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People often associate GLBT History & Culture as a Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City type thing & getting to read this book, I was unable to put it down. The history, the imagery, the people of the book & the fact that it's modern I won this book in a Goodreads First Reads Giveaway. I read it in two days & have never been so inspired by a book to want to visit a place. The history & struggle for glbt rights in New Orleans really caught me from the minute I began the book. I won this book in a Goodreads First Reads Giveaway. Jeffrey Palmquist grew up in South Dakota and now lives in the French Quarter where he is a bartender at The Café: Lafitte in Exile.more Written with graceful insight and thoughtful perception, In Exile is not only a captivating history book, it is a beautiful meditation on the intersection of place and identity.įrank Perez grew up in Louisiana and now lives in the French Quarter where he is a barfly at The Café: Lafitte in Exile. Learn how homophobia led to the founding of the nation’s oldest gay bar, the origins of gay Carnival culture, and how Southern Decadence, one of the largest gay festivals in the world, began as an impromptu house party by a handful of bored college students. Showing the incredible and previously unrecognized contributions gay people have made to New Orleans culture, In Exile illuminates the darkness where gay people lived secret double-lives for decades and chronicles the social forces that enabled gay New Orleanians to live openly and honestly. In Exile: The History and Lore Surrounding New Orleans Gay Culture and Its Oldest Gay Bar is the first comprehensive treatment of the history of gay New Orleans drawn primarily on the recollections of dozens of gay men and women and providing a fascinating narrative of how gay New Orleans evolved throughout the twentieth century. “Even further back than the oldest gay publication in the South, an exciting read.” Ken GranPré, General Manger Wood Enterprises, Café Lafitte “A true look into New Orleans Gay History and Café Lafitte’s role in it.” The Quarter is a place like no other, and with the publication of In Exile, there's now a book about its history like no other.” Reed, award-winning author of Caregiver “A true look into New Orleans Gay History and Café Lafitte’s role in it.” -Ken Gr “A perfect reflection of the French Quarter, In Exile brings history to piquant, steamy, and always-fascinating life. The Quarter is a place like no other, and with the publication of In Exile, there's now a book about its history like no other.” -Rick R. “A perfect reflection of the French Quarter, In Exile brings history to piquant, steamy, and always-fascinating life.