Introduction
1. The Geography of Same-Sex Desire: Cruising Men in Washington D.C. 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 Moments
6. Epilogue: "In Tyra's Memory"
Appendix: List of Narrators
Genny Beemyn is Director of The Stonewall Center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has published extensively in LGBTQ Studies, including The Lives of Transgender People.
Genny Beemyn’s A Queer Capital is at once exhilarating and moving.
Brimming with newly discovered information and vibrant sketches of
people and historical events brought together with a fresh eye and
original analysis, A Queer Capital is an important addition to
academic and popular studies of LGBT American history.—Michael
Bronski, author of A Queer History of the United StatesA must-read
addition to community studies, Beemyn’s account achieves a unique
balance between detail from personal stories and the larger social
context of DC and the nation. The centrality of race and class to
any understanding of LGBT lives is demonstrated throughout the
clear, engaging narrative.—Vicki L. Eaklor, author of Queer
America: A People’s GLBT History of the United StatesGenny Beemyn
tells compelling stories of individual lives, communities, and
social spaces, in the process showing how racial segregation and
class division shaped the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender people in the District of Columbia. This is a community
history that, like the best of them, enlarges the big picture of
the queer past.
—Leila J. Rupp, author of Sapphistries: A Global History of Love
between WomenA Queer Capital is a meticulously researched study of
the shifting social and cultural geography of LGBT life throughout
the 20th century in Washington D.C. Beemyn pays close attention to
the entwined dynamics of race, gender, and class in this history,
and provides a welcome addition to the historical
literature.—Christina Hanhardt, author of Safe Space: Gay
Neighborhood History and the Politics of ViolenceBeemyn, director
of the Stonewall Center at the University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, offers a fascinating account of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
and transgender (LGBT) life in Washington, DC… Beemyn's work is
sweeping in chronology and scope. Particularly illuminating is
their analysis of how race, gender, class, and region shaped (and
continue to shape) LGBT experiences, communities, and identities.
Summing Up: Highly recommended. Undergraduate collections and
above.— L. M. Puaca, Christopher Newport University in CHOICE
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