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Hugh Ryan is a writer, historian, and curator based in Brooklyn. His latest book is The Women’s House of Detention.
Our ideas about sexuality and gender have changed before, and now they’re changing again.
Did the success of gay marriage erode the radical potential of queer politics?
Many see gayness as inseparable from city life. But many LGBT Americans—particularly queer black folks—live in rural places. Their invisibility to the gay rights movement is a problem.
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