The Gay Metropolis Author:Charles Kaiser Journalist Kaiser explores how postwar New York City "became the literal gay metropolis for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from within and without the United States" and the city's role in this panorama of American gay social history. Beginning on the eve of World War II, the book depicts each decade via a series of oral histo... more »ries that present a penetrating portrait of gay life in New York and provide context to the historical events that shaped that life.« less