Through the powerful voices of queer steelworkers themselves, Steel Closets provides rich insight into an understudied part of the LGBT population, contributing to a growing body of scholarship that aims to reveal and analyze a broader range of gay life in America.
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Library Journal
May 1, 2014
America was forged in steel, as Balay notes in the book's introduction, "it is both a material and a metaphor...a part of the idealized American spirit." And that tough metal conjures up myriad images--molten rivers and glowing slabs in forgeries, smokestacks, skyscrapers, and automobiles. In this examination of LGBT (lesbian gay bisexual transgender) steel mill employees, Balay (English, gender studies, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago) examines a different side of the industry. The author interviewed 40 men and women (including transgender individuals), chiefly in the Rust Belt city of Gary, IN. Their graphic descriptions of the toll of the remaining closeted individuals in this traditionally masculine, tightly knit, blue-collar milieu punctuate a detailed examination of the gritty mill culture, in which homophobia (and, for the women, sexism) is an ingrained part of the camaraderie. For most of these workers, coming out is not an option, and the hazards inherent in their jobs are compounded by physical and mental health issues and a lack of union support. VERDICT If this well-wrought contribution to LGBT studies has a flaw, it's that it may be too academically oriented for its working-class subjects, who need most to read it.--Richard J. Violette, Victoria P.L., BC
Copyright 2014 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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