Queer twin cities / Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project (Minn.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lesbians--Minnesota--Minneapolis Metropolitan Area--History.

Lesbians.

Gay men--Minnesota--Minneapolis Metropolitan Area--History.

Gay men.

Lesbians--Minnesota--Saint Paul Metropolitan Area--History.

Gay men--Minnesota--Saint Paul Metropolitan Area--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Twin Cities is home to one of the largest and most vital GLBT populations in the nation-and one of the highest percentages of gay residents in the country. Drawn from the pioneering work of the Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project-a collective organization of students, scholars, and activists devoted to documenting and interpreting the lives of GLBT people in Minneapolis and St. Paul- Queer Twin Cities is a uniquely critical collection of essays on Minnesota's vibrant queer communities, past and present. A rich blend of oral history, archival research, and ethnography, Queer Twin Cities...

Contents:

CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction: QUEER TWIN CITIES; 1 Queering Oral History: REFLECTIONS ON THE ORIGINS OF THE TWIN CITIES GLBT ORAL HISTORY PROJECT; 2 Calculating Risk: HISTORY OF MEDICINE, TRANSGENDER ORAL HISTORY, AND THE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD; 3 Sexuality in the Headlines: INTIMATE UPHEAVALS AS HISTORIES OF THE TWIN CITIES; 4 The Myth of the Great White North: CLAIMING QUEER PEOPLE OF COLOR HISTORIES IN THE TWIN CITIES (A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION); 5 A Single Queer Voice with Polyphonic Overtones: ELISE MATTHESEN AND THE POLITICS OF SUBJECTIVITY IN THE TWIN CITIES

6 Two-Spirits Organizing: INDIGENOUS TWO-SPIRIT IDENTITY IN THE TWIN CITIES REGION7 Skirting Boundaries: QUEER BAR CULTURES IN THE POSTWAR TWIN CITIES; 8 Sex and the Cities: REEVALUATING 1980's FEMINIST POLITICS IN MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL; 9 The Gay Land Rush: RACE, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY IN THE LIFE OF POST-WELFARE MINNEAPOLIS; 10 Private Cures for a Public Epidemic: TARGET(ING) HIV AND AIDS MEDICATIONS IN THE TWIN CITIES; 11 Gay Was Good: PROGRESS, HOMONORMATIVITY, AND ORAL HISTORY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-7537-6

OCLC:

699521298