Forging Gay Identities: Organizing Sexuality in San Francisco, 1950-1994

Elizabeth A. Armstrong

University of Chicago Press, Dec 15, 2002 - Social Science - 292 pages

Unlike many social movements, the gay and lesbian struggle for visibility and rights has succeeded in combining a unified group identity with the celebration of individual differences. Forging Gay Identities explores how this happened, tracing the evolution of gay life and organizations in San Francisco from the 1950s to the mid-1990s.

About the author

Elizabeth A. Armstrong is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Indiana University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Forging Gay Identities: Organizing Sexuality in San Francisco, 1950-1994; Phoenix Fiction Series
• Author: Elizabeth A. Armstrong
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2002
• ISBN: 0226026949, 9780226026947
• Length: 292 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Gay Studies; Social Science / General; Social Science / Sociology / General