Kings and Queens: Queers at the Dance: An Oral History David Boyer Hardcover - 144 pages (June 2004) Soft Skull Press,U.S.; ISBN: 1932360247

WHO THE PROM QUEEN & KING REALLY WANTED TO ASK TO THE BALL...
David Boyer, like so many other gay teenagers who face this high-school rite of passage, asked a member of the opposite sex to the prom. Decades later, he collects all the angst-ridden stories on his web-site gayprom.com in this funny, sad and revealing volume.
A humorous coffee table book that uses the rite of passage of prom to discuss queer and transgender identities. A diverse group of LGBTs talk about their proms and their lives since to create an oral and visual history that shows how being an LBGT teen has and has not changed over the past 75 years. Their stories consist of often hilarious prom photos and personal accounts that range from funny to sobering to heart-warming. Collectively they portray the impact that growing up gay has on one's entire life, so that it will appeal not only to queers, but to their friends and family too.
A lesbian prom queen, a transgender prom king, gay high school sweethearts (who met in 1969!) and veterans of Stonewall and World War II: these are just some of the people who share their memories and photos in KINGS & QUEENS: Queers at the Prom.
This groundbreaking visual and oral history gets to the queer heart of an American rite of passage while revealing what it's been like to grow up gay, bi, transgendered or utterly confused. Packed with seventy years of stories and pictures, KINGS & QUEENS traces the evolution of both queer and pop culture. And shows off tons of fabulous fashions and hairstyles along the way!

Paperback, Excellent condition for age