cruising Men in Washington in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries; 2 "Sentiments Expressed Here Would Be Misconstrued by Others": The Same-Sex Sexual Lives of Washington's Black Elite in the Early Twentieth Century; 3 Race, Class, Gender, and the Social Landscape of the Capital's Gay Communities During and After World War II; 4 The Policing of Same-Sex Desire in Postwar Washington 5 LGBT Movements in the Capital in the Mid to Late Twentieth Century: Three Historic Moments6 Epilogue: "In Tyra's Memory"; Appendix: List of Narrators; Bibliography; Index Summary Rooted in extensive archival research and personal interviews, A Queer Capital is the first history of LGBT life in the nation's capital. Revealing a vibrant past that dates back more than 125 years, the book explores how lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals established spaces of their own before and after World War II, survived some of the harshest anti-gay campaigns in the U.S., and organized to demand equal treatment. Telling the stories of black and white gay communities and individuals, Genny Beemyn shows how race, gender, and class shaped the construction of gay social worlds in a Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Black people -- Race identity -- United States -- History Gay men -- Washington (D.C.) -- History Gay people -- Washington (D.C.) -- History Gay people -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews Gay people -- Washington (D.C.) -- Social conditions Gender identity -- United States -- History Homosexuality -- Washington (D.C.) -- History Lesbians -- Washington (D.C.) -- History White people -- Race identity -- United States -- History POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Black people -- Race identity Gay men Gay people Gender identity Homosexuality Lesbians White people -- Race identity United States Washington (D.C.) Genre/Form History Interviews Form Electronic book ISBN 9781317819387 1317819381 130689056X 9781306890564 9781315819273 1315819279

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