'' Our Happy Hours : LGBT Voices from the Gay Bars '' is a 2017 anthology that came about as a result of the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando , Florida . The anthology is curated by writers Renee Bess and Lee Lynch and contains contributions from LGBT writers from all walks of life . The anthology was created to give LGBTQ writers a chance to reflect upon the role of the gay bar in their lives and to express its importance to non-LGBTQ people
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