{"product_id":"queer-happened-here-100-years-of-nycs-landmark-lgbtq-places-9783791380414","title":"Queer Happened Here: 100 Years of Nyc's Landmark LGBTQ+ Places","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis sprawling, unique visual history of New York City's queer spaces documents the evolution of LGBTQ+ culture, community, and activism within Manhattan's dynamic landscape over the course of a century, spanning from 1920 to 2020.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew York's LGBTQ+ history is everywhere, but rarely is it visibly documented. Aside from current venues and a handful of landmark plaques, important queer spaces from the city's past have otherwise been forgotten about, or remain entirely hidden. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis multifaceted book joyfully and poignantly explores a century of LGBTQ+ gathering spaces across Manhattan through hundreds of historic photographs, flyers, posters, club membership cards, magazine spreads, and more. Author Marc Zinaman's carefully researched, engaging text includes first-person accounts and little-known facts that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom 1920s bathhouses, drag balls, and the ascent of homophobia during World War II, to the protests and parades of the 1960s and 1970s, to the horrors of AIDS; from the vibrant nightlife scene of the 1990s to 2018's Rainbow Wave, which saw a record number of queer elected officials in the US, to the rise of geosocial dating apps, every major milestone of LGBTQ+ social history is thoughtfully documented. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is a powerful and compelling testament to the endurance of queer culture, and an important contribution to its preservation and celebration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARC ZINAMAN\u003c\/b\u003e is a New York City-based writer and historian. Since 2021, he has been running the social media account @Queer_Happened_Here, which maps the forgotten LGBTQ+ history of the city. He has also been a contributing writer for the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project and Making Queer History website. He was the contributing editor of the book \u003ci\u003eGetting In: NYC Club Flyers from the Gay 1990s\u003c\/i\u003e, and currently serves on the planning committee for the forthcoming American LGBTQ+ Museum. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePEPPERMINT \u003c\/b\u003eis a New York City-based actor, musician, and public speaker who made history in 2018 as the first out transgender women to originate a principal role in a Broadway musical.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Prestel Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51243890114834,"sku":"9783791380414","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_926fe912-31b4-448d-9c5d-889b47e35a19.jpg?v=1745874413","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/queer-happened-here-100-years-of-nycs-landmark-lgbtq-places-9783791380414","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}