The award-winning, field-defining history of gay life in NEW YORK in the early to mid-20th century

Gay New York brilliantly shatters the misconception that before the 1960s gay life existed only in the closet, where homosexual men had been isolated, unseen, and self-hating. Drawing on a rich trove of diaries, legal records, and additional unpublished papers, George Chauncey constructs a remarkable portrait of a captivating, cohesive homosexual world that is not supposed to have existed. Called ‘monumental’ (Washington Post), ‘unassailable’ (Boston Globe), ‘outstanding’ (Country), and ‘a first-rate publication of history’ (NY Times), Gay NY forever changed how exactly we take into account the history of gay life in NEW YORK, and beyond.