Although camouflaged as a social history, Queer Street: The Rise and Fall of an American Culture, 1947-1985 (Norton) is a memoir of sexual initiation and awareness. Novelist James McCourt (using the nickname Q.T.) transforms a young boy into the embodiment of Queer Temperament.
James McCourt: Queer Street
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