The Bars Are Ours: Histories and Cultures of Gay Bars in America, 1960 and After

By Lucas Hilderbrand Author Interviews

The Bars Are Ours is the first nationwide history of gay bars in America during the period of gay liberation and after.


Slapping Leather: Queer Cowfolx at the Gay Rodeo

By Elyssa Ford Author Interviews

Slapping Leather traces gay rodeo as a space where queer people have been able to both embrace and challenge the idealized masculinity associated with the iconic cowboy of the American West.

Intimate Investments in Drag King Cultures: The Rise and Fall of a Lesbian Social Scene

By Kerryn Drysdale Author Interviews, LGBTQ

This is a story about the life of a scene at a particular historical and geographic juncture as seen through the eyes of those who brought it into being—and then mourned its passing.

Following in Vesta’s footsteps! How to name queerness in museums

By Chris Mowat LGBTQ, Public History

Vesta Tilley is a complicated figure in respect of queerness as Museums Sheffield has uncovered.

Fireball in Newark: The Ballroom Scene and Legendary Houses

By notcheseditor LGBTQ, Race and Ethnicity

Fireball is a fast and furious DIY event.