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Marc Zinaman

Queer Happened Here

100 Years of NYC's Landmark LGBTQ+ Places

HardcoverCOMING SOON
$ 50.00| £ 40.00

This sprawling, unique visual history of New York City's queer spaces documents the evolution of Manhattan's dynamic landscape over the course of a century, spanning from 1920 to 2020.

New York's LGBTQ+ history is everywhere, but rarely is it visibly documented. Aside from current venues and a handful of landmark plaques, important queer spaces from the city's past have otherwise been forgotten about, or remain entirely hidden. This multifaceted book joyfully and poignantly explores a century of LGBTQ+ gathering spaces across Manhattan through hundreds of historic photographs, flyers, posters, club membership cards, magazine spreads, and more. Author Marc Zinaman's carefully researched, engaging text includes first-person accounts and little-known facts that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking. From 1920s bathhouses, drag balls, and the ascent of homophobia during World War II, to the protests and parades of the 1960s and 1970s to the horror of AIDS; from the vibrant nightlife scene of the 1990s, to the rise of geosocial dating apps, every major milestone of LGBTQ+ social history is thoughtfully documented. The result is a testament to the endurance of queer culture, and an important contribution to its preservaton and celebration.


With a foreword from Miss Peppermint
Hardcover, 304 pages, 21,0 x 27,0 cm, 8.3 x 10.6 in, 400 color illustrations
ISBN: 978-3-7913-8041-4
Release date:
Published:
US April 08, 2025
UK April 08, 2025

Biography

Marc Zinaman

Marc Zinaman is a New York City-based writer and historian. Since 2021, he has been running the social media account @Queer_Happened_Here, which maps the the forgotten LGBTQ+ history of the city. He has also been a contributing writer for the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project and Making Queer History website. He was the contributing editor of the book Getting In: NYC Club Flyers from the Gay 1990s, and currently serves on the planning committee for the forthcoming American LGBTQ+ Museum.

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Miss Peppermint

Peppermint is a New York City-based actor, musician, and public speaker who made history in 2018 as the first out transgender woman to originate a principal role in a Broadway musical.

Foreword