Secret scrapbooks document queer life before Stonewall.

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“Twilight Men” (Van Vechten Scrapbooks), Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

The scrapbooks, which are housed by Yale University, are unofficial documentations of queer life before Stonewall.

The Irish Times delved into the scrapbooks, sharing an excerpt from the bookIndecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall by…