Anne Balay: 2 books
Steel Closets
Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Steelworkers
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
Even as substantial legal and social victories are being celebrated within the gay rights movement, much of working-class America still exists outside the current narratives of gay liberation. In Steel Closets, Anne Balay draws on oral history interviews with forty gay, lesbian, and transgender steelworkers,...
Semi Queer
Inside the World of Gay, Trans, and Black Truck Drivers
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely hidden from public view. Gritty, inspiring, and often devastating oral histories of gay, transsexual, and minority truck drivers allow award-winning author Anne Balay...