The boys of fairy town, sodomites, female impersonators, third-sexers, pansies, queers, and sex morons in Chicago's first century, Jim Elledge
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The boys of fairy town, sodomites, female impersonators, third-sexers, pansies, queers, and sex morons in Chicago's first century, Jim Elledge
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The boys of fairy town
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1005200733
Responsibility statement
Jim Elledge
Sub title
sodomites, female impersonators, third-sexers, pansies, queers, and sex morons in Chicago's first century
Summary
"A history of gay Chicago told through the stories of queer men who left a record of their sexual activities in the Second City, this book paints a vivid picture of the neighborhoods where they congregated while revealing their complex lives. Some, such as reporter John Wing, were public figures. Others, like Henry Gerber, who created the first "homophile" organization in the United States, were practically invisible to their contemporaries. But their stories are all riveting. Female impersonators and striptease artists Quincy de Lang and George Quinn were arrested and put on trial at the behest of a leader of Chicago's anti-"indecency" movement. African American ragtime pianist Tony Jackson's most famous song, "Pretty Baby," was written about one of his male lovers. Alfred Kinsey's explorations of the city's netherworld changed the future of American sexuality while confirming his own queer proclivities. What emerges from The Boys of Fairy Town is a complex portrait and a virtually unknown history of one of the most vibrant cities in the United States." -- Amazon.com
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Sodomites, female impersonators, third-sexers, pansies, queers, and sex morons in Chicago's first century