HST 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Naval Station Newport, Progressive Era, Subculture
Document Summary
Ymca get a room, interact with other men. Progressive era (cid:862)the streets(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:374)eigh(cid:271)orhoods huge %s of single men and women in nyc pg136 reaction of social reformers. Investigation send decoys to engage in sex, arrest those involved. Changing approaches to the policing of the gay subculture - paper topic. Blend in with the fellow working class men. Hectic tactics chaos and business of city. Get away for romantic time alone: heterosexual couples as well. Different concepts of private space all living in one room (family) Working class families ^^ - policing, enforcing rules of privacy from middle class. Trade masculine men who have sex with fairies. Rough trade masculine (straight) man, will except money for having sex with men. Women depended on being picked up by men similar to gays. Bathrooms in subway professionals, quick sex, not involving picking up a prostitute. Pirit of (cid:862)ad(cid:448)e(cid:374)turis(cid:373)(cid:863) i(cid:374) the gay (cid:449)orld pg199.
