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In a gay bar, am I penned into minority status, swallowing drinks that nourish my oppression - have gay bars kept me in my place?" He's ambivalent about the development, writing, "I had to consider whether gay bars promised a sense of belonging then lured us into a trap. That kind of gay bar - all kinds of gay bars, really - are in danger of closing, Atherton Lin writes, due to the popularity of dating apps and rising property costs. I'm the company I keep: a man over forty with a Friday night" erection, "passing as desirable in the dark." Atherton Lin participates in a sexual encounter with a stranger, and reflects on what sets him apart from the tough-looking crowd: "I saw these men as being in their domain, depraved and sketchy, whereas I was just passing through.
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Gay Bar combines memoir, history and criticism it's a difficult book to pin down, but that's what makes it so readable and so endlessly fascinating.Ītherton Lin's book starts off in a crowded room in a gay bar where he's gone cruising with his partner, whom he refers to throughout the book with the Leonard Cohen-inspired nickname Famous Blue Raincoat. The subtitle of Atherton Lin's book is Why We Went Out, and the London-based author offers plenty of reasons in this remarkable debut. We go out to return to the thrill of the chase.
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"We go out to get some," writes Jeremy Atherton Lin in his new book, Gay Bar. Gay Bar: Why We Went Out, Jeremy Atherton Lin