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Part 1: “Male (Homo)sexual Practices and Identities in the Early Twentieth Century”

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Part 2: “The Making of the Gay Male World”

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Part 3: “The Politics of Gay Culture”

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Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940

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