Betty & Pansy's Severe Queer Review of New York [Paperback]

Betty Pearl (Author), Pansy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1997

A campy travel guide leads the gay and lesbian traveler and resident through bars, clubs, restaurants, cruising areas, and other attractions of gay New York, including an expanded section for lesbians in Brooklyn. Original. IP. "

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If you're looking for an objective guide to New York City, you won't find it in Betty & Pansy's Severe Queer Review of New York. What you will find becomes clear on the very first page: "New York City, as you already know, is totally fun, fast, dirty and completely messed up, which we discovered the hard way when we arrived all alone and virginal. Once we were worn down, used up and permanently embittered, we wrote this book as a warning to those who might come after us.... " It should be apparent by now that Betty and Pansy are not your average travel writers. As they themselves caution, "Some of you may not agree with us, but we are forced by our natures to call them as we see them (and to leave 'em where God flung 'em). So bear that in mind."

In the Severe Queer Review of New York, gay and lesbian travelers will find a comprehensive guide to bars, clubs, restaurants, favorite cruising areas, and other attractions, all described in Betty and Pansy's inimitable style. A description of the Wall Street Sauna, for example, says "At first I wondered if a nudist colony and an old-age home had collided, and then a bathhouse had been built around the accident site.... "For the skinny on New York's best gay and lesbian hangouts, trust Betty and Pansy--they won't steer you wrong.

Product Details

• Paperback: 191 pages
• Publisher: Cleis Pr; 2nd edition (May 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573440701
• ISBN-13: 978-1573440707
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,424,429 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars One of a kind - wish it was updated every year or so -, November 16, 2009

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This review is from: Betty and Pansy's Severe Queer Review of New York (Paperback)

I was amazed and amused to find this book for sale and I immediately purchased it (used book). I'm afraid that since it's been years since this edition has been out, that things will no longer be the same as Betty and Pansy found them. Things change fast in the demi-monde, especially when out-of-state tourists like me come looking for what they found in the book. So, I wonder what there will be left to find ... I haven't been to NY yet to look up any of these sights so eventually I will be there looking. Hope there are some nice attractions left. By the way I am PROUD to be QUEER!!! and don't care who knows it.