Stryker 's first book , `` Gay by the Bay : A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area '' ( Chronicle Books 1996 ) , coauthored with Jim Van Buskirk , is an illustrated account of the evolution of LGBT culture in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California .
Her first book , `` Gay by the Bay : A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area '' , was published in 1996 by Chronicle Books . Stryker wrote the book with Jim Van Buskirk .