A queer capital is a meticulously researched study of the shifting social and cultural geography of lgbt life throughout the 20th century in washington dc beemyn pays close attention to the entwined dynamics of race gender and class in this history and provides a welcome addition to the historical literature. A queer capital is a meticulously researched study of the shifting social and cultural geography of lgbt life throughout the 20th century in washington dc beemyn pays close attention to the entwined dynamics of race gender and class in this history and provides a welcome addition to the historical literature. Rooted in extensive archival research and personal interviews a queer capital is the first history of lgbt life in the nations capital revealing a vibrant past that dates back more than 125 years the book explores how lesbians gay men and bisexuals established spaces of their own before and after world war ii survived some of the harshest . Rooted in extensive archival research and personal interviews a queer capital is the first history of lgbt life in the nations capital revealing a vibrant past that dates back more than 125. A queer capital is a book for readers interested in gay life in washington dc history and in african american life and culture in the first half of the twentieth century the first history of lgbt life in washington dc across the 20th century