Charles Kaiser

The Gay Metropolis: The Landmark History of Gay Life in America since World War II (1998)

It’s almost funny to read how Otis Bigelow (famous to be the most handsome man of the ’40s in New York City, and coveted by millionaires and artists) reported as being gay “was an upscale thing to be”, but at the same time the author reports as just “across town from Park Avenue swells who entert...