Forging Gay Identities: Organizing Sexuality in San Francisco, 1950-1994Unlike 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. |
Contents
1 The Transformation of the LesbianGay Movement | 1 |
Part I Forging a Gay Identity Movement | 29 |
Part II Consequences of Field Formation | 111 |
Part III Conclusion | 191 |
Constructing a Database of San Franciscos LesbianGay Organizations | 205 |
Notes | 213 |
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Forging Gay Identities: Organizing Sexuality in San Francisco, 1950-1994 Elizabeth A. Armstrong No preview available - 2002 |
Forging Gay Identities: Organizing Sexuality in San Francisco, 1950-1994 Elizabeth A. Armstrong No preview available - 2002 |
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