Who Needs Gay Bars by Greggor Mattson PAPERBACK 9781503640139

Stanford University Press

Gay bars have been closing by the hundreds. The story goes that increasing mainstream acceptance of LGBTQ+ people, plus dating apps like Grindr and Tinder, have rendered these spaces obsolete. Beyond that, rampant gentrification in big cities has pushed gay bars out of the neighborhoods they helped make hip. Who Needs Gay Bars? considers these narratives, accepting that the answer for some might be: maybe nobody. And yet...\nJarred by the closing of his favorite local watering hole in Cleveland, Ohio, Greggor Mattson embarks on a journey across the country to paint a much more complex picture of the cultural significance of these spaces, inside \""big four\"" gay cities, but also beyond them. No longer the only places for their patrons to socialize openly, Mattson finds in them instead a\n\nWho Needs Gay Bars?\nBar-Hopping Through America's Endangered LGBTQ+ Places\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked service;