Publisher's Synopsis
"The landmark portrait of 20th-century New York viewed through the eyes of gay New Yorkers." -New York Observer
Filled with astounding anecdotes and searing tales of heartbreak and transformation, it provides a decade-by-decade account of the rise and acceptance of gay life and identity since the 1940s. From the making of West Side Story to the catastrophic era of AIDS, and with a dazzling cast of characters-including Leonard Bernstein, Montgomery Clift, Alfred Hitchcock, John F. Kennedy, and RuPaul-this is a vital telling of American history.