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Amin Ghaziani

@aminghaziani.bsky.social
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Sociologist. Co-editor of Contexts. Author of Long Live Queer Nightlife (Princeton). www.aminghaziani.net

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Elena G. van Stee @elenavanstee.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The latest issue of @contexts.org is out! We've got hot sociological takes on everything from poverty and blood quantum to guns, plants, and underwater hotels! Find it all (paywall-free!) at contexts.org/articles/su2...
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Summer 2025 Table of Contents - Contexts
Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers.
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ASA Theory Section @asatheory.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
New publication by Amin Ghaziani (@aminghaziani.bsky.social) in (@socquarterly.bsky.social). “The Sociology of Queer Nightlife.” The Sociological Quarterly 66(4): 661-674. Available here: www.tandfonline.com/toc/utsq20/6.... The article provides a sociological perspective on queer nightlife.
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The Sociological Quarterly
Queer Nightlife. Volume 66, Issue 4 of The Sociological Quarterly
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Liam Swiss @liamswiss.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Was pleased to accept an invitation from the Editors of @contexts.org (@sethabrutyn.bsky.social @aminghaziani.bsky.social) to contribute to a special section on the Canada-USA relationship along with @dbtindall.bsky.social & @pallavib.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Canada and the United States—a Friendship Strained
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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · 17/10/2025
🚨New Issue Out Now!! Open Access!! Navigate all the fresh #sociology with our clickable table of contents (contexts.org/articles/su2...), listen to the issue's companion playlist (open.spotify.com/playlist/5PB...), and read the "digest" (mailchi.mp/ea0c38553548...) to learn more!
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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · 22/10/2025
"The Little Engine that Maybe Could" 🚂 Co-editor @aminghaziani.bsky.social interviews former editors Syed Ali and @philipncohen.com (univofmaryland.bsky.social) about overcoming challenges to deliver meaningful sociology to the public. Paywall-free! ➡️ contexts.org/articles/su2...
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Mark McCormack @markmccormack.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Delighted to be part of this special issue. My thanks to @aminghaziani.bsky.social for all his work in making it happen, and his considered and insightful editorial comments and advice. Not only is queer nightlife “having a moment”, it is “an intellectual movement that is impossible to ignore”.
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
The latest issue of TSQ is now live! Check out this very special issue on queer nightlife, edited by Amin Ghaziani (@aminghaziani.bsky.social), at www.tandfonline.com/toc/utsq20/6...
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
My special issue of The Sociological Quarterly on queer nightlife is out! A real passion project, attempting to articulate what unique contributions sociologists can make to a vibrant interdisciplinary conversation. It’s all open access for 6 months. www.tandfonline.com/toc/utsq20/6... #sociology
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The Sociological Quarterly
Queer Nightlife. Volume 66, Issue 4 of The Sociological Quarterly
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Tomorrow, I'll be speaking at SESC in São Paulo for their "Queer Cartographies" project, which itself is part of their Actions for Citizenship lecture series. Will be great to connect with this intellectual community as we discuss queer nightlife. www.sescsp.org.br/programacao/... #sociology
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Cartografias Queer: Amin Ghaziani – Vida longa à noite Queer
Neste encontro, exploramos como a vida noturna queer se reinventa diante das transformações urbanas, culturais e políticas e abre espaço para novas formas de pertencimento e celebração. O fechament...
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The Society Pages @thesocietypages.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Queer in Vancouver. Gay in Texas. LGBTQ+ identity labels aren’t fixed: they shift across geography, family, and community. Recent sociological research from Andy Holmes & @aminghaziani.bsky.social in @sociusjournal.bsky.social explores why. Check it out here: 🔗 bit.ly/46IZcIq 🔗
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Congrats to my grad student @alyypatel.bsky.social on her article "Re-theorizing the Sexual Minority Closet" in Canadian Review of Sociology. How can the closet be a source of violence, esp. for multiply marginalized groups? Find out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #sociology
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Re‐theorizing the Sexual Minority Closet: Evidence From Queer South Asian Women
Scholarship generally assumes the closet is a place of safety from the perceived risks associated with coming out. However, this overlooks its function as a source of violence, particularly for those...
