A classic 1960s coming out story, Beebo Brinker introduces the title character: a butch 17 year old farm girl named Beebo, newly arrived in Beat-era Greenwich Village after she is kicked out of her Wisconsin home town for wearing her brother's clothes to the State Fair. With nowhere to turn she is befriended by Jack Mann, a thirty something gay man who teaches wide-eyed Beebo the ropes of queer living. Togehter they explore the underground village bars, where she finds 'love that smolders in the shadows of the twilight world,' falling for a glamour girl of the Bohemi..
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A classic 1960s coming out story, Beebo Brinker introduces the title character: a butch 17 year old farm girl named Beebo, newly arrived in Beat-era Greenwich Village after she is kicked out of her Wisconsin home town for wearing her brother's clothes to the State Fair. With nowhere to turn she is befriended by Jack Mann, a thirty something gay man who teaches wide-eyed Beebo the ropes of queer living. Togehter they explore the underground village bars, where she finds 'love that smolders in the shadows of the twilight world,' falling for a glamour girl of the Bohemi..