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I remember visiting my first gay bar. I remember trembling with anticipation and fear. I remember stepping inside and feeling the beat of the music vibrating on my skin, and the energy of the people around me vibrate in my soul. I remember feeling like suddenly, I knew where I belonged.

It is a difficult thing to watch as the spaces that provided me and my community safe haven shutter and close. This book asks the question; what are we losing? It also asks all the questions in between.

While exploring his past through stories of gay bars, pubs and clubs he's visited, Lin, magically takes us along with him evoking nostalgia, lust, and excitement through his words. While describing his own experiences I began to reflect on my own. It makes you wonder how many shared experiences gay men have of their times in these spaces.

I simply loved the idea of this book. I loved all the thought provoking questions and musing Lin offered up as well as just reading about his own stories.

It all simply worked, and I think any gay man of a certain age will truly enjoy the trip down memory lane that can be found in these pages. And if you're not of a certain age, this is a great way to step into the mind of a generation of gay men that came before, are still here now, and have plenty of nights out ahead of them!