A Scarlet Pansy

The astonishing tale of Fay Etrange—republished in its original unexpurgated form

First published in 1932, A Scarlet Pansy is an extraordinarily vivid and richly textured depiction of American queer life in the early twentieth century, tracing the coming—of—age of androgynous Fay Etrange. Born in small—town Pennsylvania and struggling with her difference, Fay eventually accepts her gender and sexual nonconformity and immerses herself in the fairy subculture of New York City. A self—proclaim...