Christina B. Hanhardt is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1. "The White Ghetto": Sexual Deviancy, Police Accountability, and the 1960s War on Poverty 35
2. Butterflies, Whistles, and Fists: Safe Streets Patrols and Militant Gay Liberalism in the 1970s 81
3. "Count the Contradictions": Challenges to Gay Gentrification at the Start of the Reagan Era 117
4. Visibility and Victimization: Hate Crime Laws and the Geography of Punishment, 1980s and 1990s 155
5. "Canaries of the Creative Age": Queer Critiques of Risk and Real Estate in the Twenty-First Century 185
Conclusion 221
Epilogue 227
Appendix: Neighborhood Maps of New York and San Francisco 231
Notes 233
Bibliography 315
Index 335