My new book DINING OUT looks at the rise and continued legacy of the nation's gay restaurants past, present, and future. It’s a book that connects meals with memories and looks at how the LGBTQ past informs how the queer community and Americans of all stripes eat out today. From Hamburger Mary’s to Florent to a suburban Denny’s queered by kids, my book will examine how gay restaurants have proved integral to queer placemaking and have changed the modern LGBTQ civil rights movement for the better.