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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
New in Sex&Sexualities by @aminghaziani.bsky.social and @jorge-ochoa.bsky.social ! "Color Outside the Lines" offers methodological tools - ethnography attuned to ephemerality and a palimpsestic approach - to study queer nightlife and changing social worlds. doi.org/10.1177/3033... #QueerMethods
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Robert (Bob) Faris @bobfaris.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
UC Davis Sociology will be hiring an assistant professor specializing in gender. If that's your area, apply here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07293
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Sociology of Gender
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Sex & Sexualities Journal @sexandsexualities.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
New in Sex & Sexualities: “Color Outside the Lines” by @amin.ghaziani and @jorge-ochoa.bsky.social This article offers methodological tools - ethnography attuned to ephemerality and a palimpsestic approach - to study queer nightlife and changing social worlds. doi.org/10.1177/3033... #QueerMethods
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Color Outside the Lines: Methodological Invitations from the Study of Queer Nightlife - Amin Ghaziani, Jorge Ochoa, 2025
To capture the complexity of the social world, researchers sometimes must color outside the lines, or break the mold of orthodox methods to bring under-examined...
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I'm filled with gratitude to see @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social and the local community in Santa Barbara both celebrate my book as a Lammy finalist for Best Book in LGBTQ+ Nonfiction. I could not have imagined a more generous and gracious welcome. Thank you! #sociology @princetonupress.bsky.social
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
The program for the 37th annual Van @queerfilmfestival.ca is live and tickets are on sale. VQFF 2025 features 100 films from 25 countries playing in-person from Sept 11-25. As our Indigiqueer artistic director says, "Stories are medicine." See you there! outonscreen.com/vqff/program...
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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · 10/08/2025
Can you believe there are even more @contexts.org editors ready to talk to prospective authors? And while @sethabrutyn.bsky.social, @lettapage.bsky.social, and @aminghaziani.bsky.social are the “exiting team”, our incoming editor David Grazian is also at #ASA2025 and eager to meet you! #sociology
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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · 07/08/2025
🚨New Blog from @cantonwiner.bsky.social: Does everyone *have* a #gender? "The concept of gender detachment resists the assumption that everyone does (and should) have a gender identity—an assumption I call compulsory gender." #sociology #ASA2025 #ASA25 contexts.org/blog/does-ev...
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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · 05/08/2025
"From words on the page to bodies in the streets, let's pull together to protect the dolls," implore @aminghaziani.bsky.social and @sethabrutyn.bsky.social in their latest letter from the editors. Read more and explore the full no-paywall issue at contexts.org/articles/eds...
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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · 03/08/2025
"The War on Woke--and What It Means" 4 #sociology essays underscoring what we lose by abandoning #DEI efforts across business, healthcare, and academia. ↪️Intro @aminghaziani.bsky.social @sethabrutyn.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
The title page of a special section in Contexts Magazine titled "The War on Woke--and What It Means," with the introductory byline Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn. The image, which has a pink, black, gray, and white color scheme, shows the phrase DEI and the word woke crossed out. The text reads: In our Winter 2025 issue, we invited five scholars to comment on the U.S. presidential election, shedding sociological light on a current issue from several different angles. In this issue, six more esteemed researchers draw our attention to a lighting rod in the so-called culture wars: DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion].
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Calgary never formally delineated an urban gay district in the same way Vancouver or Toronto did. But did one exist unofficially? And where’s the #gaybourhood today? Read my interview with The Scene: thescenecalgary.com/lifestyle/wh... #sociology #gayborhood @arts.ubc.ca
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Where’s the Gaybourhood? - The Scene
From an unofficial clustering along the Beltline to pop-up gatherings in borrowed venues, Calgary's gaybourhood has always found ways to exist even if you can't put it on a map.
