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Contents:
- IS THE GAY STEEL L CLOSED? REFLECTNS ON QUEER HISTORI OF DTRIALIZG CAPE BRETON
- STEEL CLOSETS: VOIC OF GAY, LBIAN, AND TRANSGENR STEELWORKERS
IS THE GAY STEEL L CLOSED? REFLECTNS ON QUEER HISTORI OF DTRIALIZG CAPE BRETON
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To quote the top ment, "Dad, why did you brg me to a gay Steel Mill?
STEEL CLOSETS: VOIC OF GAY, LBIAN, AND TRANSGENR STEELWORKERS
It did not have the smopolan queer nightlife of the ci and ltle activism that uld be lled “gay liberatn” manifted any visible way. The urbanizatn and dtrial palism of the 19th century, as John D’E argu, provid the prendns for a ntemporary gay inty and muny. Where we might be left lookg for Sydney’s gaybourhood is a gay steel l.
I njure this image of a gay steel l to showse the uneasy teractn between memori of queer life and memori of dtrial life, both wh my oral history work as well as existg scholarship. The gay steel l may not be an actual physil place, but rather a vice that might allow to qutn the hegemony of so-lled dtrial masculy and open up room for queer histori of dtrial labour.