Before Stonewall : Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context

ISBN-13: 9781560231936 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 464 str.

Vern L. Et Al Bullough

Opis

Illuminating the lives of the courageous individuals involved in the early struggle for gay and lesbian civil rights in the United States, this comprehensive historical study invokes the lives and sacrifices of the greatest barrier-breakers of the pre-1969 fight. Authored by those who knew them best (often activists themselves), the concise biographies in this volume examine the lives of such heroes of the gay and lesbian movement as Harry Hay, Henry Gerber, Alfred Kinsey, Del Martin, Phyllis Lyon, Jim Kepner, Jack Nichols, Christine Jorgensen, Jose Sarria, Barbara Grier, Frank Kameny and forty more. While no member of the gay movement achieved fame and reputation to compare with that of Martin Luther King, Jr., in the Civil Rights movement, they all put their careers and reputations on the line, drawn together in spite of personality and philosophical differences to fight for a better, world.

Spis treści

• About the Editor
• Contributors
• Preface
• Introduction
• Part I: Pre-1950
• Alfred C. Kinsey (1894-1956)
• Henry Gerber (1895-1972): Grandfather of the American Gay Movement
• Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson (Xavier Mayne) (1868-1942)
• Prescott Townsend (1894-1973): Bohemian Blueblood—A Different Kind of Pioneer
• Jeannette Howard Foster (1895-1981)
• Pearl M. Hart (1890-1975)
• Lisa Ben (1921- )
• Berry Berryman (1901-1972)
• Part II: Organizational Activists
• Harry Hay (1912 - )
• Dale Jennings (1917-2000): ONE's Outspoken Advocate
• W. Dorr Legg (1904-1994)
• Don Slater (1923-1997)
• Jim Schneider (1932- ): ONE's Guardian Angel
• William Edward (Billy) Glover (1932- )
• Jim Kepner (1923-1997)
• Stella Rush a.k.a. Sten Russell (1925- )
• Helen Sandoz a.k.a. Helen Sanders a.k.a. Ben Cat (1920-1987)
• Herb Selwyn (1925- )
• Hal Call (1917-2000): Mr. Mattachine
• Del Martin (1921- )
• Phyllis Lyon (1924- )
• Billye Talmadge (1929- ): Some Kind of Courage
• Cleo Glenn (Bonner) (Dates Unknown)
• Pat Walker (1938-1999)
• Bob Basker (1918-2001): Selling the Movement
• Shirley Willer (1922-1999)
• Part III: Movers and Shakers on the National Scene
• Franklin E. Kameny (1925- )
• Jack Nichols (1938- ): The Blue Fairy of the Gay Movement
• Lige Clarke (1942-1975)
• Barbara Gittings (1932- ): Independent Spirit
• Barbara Grier (1933- ): Climbing the Ladder
• Stephen Donaldson (Robert A. Martin): (1946-1996)
• Randolfe Wicker (1938- )
• Arthur Cyrus Warner (1918- )
• Richard Inman (1926?- )
• Part IV: Other Voices and Their Influence
• Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997): On His Own Terms
• Walter H. Breen (J. Z. Eglinton) (1928-1993)
• Warren Johansson (1934-1994)
• Donald Webster Cory (1913-1986)
• Evelyn Gentry Hooker (1907-1996)
• George Weinberg (1935- )
• Vern L. Bullough (1928- ): Making the Pen Mightier Than the Sword
• Christine Jorgensen (1926-1989)
• Virginia Prince (1913- )
• José Sarria (1923- )
• Charlotte Coleman (1923- )
• Reed Erickson (1917-1992): How One Transsexed Man Supported ONE
• Troy Perry (1940- )
• Morris Kight (1919- ): Community Activist
• Index

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