Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction: Hidden in Plain Sight: Finding and Remembering LGBTQ Newark History 1
4. 1 Sodom on the Passaic: Excavating Early Queer Histories of Newark, 1870s–1940s 23
5. 2 The View from Mulberry and Market: Revisiting Newark’s Forgotten Gay and Lesbian Nightlife 45
6. Oral History Excerpt #1: John 67
7. 3 Toward a Queer Newark Left: Sexuality and Activism in the New Left and Black Power Eras 69
8. Oral History Excerpt #2: Yvonne Hernandez 103
9. 4 Glitter on Halsey Street: Queer and Trans World-Making in Newark, 1970s–Present 105
10. Oral History Excerpt #3: Angela Raine 131
11. 5 Project Fire: AIDS, Erasure, and Black Queer Organizing in Newark 133
12. 6 Ballroom Interlude queer newark oral history project 155
13. 7 At Home in the Hood: Black Queer Women Resisting Narratives of Violence and Plotting Life at the G Corner 175
14. Oral History Excerpt #4: June Dowell-Burton 197
15. 8 Let’s Talk about Sex, Baby! Queer and Trans Black Women and the Politics of Sex Talk in the Archive 199
16. 9 “Temos Muitas Coisas Pra Fazer”: Market Identities and Queer Community-Building in the Brazilian Ironbound and Greater Queer Newark 213
17. Oral History Excerpt #5: Alicia Heath-Toby 241
18. 10 “Newark Police Don’t Do Nothing for Me; They Don’t Protect and Serve”: Policing LGBTQ+ Communities 243
19. 11 Walk This Way: Reframing Queer History through a Walking Tour 265
20. Epilogue: Remembering Sakia, Remembering Ourselves 285
21. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 291
22. NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 295
23. INDEX 301