Despite the haven for LGBT people the city had become, it was still very difficult to be anything but straight.
The New York City Jane moved to in 1975 had already had its first pride parade, on the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in 1969. It makes it difficult for her to understand the new world she’s been brought to at times: “She’s still getting used to the idea that she’s not going to get arrested for being gay in public, which was a whole three-day emotional roller coaster.” She talks about being there for riots broken up by police, the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in New York City, and the tragic arson attack on the UpStairs Lounge in 1973. Jane is a punk, butch, confident and mysterious, and soon August figures out that fighting to stay alive is a big part of who she is.
It’s clear pretty early on that Jane’s life in the 70s was different from anything August has ever known.
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