Chapter 37

Summary

• Celia gets drunk during a wedding, the narrator and their loved ones live double lives due to their sexual orientations.
• The narrator and their companions sell their homes in Beverly Hills and move to Manhattan.
• The narrator finds out his long lost father had died in 1959, leaving him free to move anywhere he pleases.
• The narrator and his companions navigate through a life of hiding their identities as homosexuals in an intolerant society.
• They witness the Stonewall riots from a distance, which sparks an urge in them to support the cause for LGBTQ+ rights.
• Conflicted about participating visibly, they resort to offering financial support.
• Celia wins her second Oscar and amidst the celebration, she picks an argument with the narrator due to her disappointment of him not being publicly there with her.
• The argument reveals their repressed frustrations with their relationship and their constant struggles with identity.