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badmancatcher t1_j5nw14t wrote

Reply to comment by earthman34 in The Forgotten History of Gay Entrapment: Routine arrests were the linchpin of a social system intended to humiliate LGBTQ people by PhillipCrawfordJr

I'll follow that up thansk!

And Hunphrey Lauds Tearoom Trade (despite the ethical problems). Also George Chaunceys Gay New York and Matt Cooks A New City of Friends.

I can pull out more if people want!

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IllustriousArcher199 t1_j5ogek2 wrote

States of desire by Edmund White was a pretty good. He writes about the state of gay life in different states, and he particularly mentions Utah. Of course, things have changed, but it gives you a sense of life for gay men in different states and cities pre 1980s.

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badmancatcher t1_j5oi02s wrote

I will check that too. I'm doing a PhD around the subject area, so I'm just absorbing information at the moment

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