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The Gay Golden Age

A selection of texts exploring queerness during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Titles include historical analyses as well as memoirs and biographies of key queer figures during the era.

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Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars

Blue Angel: The Life of Marlene Dietrich

Old Hollywood

Clara Bow: The Tragic Life of the "It" Girl: With Illustrations

Humphrey Bogart: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Actors)

Pay It No Mind

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19 books

Nonfiction books about LGBTQ+ topics because history cannot be erased, no matter how hard some try.

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Hi Honey, I'm Homo!: Sitcoms, Specials, and the Queering of American Culture

Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness

Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression in the USSR

Dining Out: First Dates, Defiant Nights, and Last Call Disco Fries at America's Gay Restaurants

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