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Category: Melissa Gohlke

Derelict Spaces and Country Places: The Emergence of San Antonio’s Queer Community, 1940s-1970s

As we explore contemporary notions of gender, identity, and appearance, we can look to the past to ascertain how our present-day interpretations are grounded in the evolution of queer communities decades ago. During the 1940s through the 1970s, lesbians, gays, and trans San Antonians came together in peripheral spaces peppered throughout the city and its surrounds.

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