ATHERTON LIN, Jeremy
Gay Bar

From leather parties in the Castro to Gay Liberation Front touch-ins; from disco at Studio One to dark rooms in Vauxhall railway arches, the gay bar has long been a place of joy, solidarity and sexual expression. But around the world, gay bars are closing. In the wake of this cultural demolition, Jeremy Atherton Lin rediscovers the party boys and renegades who lived and loved in these spaces. [publisher’s note]

“Brilliantly written and incisive” —Colm Tóibín
“An absolute tour de force” —Maggie Nelson

Published by Granta, 2022
Essays / Queer Culture