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[This] original, insightful, well-written, and concise story of class, gender, sexuality, and sometimes race is at turns harrowing and exciting. . . . Highly recommended.--Choice [A] well-wrought contribution to LGBT studies.--Library Journal Balay's life-changing book is a compelling 192-page study exploring how sexuality and gender overlap in the sprawling steel mills of Northwest Indiana. . . . Groundbreaking.--Chicago Post-Tribune A must-read LGBT book of 2014.--The Advocate An eye-opening read; you won't forget these interviews.--Lavender Anne Balay has produced an astonishing work of ethnography. As a testament to the sheer magnitude of suffering, resourcefulness, and perseverance of our queer sisters and brothers in steel, she has written a labor of love.--Women's Review of Books An honest and intimate window into the lives of hard-working queer steelworkers whose lives stray far from the gets-better narrative.--Oral History Review Their stories challenge our convenient stereotypes of what it means to be queer and how that has changed through time.--Chicago Sun Times

Balay's life-changing book is a compelling 192-page study exploring how sexuality and gender overlap in the sprawling steel mills of Northwest Indiana. . . . Groundbreaking.--Chicago Post-Tribune [This] original, insightful, well-written, and concise story of class, gender, sexuality, and sometimes race is at turns harrowing and exciting. . . . Highly recommended.--Choice [A] well-wrought contribution to LGBT studies.--Library Journal A must-read LGBT book of 2014.--The Advocate An eye-opening read; you won't forget these interviews.--Lavender Anne Balay has produced an astonishing work of ethnography. As a testament to the sheer magnitude of suffering, resourcefulness, and perseverance of our queer sisters and brothers in steel, she has written a labor of love.--Women's Review of Books An honest and intimate window into the lives of hard-working queer steelworkers whose lives stray far from the gets-better narrative.--Oral History Review Their stories challenge our convenient stereotypes of what it means to be queer and how that has changed through time.--Chicago Sun Times

An eye-opening read; you won't forget these interviews. -- Lavender [An] original, insightful, well-written, and concise story of class, gender, sexuality, and sometimes race is at turns harrowing and exciting. . . . Highly recommended. All levels/libraries. -- Choice Balay's life-changing book is a compelling 192-page study exploring how sexuality and gender overlap in the sprawling steel mills of Northwest Indiana. . . . Groundbreaking. -- Chicago Post-Tribune A must-read LGBT book of 2014.-- The Advocate [This] original, insightful, well-written, and concise story of class, gender, sexuality, and sometimes race is at turns harrowing and exciting. . . . Highly recommended.--Choice [A] well-wrought contribution to LGBT studies.--Library Journal Balay's life-changing book is a compelling 192-page study exploring how sexuality and gender overlap in the sprawling steel mills of Northwest Indiana. . . . Groundbreaking.--Chicago Post-Tribune A must-read LGBT book of 2014.--The Advocate An eye-opening read; you won't forget these interviews.--Lavender Anne Balay has produced an astonishing work of ethnography. As a testament to the sheer magnitude of suffering, resourcefulness, and perseverance of our queer sisters and brothers in steel, she has written a labor of love.--Women's Review of Books An honest and intimate window into the lives of hard-working queer steelworkers whose lives stray far from the gets-better narrative.--Oral History Review Their stories challenge our convenient stereotypes of what it means to be queer and how that has changed through time.--Chicago Sun Times [A] well-wrought contribution to LGBT studies.-- Library Journal A must-read LGBT book of 2014.-- The Advocate [A] well-wrought contribution to LGBT studies. -- Library Journal Their stories challenge our convenient stereotypes of what it means to be queer and how that has changed through time. -- Chicago Sun Times A fascinating and insightful look into the lives of queer steel mill workers ... Covering a multi-generational and cross-gender segment of this workforce, this book contributes to the ever-growing body of scholarship on working-class queers who exist outside the metropole but whose life histories are nonetheless a critical (but often missing) part of the queer historical archive. --E. Patrick Johnson, author of Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South This book is a great pleasure to read. It stands at the forefront of labor studies and queer studies. More important, it chronicles the amazing stories and reveals the hidden worlds of gay steelworkers. --Steve Estes, author of Ask and Tell: Gay and Lesbian Veterans Speak Out

[This] original, insightful, well-written, and concise story of class, gender, sexuality, and sometimes race is at turns harrowing and exciting. . . . Highly recommended.--<i>Choice</i>

Balay's life-changing book is a compelling 192-page study exploring how sexuality and gender overlap in the sprawling steel mills of Northwest Indiana. . . . Groundbreaking.-- Chicago Post-Tribune

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Anne Balay teaches at Haverford College, USA.

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