About the Author

Jerry T. Watkins III is a lecturer in the History Department at the College of William & Mary.

Reviews

"Excellently demonstrates the presence and utility of queer geographies in the Florida Panhandle and provides a valuable contribution as a local examination to LGBTQ studies in the state and the American South."--H-Net "Interweaves the growing visibility of postwar gay life with the attendant moral panics and police regulations of public gay life. . . . An important addition to studies of gay history, tourism, and the South."--Journal of American History "Mines these queer spaces effectively and fleshes out one of the more fascinating histories with his in-depth study of the Emma Jones Society."--American Historical Review "Places this story in broader national, regional, and local contexts while telling touching personal stories with fascinating characters."--New Books Network "Watkins' book shares with us for the first time the many firsthand accounts, in great detail, of gay men navigating a gay lifestyle in Florida's panhandle. . . . Many of the stories in the book are as entertaining as they are educational and informative."--South Florida Gay News