Others: Positive "Strobing lights and dark rooms, drag queens on counters, first kisses, last call; the gay bar has long been a place of solidarity and sexual expression. Now they are closing, a cultural demolition that has Jeremy Atherton Lin wondering: Could this spell the end of gay identity as we know it? In prose as exuberant as a hit of poppers and dazzling as a disco ball, the author embarks on a transatlantic tour of the hangouts that marked his life, with each club, pub and dive revealing itself to be a palimpsest of queer history. Gay Bar time-travels from Hollywood nights in the 1970s to a warren of cruising tunnels built beneath London in the 1770s; from chichi bars in the wake of AIDS to today's fluid queer spaces; through glory holes, into Crisco-slicked dungeons and down San Francisco alleys. Atherton Lin charts police raids and riots, posing and passing out--and a chance encounter one restless night that would change his life forever. The journey that emerges is an inquiry into the link between place and identity, inviting us to go beyond Stonewall and enter the underground"--adapted from book jacket.
Genres: biography
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Tyler Oakley
2015 · 307 pages · 2 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positive"Pop culture phenomenon, social rights advocate, and the most prominent LGBTQ voice on YouTube, Tyler Oakley brings you his first collection of witty, personal, and hilarious essays written in the voice that's earned him more than twenty-one million followers across social media. For someone who made a career out of over-sharing on the Internet, Tyler Oakley has a shocking number of personal mishaps and shenanigans to reveal in his first book: he experienced a legitimate rage blackout in a Cheesecake Factory; he had a fashion stand-off with the White House Secret Service; he crashed a car in front of his entire high school in an Arby's uniform; he projectile vomited while bartering with a grandmother. With millions of fans clamoring for more Tyler Oakley, he delivers his best untold, hilariously side-splitting moments with trademark flair in Binge"--
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Neil Patrick Harris
2016 · 304 pages · 1 review
Others: PositiveWhat made the match, strongest first
Justine Ezarik
2015 · 228 pages · 1 review
Others: PositiveOne of the first lifecasters, whose video blog reveals every moment of every day, and whose YouTube entries have millions of subscribers, provides a behind-the-scenes look at her early years, how she achieved success, and her accomplishments.
What made the match, strongest first
Amy Poehler
2014 · 329 pages · 6 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positivePart memoir, part 'missive-from-the-middle', Yes Please is a hilarious collection of stories, thoughts, ideas, haikus and words-to-live-by drawn from the life and mind of acclaimed actress, writer and comedian Amy Poehler.
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Amrou Al-Kadhi
2019 · 272 pages · 1 review
Others: PositiveFrom a god-fearing Muslim boy enraptured with their mother, to a vocal, queer drag queen estranged from their family, this is a heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about the author's fight to be true to themself.
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Kenneth Patchen
1972 · 137 pages · 1 review
Others: PositiveA collection of abstracted prose stories with illustrations.
What made the match, strongest first
Loved itit is equal parts the title and the subtitle which is why we went out so it's equal parts like true history and information there's also quite a bit of queer theory why we went out what it means to go to a gay bar and be surrounded by your community and also lots of personal accounts from the author i think it's a really beautiful balance of all of those things
