tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post7899712503116730109..comments2024-02-24T20:34:44.520-05:00Comments on Queer New York: Lost Gay New York: Lost Lingo, Park Queens and Department Store QueensTony Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091330901996916966noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post-52374156110602835562013-05-20T15:58:32.589-04:002013-05-20T15:58:32.589-04:00Thanks for your site. I'm reading Isherwood&#...Thanks for your site. I'm reading Isherwood's, "The Forgotten Years." Department Store Queen is used a great deal in different circumstances and the history you provide here has helped my understanding a great deal. <br />Excellent!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09089726323904244551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post-31265486773725502902010-04-28T21:22:44.908-04:002010-04-28T21:22:44.908-04:00A very good friend of mine who grew up in the city...A very good friend of mine who grew up in the city in the '40s and '50s referred to dept store queens as "ribbon clerks."Mondscheinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07502709052738846128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post-74506861228081681532010-04-21T18:30:09.398-04:002010-04-21T18:30:09.398-04:00Bryant Park, against the library wall
Standing roo...Bryant Park, against the library wall<br />Standing room at the Metropolitan Opera<br />Third Avenue in the fifties<br />The grind houses along 42nd St.<br />The Penn Post Hotel, at 31st and 8th<br />The 63rd St. Y<br />Virtually every men's room in the subway system<br />Coney Island, on the boardwalk & under the boardwalk<br />The men's rooms at NYU<br />the Metropolitan Theater, 14th St. bt. 2nd & 3rd<br />The Variety Theater on Third Ave. & 14th St.<br />Riverside Park<br />The Soldiers & Sailors Monument<br />The Rambles<br />The docks, the piers, the trucks in the Far West Village<br />Washington Square Park, west fence<br />The Everard Baths<br />The old St. Marks baths<br />Way back, East 86th St.<br />Carl Shurz Park<br />The path between the East River and East River Drive<br />The men's rooms of many neighborhood theaters<br />8th Ave. for hustlers<br />Third & 53rd for hustlers<br />The lower level Grand Central Station men's room<br />The underground arcade & men's room in Rockefeller Center<br />and on<br />and on<br />and on<br />and on<br />The city used to be a sexual playgroundjerry wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post-55673538780491627072010-04-21T17:25:09.414-04:002010-04-21T17:25:09.414-04:00This has been a most interesting series of article...This has been a most interesting series of articles. Gays have never had a lack for inventive ways to meet each other. I lived at one point on 84th and Broadway ('68) at a place called Hollywood Studios. I never ate there because my roommates were thousands of cock roaches but the benches on the sidewalk that divided Broadway proved to be an excellent place to meet gay me. I almost never went without when I lived there.Tim Elliottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post-7462976015498404992010-04-21T12:55:09.582-04:002010-04-21T12:55:09.582-04:00of course we had tearoom queens (tea room being a ...of course we had tearoom queens (tea room being a euphimism for john) and we called the department store queens "ribbon queens."Victor J. Banishttp://www.vjbanis.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post-82431753675269354002010-04-20T13:05:06.717-04:002010-04-20T13:05:06.717-04:00Macy's and Gimbel's most certainly lacked ...Macy's and Gimbel's most certainly lacked charm, particularly down in Macy's basement. A high school friend of mine and I used to browse in de Pina and other upper 5th Ave. stores because they were close to the Donnell Library which is where the record collection was (we were both plunging deeply into opera). When we were up there, we'd frequently stop into St. Patrick's for a look around. The opera collection, de Pina's, St. Patrick's -- that itinerary wasn't TOO gay, huh? :-)Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post-6830892961922257312010-04-19T12:22:58.656-04:002010-04-19T12:22:58.656-04:00This is absolutely fascinating reading. I'm f...This is absolutely fascinating reading. I'm finding I'm more and more interested in the history of gay culture, not just from a political perspective but the actual culture for men who didn't have the openness and venues we almost take for granted today. <br />I really appreciate your stories and what you're adding to QNYB.Beau RNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01649354544349650032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958152521039947777.post-27541402949272648332010-04-19T01:11:39.163-04:002010-04-19T01:11:39.163-04:00So interesting....can't wait for more.So interesting....can't wait for more.Darling! aka David Frank Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00579548993760167094noreply@blogger.com