Damon Scott
Urban historical geographer and professor at Miami University of Ohio, author of The City Aroused: Queer Places and Urban Redevelopment in Postwar San Francisco (University of Texas Press, 2024), who researches postwar urban development and queer social geographies.
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Jan 27, 2026 • 1h 10min
Damon Scott, "The City Aroused: Queer Places and Urban Redevelopment in Postwar San Francisco" (U Texas Press, 2024)
Damon Scott, urban historical geographer and author of The City Aroused, traces postwar San Francisco’s queer places and the redevelopment that erased them. He maps unrecorded waterfront sites. He discusses racial mixed maritime communities, policing and raids, legal blight and eminent domain, and how displaced drinking venues sparked collective political organizing.
Jan 25, 2024 • 1h 6min
Damon Scott, "The City Aroused: Queer Places and Urban Redevelopment in Postwar San Francisco" (U Texas Press, 2024)
Historian and author Damon Scott discusses the impact of urban development on queer political identity in postwar San Francisco. He explores the history of waterfront drinking establishments that became gay bars, the shift from containment to displacement of queer spaces, and the collective response of LGBTQ+ communities. Topics covered include queer land use, racial integration, bar raids, police graft, flourishing queer land uses, and the importance of queer spaces in urban redevelopment.
