These twenty-six original essays by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered writers include personal stories that span forty years of LGBTQ life in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, and together create a queer love letter to New York City. Chapters in this volume range from personal anecdote to memoir, reportage, history, herstory, and daydream, as well as tributes to people, places, and events.The essays: "Silence = Death: The Education of a Comedian" by Bob Smith, "An Old Queen's Tale" by Penny Arcade, "The Isle Of Staten" by Michele Karlsberg, "Finding Jesús on Christopher Street" by Brendan Fay, "Dis-membering Stonewall" by Rev. Irene Monroe, "Before I Begin" by David McConnell, "A Bite of the Big Apple" by Val McDermid, "Irrespective of the Storm" by Mark Ameen, "My Last Big Addiction" by Martin Hyatt, "My Family Tree" by Amos Mac, "The Opera Singer's Pants, and How I Got In Them" by Justine Saracen, "The Sum of Our Parts" by Jewelle Gomez, "The Myths of this Place" by Shaun Levin, "The Voices" by Charlie Vázquez, "As I Stood Frying.
