Marc Stein is the former editor of Gay Community News in Boston and currently Associate Professor in the Department of History, York University.

"Important and provocative, this book persuasively demonstrates that lesbian and gay history is central to understanding twentieth-century urban culture. And it rejects mere celebration for a more profound scrutiny that balances liberal against conservative aspects of the historical challenge to heterosexism."—Martin Duberman, author of Stonewall "By leaving behind the gay meccas of New York and San Francisco and training his gaze on Philadelphia, Stein has produced a gay and lesbian history that startles and informs."—John D'Emilio, author of Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities "Eye-opening, often entertaining....Filled with colorful anecdotes and fun facts....Let's think of what Marc Stein has done as an act of public service to Philadelphia's gay community."—Kevin Riordan, Philadelphia Gay News "Philadelphians should be proud of the courage and creativity with which their lesbian and gay fellow citizens coped with and fought oppression in the Cradle of Liberty, and Stein can clearly be proud of his pioneering book."—Doug Ireland, Philadelphia Inquirer

• Preface to the Paperback EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Everyday Geographies, 1945-19721. Your Place or Mine?: Residential Zones in the "City of Neighborhoods"2. "No-Man's-Land": Commercial Districts in the "Quaker City"3. The Death and Life of Public Space in the "Private City"Part II. Public Cultures, 1945-19604. "The Most Fabulous Faggot in the Land"5. The "Objectionable" Walt Whitman Bridge6. Rizzo's Raiders and Beaten BeatsPart III. Political Movements, 1960-19697. "Come Out! Come Out! Wherever You Are!" 19608. "Earnestly Seeking Respectability," 1960-19639. "News for 'Queers' and Fiction for 'Perverts,'" 1963-196710. "The Masculine-Feminine Mystique," 1967-1969Part IV. Twin Revolutions? 1969-197211. "Turning Points," 1969-197012. Gay Liberation in the "Birthplace of the Nation," 1970-197113. Radicalesbian Feminism in "Fillydykia," 1971-1972Conclusion: Sexual Pride, Sexual ConservatismAbbreviationsNotesIndex

Marc Stein is the former editor of Gay Community News in Boston and currently Associate Professor in the Department of History, York University.

"Important and provocative, this book persuasively demonstrates that lesbian and gay history is central to understanding twentieth-century urban culture. And it rejects mere celebration for a more profound scrutiny that balances liberal against conservative aspects of the historical challenge to heterosexism."—Martin Duberman, author of Stonewall "By leaving behind the gay meccas of New York and San Francisco and training his gaze on Philadelphia, Stein has produced a gay and lesbian history that startles and informs."—John D'Emilio, author of Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities "Eye-opening, often entertaining....Filled with colorful anecdotes and fun facts....Let's think of what Marc Stein has done as an act of public service to Philadelphia's gay community."—Kevin Riordan, Philadelphia Gay News "Philadelphians should be proud of the courage and creativity with which their lesbian and gay fellow citizens coped with and fought oppression in the Cradle of Liberty, and Stein can clearly be proud of his pioneering book."—Doug Ireland, Philadelphia Inquirer

• Preface to the Paperback EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Everyday Geographies, 1945-19721. Your Place or Mine?: Residential Zones in the "City of Neighborhoods"2. "No-Man's-Land": Commercial Districts in the "Quaker City"3. The Death and Life of Public Space in the "Private City"Part II. Public Cultures, 1945-19604. "The Most Fabulous Faggot in the Land"5. The "Objectionable" Walt Whitman Bridge6. Rizzo's Raiders and Beaten BeatsPart III. Political Movements, 1960-19697. "Come Out! Come Out! Wherever You Are!" 19608. "Earnestly Seeking Respectability," 1960-19639. "News for 'Queers' and Fiction for 'Perverts,'" 1963-196710. "The Masculine-Feminine Mystique," 1967-1969Part IV. Twin Revolutions? 1969-197211. "Turning Points," 1969-197012. Gay Liberation in the "Birthplace of the Nation," 1970-197113. Radicalesbian Feminism in "Fillydykia," 1971-1972Conclusion: Sexual Pride, Sexual ConservatismAbbreviationsNotesIndex

Marc Stein is the former editor of Gay Community News in Boston and currently Associate Professor in the Department of History, York University.

"Important and provocative, this book persuasively demonstrates that lesbian and gay history is central to understanding twentieth-century urban culture. And it rejects mere celebration for a more profound scrutiny that balances liberal against conservative aspects of the historical challenge to heterosexism."—Martin Duberman, author of Stonewall "By leaving behind the gay meccas of New York and San Francisco and training his gaze on Philadelphia, Stein has produced a gay and lesbian history that startles and informs."—John D'Emilio, author of Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities "Eye-opening, often entertaining....Filled with colorful anecdotes and fun facts....Let's think of what Marc Stein has done as an act of public service to Philadelphia's gay community."—Kevin Riordan, Philadelphia Gay News "Philadelphians should be proud of the courage and creativity with which their lesbian and gay fellow citizens coped with and fought oppression in the Cradle of Liberty, and Stein can clearly be proud of his pioneering book."—Doug Ireland, Philadelphia Inquirer

• Preface to the Paperback EditionAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. Everyday Geographies, 1945-19721. Your Place or Mine?: Residential Zones in the "City of Neighborhoods"2. "No-Man's-Land": Commercial Districts in the "Quaker City"3. The Death and Life of Public Space in the "Private City"Part II. Public Cultures, 1945-19604. "The Most Fabulous Faggot in the Land"5. The "Objectionable" Walt Whitman Bridge6. Rizzo's Raiders and Beaten BeatsPart III. Political Movements, 1960-19697. "Come Out! Come Out! Wherever You Are!" 19608. "Earnestly Seeking Respectability," 1960-19639. "News for 'Queers' and Fiction for 'Perverts,'" 1963-196710. "The Masculine-Feminine Mystique," 1967-1969Part IV. Twin Revolutions? 1969-197211. "Turning Points," 1969-197012. Gay Liberation in the "Birthplace of the Nation," 1970-197113. Radicalesbian Feminism in "Fillydykia," 1971-1972Conclusion: Sexual Pride, Sexual ConservatismAbbreviationsNotesIndex