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
CBC Books reports on Canadian authors shortlisted for Lambda Literary Awards celebrating 2SLGBTQ+ storytelling: www.cbc.ca/books/canadi... #sociology #publicsociology @princetonupress.bsky.social @arts.ubc.ca
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Canadian authors Zoe Whittall, Sarah Leavitt and Jes Battis shortlisted for 2SLGBTQ+ writing awards | CBC Books
The U.S. Lambda Literary Awards celebrate 2SLGBTQ+ storytelling. This year, several Canadians have made the shortlists.
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
The @lambdaliterary.org Foundation compiled the (gorgeous) covers for all finalists. I clicked my category, LGBTQ+ Nonfiction, & read all the reviews. What a stunning collection of ideas! lambdaliterary.org/awards/curre... #sociology @princetonupress.bsky.social @arts.ubc.ca @asanews.bsky.social
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Current Finalists
We’re proud to announce the finalists in 26 categories for the 36th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. The finalists were selected by more than 70 avid readers, critics, and literary professionals from mo...
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Each of the 5 finalists for a @lambdaliterary.org Award for Best Book in LGBTQ+ Nonfiction is intellectually generous & gorgeous. I'm both stunned and speechless to be included in this group. Huge honor. #sociology #publicfacingsociology @princetonupress.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social @arts.ubc.ca
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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 30/07/2025
We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards! lambdaliterary.org/2025/07/anno...
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Announcing the Finalists for the 37th Annual Lambda Literary Awards
This year marks 37 years
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Long Live Queer Nightlife is a Finalist in the LGBTQ+ Nonfiction category for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards! 1,339 submitted titles in total spanning 26 categories, evaluated by 80 judges over 6 months. #sociology @princetonupress.bsky.social @arts.ubc.ca @ucsb.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social
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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🚨 Job alert: The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky
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Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
One of my faves this issue is @ashley-c-rondini.bsky.social and @dcunningham-stl.bsky.social's piece, "TQ+: public memory, structural violence, and transgender erasure," on the indelible trans and queer community refusing erasure by Executive Order! journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Friends who subscribe to @contexts.org: Have you received your copy yet? And if so, have you peeked at the back cover? #sociology
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Delighted to talk publishing, public writing, and sociological R&D with @aminghaziani.bsky.social and Doug Hartmann in the new issue of @contexts.org. link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · 12/07/2025
Heck yes! We've got sociology, we've got tunes, it's a whole vibe...
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Time to hit the beach? Grab a copy of @contexts.org, pop in your airpods, and find us on Spotify. #sociology open.spotify.com/playlist/1Ka... @asanews.bsky.social @arts.ubc.ca @ucsb.bsky.social
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Contexts Spring 2025
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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · 11/07/2025
Our new issue is free to read, download, and share: contexts.org/articles/sp2... Peer-reviewed features include: ↪️@cantonwiner.bsky.social‬ on asexuality and queer gatekeeping ↪️‪@makchur.bsky.social‬ and JV Bastidas on environmental justice ↪️@avbsoc.bsky.social‬ on conservatorships #Sociology
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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · 11/07/2025
It's here! Our latest issue takes up big social problems, from the multi-front assault on queer and trans people to the opioid epidemic, urban segregation, and environmental racism. #sociology Clickable table of contents: contexts.org/articles/sp25-toc/ Companion playlist: tinyurl.com/CTXsp25tunes
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
New issue just dropped | get it while it's hot 🔥 #sociology @asanews.bsky.social
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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · 19/06/2025
Sneaks and peeks: Our latest issue is almost ready to bloom!
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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · 27/06/2025
Coming soon, we've got @cantonwiner.bsky.social on asexuality and queer gatekeeping, @makchur.bsky.social and Juanita Vivas Bastidas on cumulative impact and environmental justice, William Burr et al. on medical school debt and the physician shortages, and Alex V. Barnard on conservatorships!
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Great to chat with Erin Quinlan and provide "crucial context" for a story on the historic #gayborhood of Hell's Kitchen--in Architectural Digest! #sociology @ucsb.bsky.social @arts.ubc.ca www.architecturaldigest.com/story/a-prid...
