Gay Voluntary Associations in New York examines social groups and personal experiences in the LGBT population of New York City, including religious congregations and assemblies of senior, interracial, bisexual, and compulsive individuals, to shed light on their social discourse of sex, love, friendship, and spirituality.

Moshe Shokeid is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Tel Aviv University. He is author of several books, including A Gay Synagogue in New York, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.