{"product_id":"my-bad-hugh-ryan-9781645030577","title":"My Bad: A Personal History of the Queer Nineties and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful and hilarious personal history that tells the true story of the queer '90s and how it transformed queer life in the decades that followed\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The 1990s were a decade of transformation. Globalization reshaped geopolitics, and the rise of the World Wide Web revolutionized technology forever. As society shifted from the analog to the digital at the turn of the century, LGBTQ life profoundly changed too. Increased visibility arrived, but at a heavy cost. \u003cp\u003e In his most personal book yet, historian Hugh Ryan guides us through a pivotal decade for queer people and its aftershocks--from new breakthroughs in activism, to the early days of AOL chat rooms, and the eventual backlash to progress. Through the prism of his own experiences, Ryan maps how queer life transitioned from private to public in the late '90s and early aughts, reshaping the challenges and possibilities LGBTQ people navigated in the new millennium. On a Greyhound bus headed to Burning Man and the glittery dance floors of clubs in Manhattan and Berlin, a timeless and all-too-common story emerges: how a young queer person chooses silence to protect himself--only to spend another beautiful, complicated decade undoing his shame. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Funny, stylish, and deliciously nostalgic, \u003ci\u003eMy Bad \u003c\/i\u003ereckons with the gains and setbacks of a decade that reshaped queer life forever. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hugh Ryan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1645030571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645030577\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bold Type Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.75w x 1.05d","brand":"Hugh Ryan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425669202175,"sku":"9781645030577","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b0a829b0-b2b4-4e3e-9f6b-6eb086d313ad.jpg?v=1761540806","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-bad-hugh-ryan-9781645030577","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}