Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour 2022
Neon lights and dark rooms; pumping house and drag queens on counters; first kisses,last orders; the gay bar has long been a place of joy,solidarity and sexual expression,whatever your scene,whatever you're seeking. But in urban centres around the world,they are closing. With this cultural demolition,we must remember to ask: Who were the patrons What did the bars mean to them And where can we go now
Gay Bar is a sparkling,richly individual history of the gay bars of London,San Francisco and Los Angeles,focusing on the post-AIDs crisis years of the 1990s to the present day. It is also the story of Jeremy Atherton Lin's own experiences as a gay man,and the lifelong romance that began one restless night in Soho. In prose both playful and challenging,he immerses his reader in the unique experience of a life lived in and out of these spaces.
From leather parties in the Castro to the Black Cat riots of Los Angeles,from glory holes and Crisco-slicked dungeons to Gay Liberation Front touch-ins,from disco at Studio One to Britpop at Popstarz,from irony to abandon,from hedonism to love,Gay Bar is an intimate,stylish and necessary celebration of the institution of the gay bar.
Publisher: Granta BooksISBN: 9781783785834Weight: 225 gDimensions: 200 x 129 x 14 mm
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'A brilliantly written and incisive account of gay life in Los Angeles,San Francisco and London'- Colm Toibin
'An absolute tour de force'- Maggie Nelson
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