Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State Amanda Roberts ISBN13: 9781682034286

ISBN13: 9781682034286

Jeremy isn't sure how to press his case--but he won't give up

In his personal journal he documented everything

Published only a few years after the Second World War

is an environmental educator and author with over 16 years of professional reptile-keeping experience

Out of the Neon Closet: Queer Community in the Silver State Amanda Roberts ISBN13: 9781682034286A century ago in Nevada the idea that there was a queer community worthy of equal right, privilege, and responsibility was beyond imagining. Same gender love was a criminal offense and Nevada's LGBTQ community faced a desperate battle for equality. As time passed, however, their movement slowly gained momentum. Bars, bookstores, and bathhouses were among the first places where those who identified as queer could gather. Once isolated and fearful,