Homer: .. the whole steel l was Jeez, where ya been, Homer? The whole steel *dtry's* gay.

Contents:

• STEEL CLOSETS: VOIC OF GAY, LBIAN, AND TRANSGENR STEELWORKERS
• GAY SHEET METAL DIES REVENUE, GROWTH & COMPETOR PROFILE

STEEL CLOSETS: VOIC OF GAY, LBIAN, AND TRANSGENR STEELWORKERS

My goal for Steel Closets was to document what life and work meant to one group of the workers, as they experienced the gay rights movement and rapid dtrializatn simultaneoly. Though I vised several archiv, cludg Rivers of Steel Homtead, PA, none mentned gay steelworkers at all. I would equent lol gay bars, and steelworker bars, and get faiar wh the culture.

I talked to many gay-intified men who had equent sex wh them, but I uldn’t fd a way to talk to straight men who did. And I had received ias about what gay and lbian people were, and how we acted.

I me to unrstand that if scholars look for what we thk of as gay people, we’ll miss many of the queer pleasur and possibili that exist. Also, I imaged that blue-llar workers would be racist and homophobic. The whole steel *dtry's* gay.

GAY SHEET METAL DIES REVENUE, GROWTH & COMPETOR PROFILE

Where you been Homer, the entire steel dtry is gay.

Entire steel dtry's gay. ENTIRE STEEL INDUSTRY'S GAY.

The whole steel dtry is gay. The entire steel dtry is gay! Rearch shows diverse teams outperform homogeno teams once they velop highly-effective llaboratn skills — yet this same diversy also expos different norms and unnsc bias that, left unchecked, uld pose hurdl for growth.