Creator
Bruce Rodgers
Title
The Queens’ Vernacular: A Gay Lexicon
Coverage
San Francisco
Publisher
Straight Arrow Books
Date
1972
Description
Publishing a candid “dictionary of homophile cant” in 1972 took courage. Just three years since the Stonewall uprising, homosexuality was still classed as “sexual deviation” and was illegal in 46 of the 50 states. But Bruce Rodgers was convinced that “gay slang, like black slang, enriches our language immeasurably.” This inexpensive paperback in brilliant lavender—the color associated with gay rights before the LGBTQ rainbow edged it out—was meant to reach a wide audience.
Source
Ex coll. Jack Lynch. HHD no. 119