Hello Sailor!: The Hidden History of Gay Life at Sea J. Jack Halberstam First in a "wildly inventive

First in a "wildly inventive and wildly representative" (The New York Times Book Review) historical fantasy series

The story is told by Cyril's son Danny

With chapters covering sexual and cultural identity

cynical great-granddaughter

Hello Sailor!: The Hidden History of Gay Life at Sea J. Jack Halberstam First in a "wildly inventiveWhen gays had to be closeted, ships were the only places where homosexual men could not only be out but also camp. And on some liners to the sun and the New World, queens and butches had a ball. They sashayed and minced their way across the world's oceans. Never before has the story been told of the masses. These are the thousands of queer seafarers, mainly stewards, who sometimes even outnumbered the straight men in the catering departments of ships