The steel l workers are gay men who works at the Ajax Steel Mill. The all waved "Hello!" to Homer and Bart. Rose told them that the workers worked hard and played hard. Then they started dancg wh each other. Homer then ran away om the l, takg Bart wh him.
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
A great memorable quote om the The Simpsons movie on - Homer: .. the whole steel l was Jeez, where ya been, Homer? The whole steel *dtry's* gay. * steel industry gay *
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.
GAY SHEET METAL DIES REVENUE, GROWTH & COMPETOR PROFILE
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.