A01=Jerry T. Watkins III
Author_Jerry T. Watkins III
bars
beach parties
Beach party
Capitalism
Category=JBSF
Category=JBSJ
Category=NHB
Cruising
Cypress Lounge
Emma Jones Society
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Florida
Florida Legislative Investigation Committee
Florida's panhandle
friendship networks
gay and lesbian
gay lifestyle
gay men
Gay parties
Independence Day
Johns Committee
lesbians
LGBTQ History Studies
Moral Panic
Networking
North Florida
Panama City
Patriotic Drag Shows
Pensacola
Public Sex
Queer Identity
queer life
queer people
Queering
Ray and Henry Hillyer
Redneck Riviera
repression
San Carlos Hotel
Sexuality
socializing
society
Tallahassee
the South
The Sunshine State
Tourism
Trader Jons
transportation infrastructure
travelers
tropical paradise
Unqueer
Product details
- ISBN 9780813056913
- Weight: 437g
- Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 24 Apr 2018
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Using oral histories, newspapers, and a variety of other sources this work recovers stories of campy LGBT beach parties, forgotten gay bars, and friendship networks that spanned the South. Gay men, lesbians, and the otherwise queer were an essential part of ""The Sunshine State."" Placing them at the center of this story exposes the unique interactions of capitalism, tourism, sexuality, and space. More than just a story of repression, this work also seeks to illuminate the fun that could be had on what came to be known as ""The USA's Gay Riviera"" by the early 1990s.
