Oxford LibGuides: LGBTQ+ History Resources: Urban Spaces

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The Demise of Queer Space? Resurgent Gentrification and the Assimilation of LGBT Neighborhoods
"In the past forty years, gay and lesbian populations have established a visible presence in many cities, but recent gentrification has put pressure on LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered) neighborhoods. This article uses a case study of the Atlanta metropolitan area to examine the effects of resurgent gentrification on LGBT neighborhoods."
NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project
"Our groundbreaking work documents historic places connected to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in New York City, from the 17th century to the year 2000, and tells the often untold story of their influence on American history and culture."
The politics of in/visibility: carving out queer space in Ul’yanovsk
"This article contributes new insights to current debates about the construction and meaning of queer space by considering how city space is appropriated by an informal queer network in Ul’ianovsk. The group routinely occupied very public locations meeting and socialising on the street or in mainstream cafés in central Ul’ianovsk, although claims to these spaces as queer were mostly contingent, precarious or invisible to outsiders."
Queer Home Berlin? Making Queer Selves and Spaces in the Divided City, 1945-1970
This PhD thesis looks at the history of LGBTQ+ people in Berlin, from the end of WW2 to the 1970s. It focus on specific spaces, such as bars, homes, and prisons, exploring the influence they had on the lives of LGBTQ+ people during a very turbulent period of German history.
Queering Spires: a history of Oxford's LGBTIQA+ spaces
This is a Museum of Oxford digital exhibition that focuses on the history of LGBTQ+ spaces in Oxford. It includes a series of audio recordings of LGBTQ+ people talking about the organisations and places at the heart of their community.
Queer Places
This is a digital archive which aims to celebrate LGBTQ+ spaces in Liverpool. It focuses on bars, club, and other public places where members of the LGBTQ+ community have historically met and socialised.

LGBTQ+ History Resources: Urban Spaces

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