Queer Book Club
Thu, Sep 05
|Butter and Bean
Open to all, this is primarily a space for queer folks to meet other people in the community and share their love of reading by diving into books that explore the queer identity!
Time & Location
Sep 05, 2024, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Butter and Bean, 307 Stanley K Tanger Dr Suite 307, Lancaster, PA 17602, USA
Guests
About the event
Hello! For September we will be reading Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City by Elyssa Maxx Goodman.
From journalist and drag historian Elyssa Maxx Goodman, an intimate, evocative history of drag in New York City exploring its dynamic role, from the Jazz Age to Drag Race, in queer liberation and urban life From the lush feather boas that adorned early female impersonators to the sequined lip syncs of barroom queens to the drag kings that have us laughing in stitches, drag has played a vital role in the creative life of New York City. But the evolution of drag in the city--as an art form, a community and a mode of liberation--has never before been fully chronicled. Now, for the first time, Elyssa Goodman unearths the dramatic, provocative untold story of drag in New York City in all its glistening glory. Glitter and Concrete ducks beneath…