Queer Spaces An Atlas of LGBTQ+ Places and Stories PDF

An independent bookshop in Glasgow. An ice cream parlour in Havana, where strawberry is the queerest choice. A cathedral in ruins in Managua, occupied by the underground LGBTQIA+ community.

Queer people have always found ways to exist and be together, and there will always be a need for queer spaces. In this lavishly illustrated volume, Adam Nathaniel Furman and Joshua Mardell have gathered together a community of contributors to share stories of spaces that range from the educational to the institutional to the re-appropriated, and many more besides. With historic, contemporary and speculative examples from around the world, Queer Spaces recognises LGBTQIA+ life past and present as strong, vibrant, vigorous, and worthy of its own place in history. Looking forward, it suggests visions of what form these spaces may take in the future to continue uplifting queer lives. Featured spaces include:

Black Lesbian and Gay Centre, London

Category Is Books, Glasgow

Christopher Street, New York

Coppelia, Havana

New Sazae, Tokyo

ONE Institute for Homophile Studies, Los Angeles

Pop-Up spaces, Dhaka

Queer House Party, Online

Santiago Apóstol Cathedral, Managua

Trans Memory Archive, Buenos Aires

Victorian Pride Centre, Melbourne

Authors: Adam Nathaniel Furman, Joshua Mardell