Atkins is narrative nonfiction journalist as well as professor of communication with an associate appointment in gender studies at Seattle University. He is author of three books, including Gay Seattle: Stories of Exile and Belonging (University of Washington Press, 2013).
List of Illustrations
Introduction to the Paperback Edition
Acknowledgments
Part One: IMAGINING AN EXILE
Prologue: From Exile to Belonging
1. The Law: Sodomy on the Mudflat
2. Mental Health: The Psychiatric Pick
Part Two: CREATING REFUGES
3. New Saloons and Vaudeville
4. Stirrings of Resistance
5. Is Dance the Enemy?
6. Crossing Over: Challenging the Police
Part Three: CLAIMING A CIVIC LIFE
7. Robert's Rules and Gay Liberation
8. Chautauquas of Feminism and Lesbianism
9. Pulpits for Healing
10. At the Dance: A New Leg
11. Confronting a Police Crackdown
12. Insiders at City Hall: The Rhetoric of Privacy
13. At the Capitol: Limited Conversation
14. Initiative Thirteen: Coming Together, Learning to Persuade
15. On Broadway: Creating Markets and Parades
16. On Catholic Hill: The Clash of Dogma and Ministry
17. At the Hospital: A Plague Arrives
18. Becoming Compassion
19. Cal's Conscience
Epilogue: On the Hill
Notes
Sources
Index
