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vii Acknowledgments F O R F I N A N C I A L SU PP O RT leading to this book, we thank Catharine Stimpson, professor and dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University. We also gratefully acknowledge funding and active participation of the New York University Office of Planning and Design and its leader, Lori Pavese Mazor, associate vice president. Further financial assistance came from the Department of Sociology, the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis and its programs in Metropolitan Studies and Gender and Sexuality, and the NYU Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality. The originating conference, “Outing the Water Closet,” held November 2007 at the Center for Architecture, received financial support as well from the AIA (New York Chapter) and its director, Rick Bell. Beth Stryker provided programming support. Harvey Molotch thanks the Russell Sage Foundation, where he was a visiting scholar during the completion of this book. Both editors offer profuse appreciation to Ilene Kalish, editor extraordinaire . We also thank Simon S. Lawrence for photographic assistance . Judith Stacey, ardent supporter from the outset, read and critiqued the entire manuscript. ...

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