Publisher's Synopsis
Though the desolate streets of downtown Kansas City assume an eerie calm after dusk, certain pockets of activity still seethe with life. For men seeking sex with other men, the area around 10th and McGee Streets has long been one of those sordid pockets. The tall buildings channel a cutting wind south from the Missouri River, causing the casually loitering young men to hunch their shoulders against the cold or duck into one of the shadowy doorways that line McGee Street. For years a Trailways bus station anchored the block, dropping newcomers and natives into the heart of the city. Across the street sat Joseph's Lounge, a quiet and uneasy gay bar. In many large American cities, bus stations have been perennial meeting places for male prostitutes. Homosexuals are thus drawn to certain grimy urban neighborhoods, where a quick.
