Queer New York: Geographies of Lesbians, Dykes, and Queers

A Queer New York, by Jen Jack Gieseking, is the first lesbian and queer historical geography of New York City. It explores how rapid gentrification has displaced marginalized members of the LGBTQ+ community, highlighting the historic significance of these spaces and the ways in which lesbian and queer communities have carved out spaces despite being pushed away by gentrifiers.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2020
Publisher: New York University Press

The Glenda Laws Award, presented by the American Association of Geographers, was given to Jen Jack Gieseking in recognition of her groundbreaking work in lesbian and queer historical geography. Over the past few decades, New York City has experienced rapid gentrification, resulting in the loss of numerous lesbian and queer spaces, disproportionately impacting marginalized members of the LGBTQ+ community. In her book, A Queer New York, Jen Jack Gieseking explores the historical significance of these spaces, documenting the political, economic, and geographic dispossession of a once-thriving community that once called specific New York neighborhoods home. Gieseking focuses on well-known neighborhoods such as Greenwich Village, Park Slope, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Crown Heights, highlighting how lesbian and queer communities have been displaced by the capitalist influence of white, wealthy gentrifiers who have failed to accommodate their presence. Despite these challenges, Gieseking also showcases how lesbian and queer communities have found ways to create spaces and establish lives in a city that has consistently pushed its most vulnerable citizens away. Written with elegance and insight, A Queer New York offers an eye-opening account of how lesbians and queers have survived and thrived in the face of twenty-first-century gentrification and urban development.

The Glenda Laws Award, presented by the American Association of Geographers, was given to Jen Jack Gieseking in recognition of her groundbreaking work in lesbian and queer historical geography.

Over the past few decades, New York City has experienced rapid gentrification, resulting in the loss of numerous lesbian and queer spaces, disproportionately impacting marginalized members of the LGBTQ+ community.

In her book, A Queer New York, Jen Jack Gieseking explores the historical significance of these spaces, documenting the political, economic, and geographic dispossession of a once-thriving community that once called specific New York neighborhoods home.

Gieseking focuses on well-known neighborhoods such as Greenwich Village, Park Slope, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Crown Heights, highlighting how lesbian and queer communities have been displaced by the capitalist influence of white, wealthy gentrifiers who have failed to accommodate their presence.

Despite these challenges, Gieseking also showcases how lesbian and queer communities have found ways to create spaces and establish lives in a city that has consistently pushed its most vulnerable citizens away.

Written with elegance and insight, A Queer New York offers an eye-opening account of how lesbians and queers have survived and thrived in the face of twenty-first-century gentrification and urban development.

Weight: 520g
Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781479835737