Tyler Baldor
Biographic Data
| ID | 164107 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tyler Baldor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tyler |
| FAMILY NAME | Baldor |
| SIGNATURE | BALDOR T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
I Love a Piano
How can queer nightlife spaces straighten in clientele while retaining their queer reputations? Scholars have observed how a heterosexual presence in gay bars can alter the vibe of these spaces and diminish their queer reputations over time. Drawing on ethnography of a gay piano bar in Philadelphia’s Gayborhood, however, I find that queer and straight patrons alike help foster the bar’s campy atmosphere each night. Through the collective consumpt…
Do I Know You? Managing Offline Interaction in Acquainted Stranger Relationships
Acquainted Strangers
While some situations in sexual contexts facilitate interaction, others can make overtures difficult to negotiate. Furthermore, social media creates new challenges as individuals navigate sexualized spaces in an increasingly digital world. Drawing on fieldwork in Philadelphia gay bars and supplemental interviews with young gay club-goers, I find that men experience unexpected challenges that inhibit their ability to socialize with gay others and …
No girls allowed
How are boundaries between sexual identities constructed and maintained through interaction? I draw on ethnographic observation in Philadelphia gay bars popular among heterosexual patrons and supplemental interviews with young gay-identifying club-goers to illuminate how men make situational claims to gay space by drawing distinctions between who 'belongs' in gay bars and who does not through interaction. Conceptualizing gay space as a collective…
Jason Orne, Boystown
No girls allowed
How are boundaries between sexual identities constructed and maintained through interaction? I draw on ethnographic observation in Philadelphia gay bars popular among heterosexual patrons and supplemental interviews with young gay-identifying club-goers to illuminate how men make situational claims to gay space by drawing distinctions between who 'belongs' in gay bars and who does not through interaction. Conceptualizing gay space as a collective…
Acquainted Strangers
While some situations in sexual contexts facilitate interaction, others can make overtures difficult to negotiate. Furthermore, social media creates new challenges as individuals navigate sexualized spaces in an increasingly digital world. Drawing on fieldwork in Philadelphia gay bars and supplemental interviews with young gay club-goers, I find that men experience unexpected challenges that inhibit their ability to socialize with gay others and …
Do I Know You? Managing Offline Interaction in Acquainted Stranger Relationships
No girls allowed
How are boundaries between sexual identities constructed and maintained through interaction? I draw on ethnographic observation in Philadelphia gay bars popular among heterosexual patrons and supplemental interviews with young gay-identifying club-goers to illuminate how men make situational claims to gay space by drawing distinctions between who 'belongs' in gay bars and who does not through interaction. Conceptualizing gay space as a collective…
Jason Orne, Boystown
Do I Know You? Managing Offline Interaction in Acquainted Stranger Relationships
Acquainted Strangers
While some situations in sexual contexts facilitate interaction, others can make overtures difficult to negotiate. Furthermore, social media creates new challenges as individuals navigate sexualized spaces in an increasingly digital world. Drawing on fieldwork in Philadelphia gay bars and supplemental interviews with young gay club-goers, I find that men experience unexpected challenges that inhibit their ability to socialize with gay others and …
I Love a Piano
How can queer nightlife spaces straighten in clientele while retaining their queer reputations? Scholars have observed how a heterosexual presence in gay bars can alter the vibe of these spaces and diminish their queer reputations over time. Drawing on ethnography of a gay piano bar in Philadelphia’s Gayborhood, however, I find that queer and straight patrons alike help foster the bar’s campy atmosphere each night. Through the collective consumpt…
Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (3 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (3 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Club (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works)