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The Twin Cities is home to one of the largest and most vital GLBT populations in the nation\u2014and one of the highest percentages of gay residents in the country. Drawn from the pioneering work of the Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project\u2014a collective organization of students, scholars, and activists devoted to documenting and interpreting the lives of GLBT people in Minneapolis and St. Paul\u2014Queer Twin Cities is a uniquely critical collection of essays on Minnesota\u2019s vibrant queer communities, past and present.<\/p>\n\n

A rich blend of oral history, archival research, and ethnography, Queer Twin Cities uses sexuality to chart connections between people\u2019s lives in Minnesota. Topics range from turn-of-the-century Minneapolis amid moral reform\u2014including the highly publicized William Williams murder trial and efforts to police Bridge Square, aka \u2018skid row\u2019\u2014to northern Minnesota and the importance of male companionship among lumber workers, and to postwar life, when the increased visibility of queer life went hand in hand with increased regulation, repression, and violence. Other essays present a portrait of early queer spaces in the Twin Cities, such as Kirmser\u2019s Bar, the Viking Room, and the Persian Palms, and the proliferation of establishments like the Dugout and the 19 Bar. Exploring the activism of GLBT Two-Spirit indigenous people, the antipornography movements of the 1980s, and the role of gay men in the gentrification of Minneapolis neighborhoods, this volume brings the history of queer life and politics in the Twin Cities into fascinating focus.<\/p>\n\n

Engaging and revelatory, Queer Twin Cities offers a critical analysis of local history and community and fills a glaring omission in the culture and history of Minnesota, looking not only to a remarkable past but to our collective future.<\/p>\n\n

Genre:<\/strong> History<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Subjects:<\/strong> Gays - History. - Minnesota<\/a>; Lesbians - History. - Minnesota<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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