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A Pride-Month Odyssey Through the Historic Gayborhood of Hell’s Kitchen
How the LGBTQ+ community in a stretch of western Manhattan is approaching space making, political power, and queer joy in 2025
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
“[Long Live Queer Nightlife] reads almost like a New York Times Styles section of a hot new bar or club that you have to check out. . . . It’s not your standard academic book.” Listen to author @aminghaziani.bsky.social speak with @calebzakarin.bsky.social for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social:
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Amin Ghaziani, "Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution" (Princeton UP, 2024) - New Books Network
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
“[Long Live Queer Nightlife] reads almost like a New York Times Styles section of a hot new bar or club that you have to check out. . . It’s not your standard academic book.” Listen to my interview with ‪Caleb Zakarin for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: hubs.ly/Q03tDMwV0 #sociology @arts.ubc.ca
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Amin Ghaziani, "Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution" (Princeton UP, 2024) - New Books Network
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
A real treat to chat with @calebzakarin.bsky.social at @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, an academic audio library. Their podcasts reach half a million people every month! Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/long-live-qu... #sociology @arts.ubc.ca @princetonupress.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social
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Amin Ghaziani, "Long Live Queer Nightlife: How the Closing of Gay Bars Sparked a Revolution" (Princeton UP, 2024) - New Books Network
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Long Live Queer Nightlife is the review of the week! “Like the best pop-up parties, the book conveys the evanescent qualities of queer joy. In what could have been a dour litany of lament and loss, Ghaziani finds creativity, humor, and perseverance.”#sociology www.choice360.org/choice-pick/...
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
For a limited time, the audiobook for Long Live Queer Nightlife is on SALE for only $2.99/£2.99 - immerse yourself in joyous underground scenes! #sociology @arts.ubc.ca @asanews.bsky.social
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
The contents, that cover...it's about to drop! Keep a lookout for the latest @contexts.org, where we stay true to our promise to keep things rigorous, relevant, readable, and rad. #sociology #protecthedolls @sethabrutyn.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
For @macleans.bsky.social, Long Live Queer Nightlife author @aminghaziani.bsky.social shows that in order to have more vibrant cities, we must protect queer nightlife spaces and treat them more like museums and heritage buildings:
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Want Vibrant Cities? Save Gay Bars.
To protect queer nightlife spaces, treat them more like museums and heritage buildings
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · 13/06/2025
Sparking and shaping public conversations about social issues by making sociology and social science research clear, engaging, even vivacious? Co-editor @aminghaziani.bsky.social’s new piece in @macleans.bsky.social is a masterclass in @contexts.org’s 4 Rs: rigorous, readable, relevant, and rad!
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UBC News @news.ubc.ca · 13/06/2025
Should gay bars be reclassified as cultural institutions rather than mere entertainment venues to prevent their decline? In Germany, that reclassification has come with real protections, writes @aminghaziani.bsky.social in @macleans.bsky.social. macleans.ca/society/how-...
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Want Vibrant Cities? Save Gay Bars. - Macleans.ca
To protect queer nightlife spaces, treat them more like museums and heritage buildings
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Founded in 1905, @macleans.bsky.social is Canada's premier current affairs magazine, compared w/ The New Yorker, Atlantic, Newsweek. It's been a dream to publish in it--and I finally did! "Want Vibrant Cities? Save Gay Bars." macleans.ca/society/how-... #sociology @asanews.bsky.social @contexts.org
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Want Vibrant Cities? Save Gay Bars. - Macleans.ca
To protect queer nightlife spaces, treat them more like museums and heritage buildings
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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Denver has established its first #queer district, Lavender Hill! Delighted to speak with Bisnow about how the district transforms an iconic local corridor into a nationally recognized cultural destination. #sociology @contexts.org @asanews.bsky.social www.bisnow.com/denver/news/...
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Denver's Lavender Hill District Looks To Turn Queer Visibility Into Economic Vitality
Lavender Hill is rising on Colfax as Denver’s first queer cultural district, blending placemaking, preservation and small-business support.
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