The Gay Metropolis
by Charles Kaiser
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Author: Charles KaiserEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-09-10
ISBN: 0156006170
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Book Review: Book lacks interviews with people of color
Summary: 3 Stars
As a gay Puerto Rican who grew up in Manhattan, I find it disturbing that Kaiser manages to interview dozens of gay New Yorkers -- almost all of whom are white -- without really presenting the experiences of gay New Yorkers of color. In the interviews themselves, many of the white gay New Yorkers talk about how the influx of Puerto Ricans in the 50s and 60s changed the city, about the similarities between modern black drag queens and white drag queens in the 50s and 60s, and about having black boyfriends in an era where this was extremely dangerous -- even in New York. But he never manages to find out what it was like for gay people of color before the 70s, something I think is terribly important and, alas, remains unexplored. His book is fascinating and provocative in other ways, but without covering the full richness of the gay New York experience, the book falls short and Kaiser misses an opportunity to further illuminate and innovate.
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